Dasbodh , loosely meaning "advice to the disciple" in Marathi, is a 17th-century Advaita Vedanta spiritual text. Dasbodh is a Granth religious text written by the 16th Century Maharashtrian Saint Ramdas. Ramdas Swami was the Guru of Chattrapati Shivaji Maharaj the Maratha Emperor who ruled during the 16th Century. Ramdas Swami ran away from the marriage pandal when he was 11 years old and he became a sanyasin. In his early days he stayed in Nashik where he did tapa. He then roamed the length an