बिथांआ खारि दिन्थियो दि बै समाव बंग'याव थोजासे जाग्रा आदार जगायदोंमोन, नाथाय गामियारि हा गैजारोङि मावसाफोर आरो सोहोरारि मावमिनफोर जेरै खानाय सिनग्राफोरा जाग्रा आदार बायनो राहा गैयामोन मानोना रौनियाफोरनि लानाय, हरखाब गिनानै बायनाय, फोसाब बिलाइ आरो बेसेन बांनायनि जाहोनाव बेसेना थाबैनो बाङो, बेयो गासिबो ओनसोलाव दावहाजों नांजाबनायमोन।
He presents data that there was an adequate food supply in Bengal at the time, but particular groups of people including rural landless labourers and urban service providers like barbers did not have the means to buy food as its price rose rapidly due to factors that include acquisitions by the military, panic buying, hoarding, and price gouging, all of them connected to the war in the region.