Rang avadhoot maharaj biography sample

Sri Rang Avadhoot Maharaj of Nareshwar,

Gujarat, India

Part – II

(The information of this post is based upon the biography “Nareshwarana Rang Avadhoot” written in Gujarati by Shri Dhirubhai Joshi.

This book is published by “Shri Avadhoot Sahitya Prakashan Trust, Nareshwar,” August 22, 2011).

Teaching and Writing:

After receiving his degree from Gujarat Vidyapith, Pandurang Vitthala Valame (Shri Rang Avadhoot Maharaj) started teaching in a school.

His motto was, “Chhatra Devo Bhava.”  meaning “Consider student as god.”  He put his heart and soul in teaching. During his teaching time, he wrote two books on Sanskrit Grammar, parts I and II.

Rang avadhoot maharaj biography sample

He selected excellent quotations and sentences from rich Sanskrit literature as examples to learn the rules of grammar and he also created some values-based phrases. For example, he wrote, “’Sarve gunah kanchanam ashrayante’ iti murkhah vadanti.

‘Sarve gunah sheelameva ashrayante’ iti budhah vadanti.”  Meaning, ‘Foolish peop