When Narrain Row succeeded his brother as peshwa in No- 
vember 1772 , he was only twenty years of age; a weak indolent 
prince, destitute of all talent and resolution; placing 110 confidence 
in his ministers, and breaking the most solemn promises: the en- 
feebling pleasures of the haram had early seduced him from the 
path of glory: a stranger to every noble virtue, and a slave to 
sensuality, he lavished immense sums 011 dancing-girls, fire-works, 
and similar pursuits, seeming to be placed in a sphere of life he 
was unworthy to possess, and incapable of sustaining. 
In consequence of Narrain Row’s last interview with his bro- 
ther, Ragobah obtained his liberty immediately after his decease: 
but, far from treating his uncle with the confidence desired, or 
endeavouring to gain the affection of the Mahratta chieftains, 
Narrain Row carried himself so haughtily in the durbar, that he 
entirely lost the esteem of the old friends of his family; and dis- 
missing them from his council, he raised a set of low dissipated 
characters to the highest and most splendid situations. He be- 
haved with more duplicity to Ragobah than the courtiers he 
disbanded: to deceive both him and the Sao rajah, he persuaded 
his uncle to accompany him to Satarra, on his first public visit, 
when he was to be invested with the insignia of peshwa, promising 
he should have the title and honours of naib, or vizier, conferred on 
him by the imprisoned sovereign, which was accordingly performed 
by the Sao rajah, with all the usual ceremonies. On their return to 
Poonah, Narrain Row, far from confirming Ragobah in his new 
appointment, deprived him of the little power he was before v in- 
trusted with; and although not immediately remanded to prison, 
