Meera Kosambi, Pandita Ramabai: Life and Landmark Writings, Routledge, Taylor and Francis Group, London and New York, p. 120.
«[Peshwa] Bajirao II had married a girl of 9 or 10 when he was 60 and blind, to maintain the perpetual sacred fire [agnihotra]. This lady now lives in Nepal. Oh, the fate of our Indian women! Bajirao-saheb was a ruler who belonged to my caste, and he was also my kinsman. But that does not mean that I approve of his vices.»