THE DASBODHA BY: SADGURU SHREE SAMARTH RAMDAS ...

The five nano basic elements at the place of the original Maya
become evident due to the three basic properties. After they become evident all other principle
elements are created. All this was created before the origin of the universe. (This is a verbatim
translation of the words of Shree Samarth and not an elaboration of his thoughts which are awe
inspiring, considering the fact that he was speaking these words in the 17 th century when nobody
supposedly knew an inch about the universe!) At that time only the Parbrahma was there along with
the original Maya. Every other creation has been thence including the Lords Brahma, Vishnu and
Mahesh. The entire visible universe has been created after this, to put it in a gist. All the
components of the universe including sun, the galaxy and its contents and even all the directions in
the space and in fact the space itself were thus created afterwards. It can be elaborated in great
details but suffice it to say that everything including the live and the nonliving forms were created
afterwards.
Shree Samarth makes it more precise and says that the entire visible
universe has been created chronologically from the five basic elements by the original Maya. The
admixture of this creation is so seemingly complete that the visible is of the five basic elements and
only that is visible which is created out of the five basic elements. To see or get to the originator of
all this, “The Parbrahma”, we have to naturally then go beyond the visible! This is probably the
simplest explanation of why we have to reject all that is seen to be able to experience the
Parbrahma and then to unify with it to get rid of the cycles of birth and death, “To be able to
achieve Moksha and attain Mukti forever”.
END OF THE FOURTH SAMAS
THE FIFTH SAMAS-STHOOLPANCHMAHABHOOTESWAROOPAKASHBHEDONAM
(THE FIVE BASIC ELEMENTS AND THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE
PARBRAHMA AND THE SKY)
Shree Samarth now explains that there has been such an admixture of
all the five basic elements that it is difficult to separate them but he would try and give the
examples of the things made up of each one. The mountains, the rocks, different types of soil, sand
all the metals; in short all that is without the so called life constitute the earth.
Water is found in the rivers, the seas, the oceans, lakes, the clouds, in
the living matter, in the oil, and in the water in the water table of the earth. Anything which
emanates light and/or heat like the sun, moon, the stars, the fire of any origin, the things which
absorb or evaporate water fall under the purview of the basic element: light. During this
explanation Shree Samarth tells one of the many worldly truths which he has been consistently
telling in the whole of the Dasbodha and that is the fact that the fire is the hunger of the time!
The wind is highly motile. It is the power which is responsible for the
life in the live forms. It is also responsible for the motion that is seen in the entire visible universe.
All the happenings in the universe are on its count. It is also the power which keeps the entire
universe and its contents in their proper designated place (One is dumbfounded by the prudence
and brilliance of Shree Samarth, as always though!). The sky is the stillest thing and is the ultimate
vacuum. It has no boundaries and is seamless. It encompasses the entire universe and remains
unique in all the diversities. All the remaining four basic elements are bounded by the sky. Despite
this we have already seen that if we think minutely this biggest thing in the universe is ubiquitous