How does the interaction between Das Ganu and Sai Baba illustrate the concept of a Guru's grace versus intellectual effort?

The story in Chapter 20 serves as a powerful illustration of the superiority of a Guru's grace over mere intellectual effort. Das Ganu's problem—a deep doubt about the meaning of the Upanishad—could not be solved by his own translation work or by discussions with learned scholars, representing the limits of the intellect. The text emphasizes that without the grace of Hari and Guru, the essence of the Vedas is difficult to grasp. When Das Ganu presents his intellectual 'snag' to Sai Baba, Baba's response is not an intellectual one. He bypasses a scholarly debate and points to a seemingly simple, non-intellectual source for the answer: a maidservant. This demonstrates that Guru's grace works beyond logic to remove the 'obstruction of the intellect' and reveal the hidden truth effortlessly.