Early History of the Vaishnava Faith and Movement in Bengal, from Sanskrit and Bengali Sources c11.s5.5

c11.s5.5

Although ignored by orthodox opinion for some of its unorthodox views, the *Caitanya-candrāmṛta*¹ of the emotional ascetic Prabodhānanda Sarasvatī is a refinedly passionate adoration of Caitanya, which should not be ignored as a remarkable contribution to the Stotra literature of the sect, inspired by sincere personal devotion. We have already given above a brief account of the content of poem, but more than the content, the expression, in spite of conventional ideas and imageries, often rises, in its intensity of emotional ardour, much above the level of what one finds in ordinary poems of panegyric. In self-disparagement the poet exclaims: