![]() ![]() At first Brahmachari Mahesh performed common chores but gained trust and became Guru Dev's 'personal secretary' and 'favored pupil'. While a few sources say that he worked at Gun Carriage Factory in Jabalpur for some time, most report that in 1941, he became an administrative secretary to the of Jyotir Math, Swami (also known as Guru Dev) and took a new name, Bal Brahmachari Mahesh.: 22 Coplin refers to bala brahmachari as both a title and a name, and considers that it 'identified him as a fully dedicated student of spiritual knowledge and life-long celibate ascetic.' The Maharishi recalls how it took about two and a half years to attune himself to the thinking of Brahmananda Saraswati and to gain 'a very genuine feeling of complete oneness'. Early life Mahesh studied physics at and earned a degree in 1942. Mahesh came from an upper-caste family, being a member of the, a high-status caste whose traditional profession is writing. ![]()
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