The Swami remained at Jaipur for two weeks, during which time he met a noted Sanskrit grammarian. He decided to study grammar (Panini's Ashtadhyayi) with him. But the pandit, though very learned, had not the gift of teaching. For three days he tried to explain the commentary on the first Sutra (aphorism), but without success. On the fourth day, the pandit said, "Swamiji, I am afraid you are not deriving much benefit from studying with me, for in three days I have not been able to make you grasp the meaning of the Sutra." The Swami resolved to master the commentary by himself. In three hours he accomplished what the pandit could not do in three days. Shortly after, he went to the pandit and in a casual way explained the commentary and its purport. The pandit was amazed. After this the Swami proceeded to master Sutra after Sutra and chapter after chapter. Later he said, speaking of this experience, "If the mind is intensely eager, everything can be accomplished even mountains can be crumbled into atoms."

At Jaipur the Swami became very intimate with Sardar Hari Singh, the Commander-in-Chief of the State. He passed some days in his home discussing spiritual and scriptural matters. One day the subject was image worship. A strong believer in the doctrines of the Vedanta, Hari Singh did not believe in the value of images, and even after hours of discussion with the Swami he remained unconvinced. In the evening they went out for a walk. As they were going along the footpath they came on some devotees carrying the image of Shri Krishna and singing devotional songs as they went. The Swami and the Sardar watched the procession for a while. Suddenly the Swami touched Hari Singh and said, "Look there, see the living God!" The eyes of the Sardar fell on the image of the Lord Krishna, and he stood there transfixed, with tears of ecstasy trickling down his cheeks. When he returned to ordinary consciousness, he exclaimed, "Well, Swamiji, that was a revelation to me. What I could not understand after hours of discussion, was easily comprehended through your touch. Truly I saw the Lord in the image of Krishna!"

Another day the Swami was seated with a number of followers, giving them spiritual instructions, when a learned Sardar, Pandit Suraj Narain, honoured throughout the province for his erudition, came to see him. He caught the thread of the Swami's conversation and said, "Swamiji, I am a Vedantist. I do not believe in the special divinity of Incarnations-the Avataras of the Hindu mythology. We are all Brahman. What is the difference between me and an Avatara?" The Swami replied "Yes that is quite true. The Hindus count, a fish, a tortoise and a boar as Avataras. You say that you are also an Avatara; but with which of these do you feel yourself one?" There was a peal of laughter at this, and the Sardar was silenced.

At Jaipur the disciple insisted on the Swami's posing for a photograph. The Swami, much against his wishes, finally consented. This was the first time that a photo of him as a wandering monk was taken.