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Rh debtors never more paid visits to Vidyasagar, and he had ultimately to repay, from his own purse, the 500 rupees with interest thereon.

(2) On one occasion, Pandit Jaganmohan Tarkalankar was in great peril for 500 rupees. He tried various means to raise the money, but failed, and at last, prayed to Vidyasagar for deliverance. Vidyasagar resorted to his usual means, borrowed the amount, and paid it to the supplicant. But Tarkalankar also no more visited his protector, who had, consequently, to repay the debt out of his own pocket.

(3) A certain Brahman had contracted a debt of 200 rupees for the maintenance of his family. He could not repay the debt. His creditor was ready to sue him. The Brahman appealed to the benevolent Vidyasagar for help, and the latter made him a free gift of 200 rupees.

Dear reader, we would ask you earnestly to think over Vidyasagar's greatness of heart. He was not a man of wealth. In pecuniary point of view, he was nothing but a common man of the middle station of life. But in liberality he surpassed the richest millionaires. He gave away his charities unostentatiously to whomever prayed to him for assistance without distinction of caste or creed. It was quite against his nature to refuse a supplicant, be he a Hindu, Christian, Mussulman, Jain or Buddhist.

It is said, that Mahamahopadhyay Rakhal