It is said that
some of the enlightened Brahmins saw the four arms of the Divine mother of the Universe
shooting out in the washerwoman. In one of his later poems Chandidas openly addressed Rami
as "Gayatri, the mother of the Vedas". The
temple at Nannur is of special appeal to the Vaishnava world and to all lovers of music
and poetry.
Chandidas does not omit to depict any phase of human sentiment. His love poems fall under
the classification usual to the Vaishnava love poems: Purva Raga or dawn of love; Dutya or
a message of love; Abhisara or a secret love-tryst; Sambhoga milan or the meeting of
the lover; Mathura or the final separation and Bhavas- Sammelana or a union in spirit.
The final imagination and devotion of the poet weaves out
various plots by which Radha meets Krishna and it is only a lover that can describe the
pangs of love as have been adopted with slight changes as
devotional songs and are sung in the churches in the Brahmo Samaj of Bengal during Divine
Service. Devotees all over Bengal sings his songs in ecstasy of devotion.
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