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 you." Her words were prophetic. Serious illness of Thakurdas hastened her to the sacred city before five months were over. He soon struggled back to life, but of a sudden she was attacked with cholera and died at his feet in a few hours. Vidyasagar, who was at Calcutta and could not attend the death-bed, experienced the most poignant grief and led a secluded life for months together. The mourning was observed for full one year.

About this time Maharaja Satish Chandra Roy Bahadur of Nadia passed away. Like his father Maharaja Shrish Chandra, he too revered Vidyasagar and joined in all the social movements of the time. On his part the Pundit also gave sound and sincere advice whenever any knotty problem had to be unravelled and the Nadia Raj called for assistance.

Next year (1871) he published new editions of Uttara-Charita and Abhijnana-Shakuntala with his masterly prefaces and annotations. Besides these he issued correct