THE DASBODHA BY: SADGURU SHREE SAMARTH RAMDAS ...

all the adjectives fall miserably short. The original Maya originated from it which was in the micro
form and had no ills associated.
The disciples raise a doubt here, how did this Maya with all the
associated properties emanate from the Parbrahma which is devoid of any properties. They ask
Shree Samarth if it had to be accepted then they think that the Parbrahma also has properties like all
others and request him to get this contradiction cleared. Shree Samarth says that it is wrong to think
that the Parbrahma does the thing and yet remains free from the sticking of doing it. For having the
desire to create this universe there should be the desire which isn’t there anywhere near the
Parbrahma. Yet it would be dangerous to think that Maya is something potentially different from
the Parbrahma as then the Parbrahma will have the role of a mere witness all the time all the while
which isn’t the case at all. It is here that the Guru is required to clarify this with the experience of
the self enlightenment. With it dawns the realization that the Parbrahma can and does control the
Maya after all. Those who don’t possess the knowledge of the self and those who have different
views about Maya will either just believe that it is untrue or will get to see according to their views
as one is apt to see one’s own image in the mirror. Shree Samarth then elaborates the different
views and beliefs by giving numerous similes. Shree Samarth says that this has been the root cause
of debate for eons amongst even the greatest of religious scholars but in the ocean of these different
views and the doubts arising out of that the main subject of how did Maya originate remains
unanswered. This will be addressed to now in the next samas by Shree Samarth.
END OF THE SECOND SAMAS
THE THIRD SAMAS – SOOKSHMA AASHANKANIRUPAN
(TRYING TO RESOLVE THE DOUBTS)
Shree Samarth in the beginning of the samas itself says that we are
asking about a thing which hasn’t happened at all in the first place! All that is seen and being
comprehended or sensed by our sense organs is in fact nonexistent! Therefore this or these queries
are futile. He knows that this is the experience of the really knowledgeable and difficult to be
digested by the commoner and therefore says that though this is the case, he would explain it by
giving some similes. We see the mirage, dreams, a form transforming into another like water into
vapor or ice which we perceive as a new thing, try to separate the tree from its shadow. We know
that all of this is untrue yet we perceive them and say that these are the illusions. In the same
manner under the clouds of these and the like illusions combined with the lack of knowledge we
perceive the illusory universe. We are entrained to perceive the things through our senses and thus
naturally fail to recognize the transcendental Parbrahma. As it isn’t in any way even remotely
similar to anything perceivable it is impossible to put forth any similes to describe it. Parbrahma is
the original masculine and feminine power both. It thus is the origin of the original Maya. All that
is done is through this Maya, the original illusion and the origin of all other illusions. The
primordial Atman is singular. When it resides in the body it is called the “Life”. When it has the
component of the pure Maya which first emanated from the Parbrahma it is called the “Shiva”
which resides in the whole of the universe. The fully expressed knowledge with all the powers
imaginable and unimaginable inherent in it is the ultimate God. His knowledgeable part is known
as the prime masculine and the part endowed with all the powers is known as the Original Maya.
The origin of all the powers seen in the universe is due to the Maya. In essence both of them being