Bahinabai Chaudhari was born in a Mahajan family at Asode in Khandesh region of the present-day Jalgaon district on the 11 August 1880, on the day of Naga Panchami. Her mother’s name was Bhimai, and her father’s name was Ukhaji Mahajan. She had three brothers – Ghama, Gana, and Ghana, and three sisters – Ahilya, Sita and Tulsa. At the age of 13, [1893] she was married to Nathuji Khanderao Chaudhari of Jalgaon. Following her husband’s death,[1910] she led a very difficult life because of the economic, social, cultural, and emotional circumstances arising out of widowhood. She had a daughter named Kashi and two sons, Madhusudan and Sopandev (1907-1982).
‘आला सास, गेला सास, जीवा तुझं रे तंतर,
अरे जगनं-मरनं एका सासाचं अंतर!’
‘अरे संसार संसार – जसा तवा चुल्यावर
आधी हाताले चटके – तव्हा मीयते भाकर’
या व्यतिरिक्त आणखी मराठी कविता संग्रह वाचण्यासाठी इथे भेट द्या.
