THE DASBODHA BY: SADGURU SHREE SAMARTH RAMDAS ...

To put it simply the Parbrahma is beyond any fancy or capacity of
imagination. Yet the question remains, how is it? By his own experience Shree Samarth says that it
is the biggest thing in the universe which is omnipresent in everything in its smallest imaginable
form, forever. It is the only thing in the universe which is not subject to any change whatsoever.
Although it is present in innumerable things, still it is one and unique. The same Parbrahma is
present in the inanimate and the animate things leave apart the divisions made by the nature or man.
One who wants to experience it has to do so by becoming unified with it, there being no other way
absolutely. It is the basis of the universe and the universe lies within it. One who experiences it
describes it by keeping mum!
THE ORIGINAL MAYA
The saints and sages always experience the Parbrahma but the
common man experiences only the universe and the happenings in it which are the creations of the
Maya and hence are nothing but illusions. It is doubtless that the experiences of the saints are true
and those of the common man being illusions, more likely to be untrue. The problem still remains
that despite the existence of the Parbrahma only, how was this universe created, what was the
reason for it, how it is maintained and how it has sustained itself? To solve this mystery Shree
Samarth describes the original Maya. The original Parbrahma is unique, totally free, not responsible
for any action, total in every sense and is there for ever as it is and was. This Parbrahma had for
once a feeling that it is the Parbrahma. This feeling gave rise to what we are seeing today. Although
this feeling emanated from the Parbrahma it remained as it was without any change whatsoever
even during the fraction of time during which the feeling came. This can be compared to the sky in
which it seems that there are clouds and various forms of winds, yet the sky is unaffected by all
this. This feeling which the Parbrahma had is known as the original Maya. There are two integral
parts to it. The first one is purest and completely knowledgeable and the other one signifies the
ultimate power and has many facets. The first one represents the God as we know and say.
THE MAYA WITH MANY FACETS
The three main facets of the Maya signify truthfulness, virtuosity and
anger. Maya manifests itself first in the form of the Earth, Water, Light, Wind and the Sky which
according to the Hindu philosophy are called the five basic elements of life. All of these form the
universe which is an illusion as it has originated from the Maya. Shree Samarth has described
various manifestations of the Maya in the Dasbodha. In exactly the opposite manner of its
formation the universe is destroyed which is called the ultimate catastrophe. If man uses his
wisdom to know the basic principles behind this then he can know what the Maya is. After that he
acquires the blessings of the God, goes beyond the Maya and reaches the Parbrahma. This is known
as the catastrophe of wisdom.