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 the situation at once and realising that a speedy widowhood was in store for the would-be bride, tried his utmost to dissuade the former from the match. The venerable man had set his heart on it and easily got over all qualms. In due course he married a winsome little girl but it was not his lot to enjoy the longed-for bliss of wedded life. Weighed down with age and sickness he departed the world soon after. And the luckless girl was left a widow just when life was becoming meaningful to her! This unhappy end of happiness made a profound impression on the mind of Isvar Chandra.

After getting up the system of Vedanta he dipped into Nyaya philosophy. While a student he officiated as assistant teacher of Grammar for two months. Toward the close of the year 1841 when he completed his studies, he was honoured with the title of Vidyasagar (i.e., ocean of learning), by which he is commonly known.

Thus he joined the college in his eighth year and after mastering almost all the