(b. Feb 19, 1630 – d. Apr 3, 1680)

One day it was Sivaji and the Marathas and the year’s wandering as a Sanyasin, that won him home to Raigarh. “And to this day” said the Swami,(June,1898) “authority in India dreads the Sannyasin, lest he conceal beneath his yellow garb another Sivaji.”

– Sister Nivedita (Notes of some wanderings with the Swami Vivekananda)

The Echoes of Teachings of Swami Vivekananda by Dr. M.C. Nanjunda Rao
(An evening talk on Sivaji)