Gyaneshwar then told them the different stages that a man goes through before becoming a

Brahman and said that they have all crossed that stage, but still wanted to have the ceremony
performed as it was customary. He also said that a Brahman is one who has seen the Brahmam
and as they have seen the Brahmam they could perform the ceremony for them. The Brahmans
then asked them if they had seen the Brahmam then why they need all these rituals. Gyaneshwar
told them that as it is put in the Vedas that one should stick to their dharmas; we wanted to have
the ceremony done. The Brahmans then asked them how they got Bhramagyanam. Gyaneshwar
told them that god was every where and it was up to the individual to see him. He then showed a
buffalo that was roaming on the street and said that god was inside the buffalo too. The
Brahmans then got angry and asked if that was true will the buffalo too speak Vedanta like how
he speaks. Gyaneshwar then touched the buffalo and said Panduranga recite the Vedas The
buffalo immediately started reciting the Vedas. The Brahmans on seeing this were stunned and
then said that a person like him who has attained jeevan mukthi does not require all these
ceremonies. They then left Paithan and started on a yatra with the buffalo.

Sant Gyaneshwar

Gyaneshwar made a composition on Bhagavad Gita called Gyaneshwari. Till date it is the most
popular book in Marathi on Bhagavad Gita. They then came back to Paithan and stayed there.
There was a person called Changadev who was a Yogi, he was 1000 years old. He would walk
on water, fly in the sky, get inside fire and come out without getting burnt. One day he got a new
siddhi and started making dead people come alive. The whole village got to know about this and
every one in Paithan and nearby villages started bringing everyone who was dead to Changadev
and he made them come alive. However Changadev did not like Gyaneshwar and would ask the
people in the village what was there with Gyaneshwar and why so many people went to meet
him and listened to the abhangs and his discourses. The news reached Gyaneshwar but he dint
bother about it. Muktha Bai his kid sister did not like this and she wanted to teach Changadev a
lesson. Muktha then went to Chagadevs ashram and there were a lot of people waiting outside
for the Yogi with a dead body next to them. When they saw the 5 year old Muktha they asked
her to go away fearing that she would be frightened seeing the dead bodies. Muktha asked them
why they were waiting outside and they said that they were waiting for Changadev to come and
wake the dead bodies. Hearing this, the little girl said that she could also wake them up..