THE DASBODHA BY: SADGURU SHREE SAMARTH RAMDAS ...

elements must have been there in the original Maya in the form of the most primitive seedling.
Shree Samarth says that it is imperative that we get to know about these elements in details first
before embarking upon the further knowledge about them. Whatever that is found to be hard and
with recognizable mass indicates the presence of the earth and that which is soft and wet shows the
presence of water. All that is warm and is luminescent is because of the light; all that is lively and
motile points to the wind and anything with a vacuum, space and is still denotes the presence of the
sky.
Now Shree Samarth explains the admixture of them. How do we find
the earth in the sky? The sky as described earlier is the biggest vacuum, is the biggest zero. Being
that, the sky denotes lack of knowledge which is so very evident in the various forms that the earth
bears. The presence of the earth in the sky is thus explained. The sky is the softest thing and hence
contains traces of water too. The lack of knowledge gives rise to illusions which are seen by the
perception of light which is thus in the sky. The wind is basically not different from the sky, the
only difference being in the fact that the small resistance that is found in the sky is on account of
the wind.
How other elements are found in the wind? Although the wind is very
lightweight it still has a mass which indicates the presence of the earth in it. It also has power and
that too is a measure of the earth having hardness giving rise to the power. The softness in the wind
is the measure of the water in it; the illusions created by the wind signify the presence of the light in
it. The wind encompasses all the properties of these elements and that being the property of the sky
it wouldn’t be improper to find the traces of the sky in it.
The light gives rise to illusions which can be seen or felt by the
senses. This becomes true on the count of the forms made on the earth. The illusions are many
times soft and soothing in nature which indicates the water in it. The light moves very fast and
takes some part of its mobility from the wind. Though it is moving constantly it has to die down
somewhere and there it remains in a still state which signifies the presence of the sky in it.
Water is soft but has a mass which comes to it on the count of the
earth in it. The softness can be experienced because of the light, the stillness because of the wind
and is a part of the sky as the sky is encompassing everything seen. The earth isn’t hard
everywhere, the softness in it is due to the water, the hardness in it is experienced due to the light
and the resistance that it offers is due to the wind and it is also borne by the sky. Everything that
our senses perceive is in the context of the sky which is an inherent part of all the other four
elements. The sky is unbreakable, irremovable and is the stillest thing in the universe.
This has to be experienced, otherwise rather than understanding the
five basic elements we would get either confused by their mixtures or would feel that we have
understood everything about them when in fact we haven’t known anything. If we think minutely
after the requisite experience, it isn’t that difficult to know that the entire universe is running on the
power of the wind. If this power is seen in the micro form we would see the presence of all the five
basic elements. In a gist the power seen in the micro form contains all the five basic elements in the
nano form, if at all some gauge is to be applied to it. This micro form of the basic power is the
original Maya. The illusory Maya emanating from it gives rise to the three basic properties. These
added up to the five basic elements yield the eight angled singular power, the origin of all the
powers. It too has a basically huge component of the five basic elements, something akin to the
creator necessarily having its presence in the creation and vice a versa. The singular power thus is
manifest in the form of the five basic elements and the three basic properties. To understand this in
its entirety application of wisdom is required.