THE DASBODHA BY: SADGURU SHREE SAMARTH RAMDAS ...

Shree Samarth says that excessive sleep, idleness and wavering mind
are the signs of foolishness and such a fool can’t understand any preaching and is unable to find out
the meaning of it. They make anyone unwise. There is no use telling anything about spiritualism to
a man full of these signs.
Now Shree Samarth turns his attention towards the doubt raised
earlier, “In how much time one can attain Moksha if he remains in the company of Saints?” Just as
a drop falling in the ocean becomes a part of it, anyone who is ready to work hard as per the Guru’s
preaching, who is wise, who has the intelligence to delve into the minute, micro abstract and the
one who can dissolve his own self and follow totally the philosophy of lack of duality can readily
achieve Moksha. He again warns that without total, unflinching and ultimate faith and belief in the
Guru no one even with the highest of intellect can attain Moksha.
If the intellect is unable to decipher the hidden meaning then you
won’t understand the meaning of Guru’s preaching. Without utmost faith and belief the Parbrahma
remains as elusive as ever. The presence of both the things helps in dissolving the body mind
intellect conglomerate. Once this conglomerate disappears it becomes that much easier to attain the
ultimate in the companionship of the Saints. One, who is truly aware of his goal, is ready to work
tirelessly for it, is endowed with the requisite intellect and is the altar of belief and faith in the Guru
and is spared of the hardships of Sadhana. Others who have the faith and the belief but may slightly
lack in others can achieve it after Sadhana. With the companionship of the Saints the hidden
intellect and wisdom in them becomes evident and then they can have the enlightenment of the self.
They just have to keep on storing the knowledge whenever it is given and once it totally is
transferred from the Guru to them their own intuition is stimulated for the achievement of the
ultimate.
Shree Samarth says that even after the experience of the
transcendental one shouldn’t leave Sadhana or the urge to provide explanation of the transcendental
for the sake of those who are willing to tread on this path. Shree Samarth says that the queries, what
is Moksha, what is the state when one gets self enlightenment and what is the guarantee that with
the companionship of the Saints self enlightenment becomes possible will be answered in the next
samas. He also candidly tells that if the listeners want to bid a final adieu to their vices then they
should prepare themselves to listen to some straightforward talk and not get angry or disheartened
if some harsh words are said subsequently.
END OF THE SIXTH SAMAS
THE SEVENTH SAMAS – MOKSHALAKSHAN (ABOUT MOKSHA)
Shree Samarth first of all tells that Moksha is a state wherein the
bound beings are freed of any bindings by the companionship of the Saints. The feeling that I am
the mind body intellect conglomerate basically originates from the desires which have the
expectation of some fruits. The Saints preach the wisdom of what is Atman and what is not which
uproots the desires and hence the being is freed of them. The being is also bound by the thoughts
that I am the life form, I have to undergo birth and death, and I will have to face the sweet or bitter
fruits of my deeds and karmas and so on. This is like a cocoon which lives and dies in its own web.
He also thinks of many illusory things which if done (He thinks) will yield many types of happiness
in the next life like some petty donations etc. This gives rise to another set/s of desires. Thus he