Some editions, like the Samshloki Gurucharitra , maintain a verse-for-verse correspondence with the original Marathi structure. Overview and Spiritual Structure
While the original text by was written in Prakrit (Marathi) to reach the masses, Shri Vasudevananda Saraswati transcribed it into Sanskrit to align with the classical Vedic tradition.
Guided by a divine vision of Lord Dattatreya, he later abridged the work into approximately 2,000 verses, focusing on the core spiritual themes while streamlining ritualistic details.