THE DASBODHA BY: SADGURU SHREE SAMARTH RAMDAS ...

which they can if they wish to, they behave like any other normal human being without losing the
state of the highest and purest form of Mukti which they have attained with the blessings of the
Guru. It then goes without saying that if they can do it; you too can, provided you are ready to
strive hard for it and if you gain the real knowledge of the Atman with the blessings of the Guru.
Shree Samarth has told four types of the people, who are Mukta, i.e.
those who have attained Mukti. These are the Mukta, the live Mukta, the Mukta who have left their
mortal body and those who are Mukta for ever, the Yogi of the Yogis. The primary sign of the
knowledgeable is the enlightenment of the self. This can’t happen till he has left the pride of the
mind body intellect conglomerate. After this enlightenment he is not conscious of his body at all.
Yet his body has to do the things which are destined for it till he decides to leave that body.
Therefore you can’t accuse him for any of the so called karma that his body has to perform just due
to the fact that he is bodily present. Some of them may prefer to keep mum whereas the others may
tell and explain about the knowledge of the self. At the time of the enlightening moments the body
remains devoid of any karma or acts but this applies only to the body and not the state of
unification with the Parbrahma. The highest achievement in the field of spirituality is the
enlightenment of the self; all the other things are just ignorable. Shree Samarth therefore advises us
to get it and get the ensuing eternal bliss. The Mukta even if accused of being bound is not affected
in the least. His bliss remains inexorably intact. The simple reason for this is there is no place for
the mind body intellect conglomerate in the enlightening experience. Wherever there is the
presence of this conglomerate it should be taken for granted that Mukti is almost beyond
imagination. Shree Samarth now goes even further and says that the feeling of “I am Mukta” is also
contrary to that state as there are no feelings in the real self, the Atman, the Brahma, or the
Parbrahma. It is self made and therefore is neither bound nor Mukta. The feeling that “I am Mukta”
is a sign of being proud which again is contrary to the Parbrahma. Even after getting Mukti and
being a Mukta no one can afford to carry with him the pride of the mind body intellect
conglomerate, and if someone does it he is definitely leading towards the doom to be sure.
One who is able to totally discard the feeling that he is something is
the one who can attain Mukti. Whether he talks or prefers to keep mum is absolutely immaterial.
The binding arises from the properties which are absent in the Parbrahma and also absent is the
feeling of Mukti. The one who has acquired the real knowledge of the self is distant from any
feelings and hence also from the feelings of being bound or being Mukta. When we say that one is
bound or one is Mukta we are still playing in the backyard of the Maya. Where the entire universe
which is full of properties vanishes there can’t just be the feeling that I am Mukta. One who is the
real Mukta is beyond the feeling that he is Mukta. He doesn’t say anything but if forced to do so by
the disciples he just says that someone who was bound has been freed, that someone is not my real
self. The thinking that I was bound and now I have become Mukta is also an illusion. This happens
because of the presence of the mind body intellect conglomerate. You have to destroy and dissolve
it forever. This thinking arises out of imagination which also is highly untrue. Suppose a person
dreamt that he was bound and in the dream itself he realized that he had attained Mukti. On waking
up from the sleep he is bound but hasn’t attained Mukti. Therefore Shree Samarth says that those
who have had the enlightening experience of the self and gain the real knowledge of the
omnipresent Atman must be considered as Mukta. When this knowledge becomes richer he loses
the feeling that he is Mukta. Such ones are devoid of any differences or doubts which fall in the
purview of the Maya. Shree Samarth ends the samas by telling the disciples to be ready to listen to
the path that one has to tread and walk properly on it to unify with the Parbrahma.