418 BENGALI LANGAUGE & LITERATURE. [ Chap him against his boy and insist on his putting him to school without delay. Ganga Das was the name of the teacher to whose care he was entrust- ed. Nimai began to read in this pundit’s tol. He learnt the alphabet within a short time and commenced reading Sanskrit Grammar. “He does not leave his book for a moment,” says Vrindavan Das, his biographer,* ‘while bathing or dining or going to bed, his mind wanders over — the pages of his books. The rules he reads he
quickly masters, and in discussions amongst stu- —
dents he beats every rival. He wrote a commentary —
on Sanskrit Grammar himself with patient appli- —
cation.’ Yet Sanskrit Grammar was the subject least — suited to a student who possessed an emotional — nature like that of Nimai. Ardent in spirit, and ৫ eccentric in temper as he was, he applied himself, with his whole soul, to whatever fell in his way, and study kept him engaged day and night in this early youth. But he was not a quiet and good-natured boy. As long as he remained engaged in his’
- “' ন। ছাড়েন শ্রহস্তে পুস্তক এক ক্ষণে।
কিবা! সনে কি ভোজনে অথব! শয়নে ॥ aes ast AYA coal te fara | একবার যে সুত্র পড়িয়া প্রভূ যায় ॥ আর বার উলটিয়। সবারে ঠকায়। আপনি করেন গভু সুত্রের টিপ্লনি ॥" Chaitanya Bhagabata.
