In the whole of Indian literature, Tulsidas is supreme.... The devotion in his poetry is of the same order as of philosophy. And from the beginning to the end, not a word or an idea, can be spotted which is not perfectly neat and pious. (Tulsidas)

In the whole of Indian literature, Tulsidas is supreme.... The devotion in his poetry is of the same order as of philosophy. And from the beginning to the end, not a word or an idea, can be spotted which is not perfectly neat and pious.

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