Santh Jnaneshwar : Visoba learns his lesson
Om Jai Sai Ram! Verily the task I have undertaken is a very bold one! For how can a dullard like me try to describe the supreme spirit or sing his glory? What can the glowworm say about the Sun? However I draw strength from my Sadguru, who alone is the doer. Sadguru alone makes me type these words. And by falling at his lotus feet, I beseech him to help me in my endeavor. This endeavor of mine is to sing the glory of the Sadguru. In the previous post, I described how Santh Jnaneshwar humbled the king of Yogis Changdev, by showing his spiritual prowess by making a lifeless wall move. Now hear another tale, where a jnani and an elite brahmin of Alandi took refuge under the feet of Santh Jnanadeva. There lived in Alandi a brahmin and a devotee of Lord Shiva called Visoba. This Visoba was proud of his learning. He was a pundit (Scholar) in Sanskrit, and had read and mastered the Vedas and Upanishads. However all his learning had taken him far from the goal of all life, which is spiritual