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 Tagore quarrelled over the patrimony and executed a deed of arbitration in favour of Vidyasagar. The latter examined all the papers in connection with the property, but finding it difficult to adjust the quarrel informed the disputants of his inability to put things straight.

In December he took away all his publications from the "Sanskrit Press Depository" and started a shop of his own called the Calcutta Library in Sukea Street. About this time he came in contact with Mr. Romesh Chandra Dutta, of the Civil Service, who was then translating the Rigveda. Mr. Dutta was a frequent visitor during his illness. Once Vidyasagar promised him assistance in that great work if he got a little better. This desire was never gratified.

On August 13, 1888 his beloved wife Dinamayi Devy ended her earthly career. The old man thus lost his last comfort in life and was inconsolable. Constant grief told on his health and his temper. He