THE DASBODHA BY: SADGURU SHREE SAMARTH RAMDAS ...

impart knowledge to those who lack it. He has both types of knowledge, the knowledge as the
common man knows it in its traditional sense and the knowledge of the Atman. The people
preached by and helped by him remain grateful to him.
The real Sage protects and maintains the ethicality, legality and
morality of the society. He practices them and urges others to do the same. Shree Samarth says that
such a man has immeasurable strength of mind and thus is the one upon whom the people bank at
times of dire need. Lord Ram had all these qualities apart from the others and therefore the Sage
should try and acquire as much of them as possible.
THE END OF THE SIXTH SAMAS
THE SEVENTH SAMAS – CHANCHAL NADI (THE MOMENTOUS RIVER)
The original Maya is a flowing river which is invisible.
Remembering it yields happiness, this is to be experienced. It originates in the mountain of the
Brahma. It flows down forcefully. From micro and invisible Brahma it appears in the macro and
visible universe. This power which maintains the universe has no time to rest; we can see its work
but can’t see it. It has all the physical properties of any other river.
Many of us flow with this river Maya and die, very few of us have
the courage to swim against the tide and they get to experience the Brahma. Some get hit by the big
stones in the river and some drown, thereby meaning that some went after the visible but had to
face the war of duality where they got killed or some couldn’t handle the problems of the family
life and died or some wasted the life because of their pride.
Those who have the courage to swim against the tide turn inside
themselves and then climb up the staircase of the micro where on each step they meet various
fruitful things like the heaven, the abode of the Lords and then finally the Brahma.
At the origin of this river the water is utmost pure but highly instable
and therefore able to flow. It is called the Lord Water. The original Maya before being affected by
the elements and the properties is almost in the form of the Brahma and therefore this purity of the
water. This river is the biggest known ever which traverses the entire universe for the simple fact
that it is the original Maya. The really knowledgeable consider it as the God as it is like him,
omnipresent, most powerful.
If we consider that there are many utensils containing water and the
water in some of them spills. The utensils are the live forms, the water is the Maya and spilling
over of the water is vanishing of the Maya. This happens with those who have the knowledge of the
self. In his body there is nothing but his original form whereas others continue to carry Maya with
them and hence remain entangled in it.
The Maya which Shree Samarth is describing here in the form of
water or the river is salty, sweet or dirty which signify the three properties. It mingles completely
with anything and everything, meaning thereby that the power of the real form inside you is at its
basic level and expresses itself depending upon what it occupies. It becomes virtuous or vicious as
the case may be. To understand this power of the real form we ought to have its blessings (The
Guru’s blessings). When we understand this we come very close to the ultimate truth. This river has
unlimited water so much so that we are confused whether it is a river or a big lake. Yet both are