In Alibag district, in the tehsil of Pen, there is a village called Varsai. It's at the foot of a hill, by a river. Several Chitt-pavan Brahmin families live there.
Ours was a family of pundits; but my father was a family-man. Vinchurkars, who were the grandees in the court of prime minister Bajirao (II), were his patrons. When the Maratha state went into decline, and his highness set out for the North, leaving Pune, my father went with the army up to the Narmada. Then he became very weak, and caught fever. So came to Varsai in Shak 1739. He decided he wouldn't take government service; he would spend his life here, as a Brahmin. My mother was a virtuous lady, devoted to her husband.
Later, I was born.
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