19th Oct (2 Kartik), 1906, on the day of Bhrattidwitiya wife of Dinendranath Kamala Devi, grand daughter-in-law, offered goodwishes on forehead of Rabindranath. Informing this incident he wrote to Mira Devi,
'Kamal does not come everyday.Probably you have heard she has offered me good wish on my fore head. Sami has to go two days fast for successfully attending the invtation of this occasion. He has taken, on that day, sufficient inspissated milk and lied down to bed for he is feeling a vomitting tendency. Today he has taken bath ad food'.
Pisima was doing gardening attentively. In the evening Sami made her listening Mahabharat regularly. He was reading Mahabharat when he found time.
It should be mentioned here that Surendranath Thakur trnslated the original Mahabharat in two volumes and dedicated those in the name of Rabindranath.
'Sami had finished several times the two volumes,' Rabindranath wrote these words to his daughter, Mira. He also added he had arranged his room at the ground floor and used to read Bengali books when he got time. In the night he took his bed by the side of the Pisima where she used to take her bed.
Rabindranath wrote to Mira Devi from Giridi on 5Feb, 1907,
'It was learnt that Second Bauthan (wife of Satyendranath) would go to Bolpur for some days. Sushi daughter-in-law (wife of Balendranath) would also accompany her. the team was a bit larger. It included Jyotirindranath, Sanga Devi (wife of Surendranath), their first son Subirendranath and some others would also go along with them. jyotirindranath had drawn a sketch of Samindranath there which was a sign kept by Jyotirindranath that he had gone there.
'Kamal does not come everyday.Probably you have heard she has offered me good wish on my fore head. Sami has to go two days fast for successfully attending the invtation of this occasion. He has taken, on that day, sufficient inspissated milk and lied down to bed for he is feeling a vomitting tendency. Today he has taken bath ad food'.
Pisima was doing gardening attentively. In the evening Sami made her listening Mahabharat regularly. He was reading Mahabharat when he found time.
It should be mentioned here that Surendranath Thakur trnslated the original Mahabharat in two volumes and dedicated those in the name of Rabindranath.
'Sami had finished several times the two volumes,' Rabindranath wrote these words to his daughter, Mira. He also added he had arranged his room at the ground floor and used to read Bengali books when he got time. In the night he took his bed by the side of the Pisima where she used to take her bed.
Rabindranath wrote to Mira Devi from Giridi on 5Feb, 1907,
'It was learnt that Second Bauthan (wife of Satyendranath) would go to Bolpur for some days. Sushi daughter-in-law (wife of Balendranath) would also accompany her. the team was a bit larger. It included Jyotirindranath, Sanga Devi (wife of Surendranath), their first son Subirendranath and some others would also go along with them. jyotirindranath had drawn a sketch of Samindranath there which was a sign kept by Jyotirindranath that he had gone there.