Vishnubua Brahmachari was a great scholar, vedantin and orator. Charmed by his excellence, the Rajah of Akkalkot once invited him to his court. Vishnubua came to Akkalkot and one day he put a very recondite question in Vedanta to the Swami, "What is Brahmatadaakaara vritti (oneness with Brahman)? The Swami smiled and kept quiet. The Brahmachari felt that it is not proper to call the old man who could not answer his question "a swami" or "a master." Besides, he went on proclaiming to his friends outside that the Swami could not answer his questions. But the Swami did not mind it.
He screamed so loudly that a Parsi devotee who slept by him woke him up and asked him why he cried. The Brahmachari described his dream. After a few days, the Brahmachari again visited the Swami and asked him what "Brahmatadaakaara vritti (oneness with Brahman)" meant. The Swami smiled and said, "Stupid! You screamed at the very sight of a thousand scorpions in a mere dream. How dare you speak of Vedanta? Do you think that Brahmatadaakaara vritti (oneness with Brahman) is such a simple thing? It cannot be attained through eloquent discourses or verbal jugglery. Get out of here!" When the Brahmachari visited him on a later occasion, not only did he explain the metaphysical concept lucidly but also bestowed on him the actual experience and made him a saint! Only then did the Brahmachari realize that the Swami was an avatar of Lord Dattatreya
From the book -- The Supreme Master: Shri Akkalkot Maharaj by Acharya E. Bharadwaja
http://books.google.co.in/books/about/The_Supreme_Master.html?id=sSs8AwEACAAJ&redir_esc=y
One day the Brahmachari dreamt that thousands of scorpions were moving towards him and one of them had even stung him.
He screamed so loudly that a Parsi devotee who slept by him woke him up and asked him why he cried. The Brahmachari described his dream. After a few days, the Brahmachari again visited the Swami and asked him what "Brahmatadaakaara vritti (oneness with Brahman)" meant. The Swami smiled and said, "Stupid! You screamed at the very sight of a thousand scorpions in a mere dream. How dare you speak of Vedanta? Do you think that Brahmatadaakaara vritti (oneness with Brahman) is such a simple thing? It cannot be attained through eloquent discourses or verbal jugglery. Get out of here!" When the Brahmachari visited him on a later occasion, not only did he explain the metaphysical concept lucidly but also bestowed on him the actual experience and made him a saint! Only then did the Brahmachari realize that the Swami was an avatar of Lord Dattatreya
From the book -- The Supreme Master: Shri Akkalkot Maharaj by Acharya E. Bharadwaja
http://books.google.co.in/books/about/The_Supreme_Master.html?id=sSs8AwEACAAJ&redir_esc=y
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