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| INTRODUCTION
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| ŚĀKTA SONGS
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| By Rāmprasād Sen:
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| I.
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| The Child's Complaint of His Mother's Neglect
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| II.
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| She is Utterly Indifferent
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| III.
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| He Will Turn to His Stepmother, since His Mother is Apparently Dead
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| IV.
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| His Mother is His Only Hope
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| V.
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| He Will Endure Her Tricks of Deception No Longer
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| VI.
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| Her Neglect of Humble Worshippers and Her Partiality for the Violent
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| VII.
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| The Worshipper Complains of the Inequality of Lots
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| VIII.
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| Kālī's Service has Made Him a Mendicant
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| IX.
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| His Days are Passed in Misery
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| X.
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| The Vanity of Life after Life
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| XI.
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| He Trusts Kālī, though She Neglects Him
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| XII.
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| His Vain and Earnest Search for Salvation by Knowledge
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| XIII.
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| He Would Be Accepted for Service
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| XIV.
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| Medicine for His Mind's Disease
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| XV.
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| The Foolishness of Pilgrimage
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| XVI.
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| The Holiness of Kāśī Explained
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| XVII.
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| He Sometimes Longs to Rest at Kāśī
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| XVIII.
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| The Foolishness of Sacrifice
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| XIX.
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| The Soul's Sleep of Death
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| XX.
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| He is Old, Dependent, and Despised
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| XXI.
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| The Useless Toil of His Days
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| XXII.
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| The Tyranny of a Divided Will
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| XXIII.
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| Kālī Neglects Her Worshipper, in Mad Dance
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| XXIV.
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| Kālī the Battle-Queen
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| XXV.
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| Śiva under Kālī's Feet
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| XXVI.
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| The Storm-Procession of Śiva
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| XXVII.
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| The Worshipper's Heart is Kālī's Home
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| XXVIII.
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| Neglected Opportunity
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| XXIX.
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| The Tyranny of Rebirth
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| XXX.
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| Strength Within Oneself
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| XXXI.
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| The Unguarded House
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| XXXII.
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| The Storm-Smitten House
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| XXXIII.
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| Peril of Tempest
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| XXXIV.
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| The Mind's Boatmen are Craven
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| XXXV.
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| The Worshipper's Case Comes to Court
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| XXXVI.
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| He Will Appeal to Śiva
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| XXXVII.
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| He Has Paid All Rent-Dues
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| XXXVIII.
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| His Mother Has No Lawful Claims Against Him
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| XXXIX.
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| Sin Must Bear Its Punishment
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| XL.
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| He is Bankrupt
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| XLI.
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| Prosperity the Snare of the Soul
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| XLII.
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| The Fear of Death
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| XLIII.
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| Life's Fourth Stage
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| XLIV.
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| He is Poor and Helpless
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| XLV.
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| He is a Slave in His Own House
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| XLVI.
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| The Life to Come
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| XLVII.
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| Kālī the Only Refuge
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| XLVIII.
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| Life's Afflictions
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| XLIX.
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| Night Drawing Nearer
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| L.
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| The Cords of Death
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| LI.
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| Death at Hand
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| LII.
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| And After Death the Judgment
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| LIII.
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| He Longs for Deliverance
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| LIV.
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| Preparation for Death
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| LV.
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| His Helplessness
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| LVI.
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| Kālī the Fence-Maker
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| LVII.
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| He Faces Death
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| LVIII.
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| Defiance of Death
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| LIX.
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| This Day Will Pass
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| LX.
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| He Heeds Not Men's Blame
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| LXI.
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| His Play is Ended
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| LXII.
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| And He is Free from Fear of Rebirth
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| LXIII.
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| All Error is Ended
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| LXIV.
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| Crying to Kālī, He Will Leave Life
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| LXV.
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| The End
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| Ascribed to Rāmprasād Sen:
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| LXVI.
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| He Has Wandered Without Being Wise
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| LXVII.
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| Conquest of Self
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| LXVIII.
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| The Queen of the Burning-Ground
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| LXIX.
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| Kālī the Refuge
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| By Kamalākānta Bhaṭṭāchārya:
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| LXX.
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| He is Indifferent to His Worldly Fortune
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| LXXI.
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| He is Entirely Dependent on Kālī
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| LXXII.
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| Kālī's Power
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| LXXIII.
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| The Poet's Great Happiness
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| LXXIV.
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| Extreme Unction
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| By Mahārājā Rāmkṛishṇa of Nāṭōr:
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| LXXV.
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| The Hour of Death
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| By Rasikchandra Rāy:
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| LXXVI.
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| The Worshipper Will Conquer Kālī by Her Own Strength
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| By Sāiyād Jāfār:
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| LXXVII.
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| Kālī Cannot Help Her Worshipper
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| By Nīlakaṇṭha Mukhopādhyāya:
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| LXXVIII.
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| Kālī is the Universal Object of Worship
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| LXXIX.
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| The Callous Mother
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| LXXX.
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| The Devotee Victorious
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| By Rāmchandra Datta:
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| LXXXI.
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| The Poet, in Peril of Death, Prays to the Mother
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| By Dwijadāsa:
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| LXXXII.
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| The Worshipper Laments His Neglect of Kālī
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| Anonymous:
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| LXXXIII.
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| A 'Walpurgis' Dance
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| LXXXIV.
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| The Poet's Heart a Burning-Ground
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| By Navakiśor Mōdak:
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| LXXXV.
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| Durgā is Falsely Called Merciful
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| Anonymous:
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| LXXXVI.
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| Her Afflictions are Her Mercy
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| LXXXVII.
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| The Son Has but One Desire
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| By Kāṅgāl:
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| LXXXVIII.
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| True Adoration
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| ĀGĀMANĪ AND VIJAYĀ SONGS
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| THE DRAMA OF THE MOTHER'S RETURN HOME
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| By Rāmprasād Sen:
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| LXXXIX.
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| An Incident of Umā's Childhood
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| XC.
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| The Same Continued
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| XCI.
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| Menakā Has Discovered Umā's Greatness
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| Anonymous:
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| XCII.
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| Menakā Sends for Her Daughter
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| By Rāmprasād Sen:
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| XCIII.
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| The Joy at the Coming of Umā
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| By Rajanikānta Sen:
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| XCIV.
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| A Neighbour Gives Tidings of Umā's Approach
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| By Rāmprasād Sen:
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| XCV.
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| The Arrival of Umā
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| By Rajanikānta Sen:
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| XCVI.
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| Umā's Mother Speaks
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| By Vaikuṇṭha of Māliārā:
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| XCVII.
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| Umā Reproaches Her Mother for the Year's Neglect
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| Anonymous:
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| XCVIII.
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| Umā Explains Her Inability to Come
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| By Dāśarathī Rāy:
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| XCIX.
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| The Neighbours Come to Congratulate Menakā
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| By Rāmprasād Sen:
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| C.
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| Menakā Will Not Send Her Daughter Back Again
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| CI.
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| Śiva Claims His Bride Again
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| By Rajanikānta Sen:
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| CII.
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| The Mother's Grief to Let Her Daughter Go
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| CIII.
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| The Grief When Umā Has Gone
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| INDEX OF AUTHORS
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