THE DASBODHA BY: SADGURU SHREE SAMARTH RAMDAS ...

instable. This visible universe seems to be stable yet because of its very property of being visible it
is highly instable. This seeming stability causes the confusion in most of us and we flow with the
tide and invite our end. Those who reach the origin of the river and go beyond that and then look
behind find that there is nothing of this huge water! There is nothing like the river or the lake! Once
you reach the Parbrahma you know there and then that there is no Maya in existence or the other
way round. Those who have dissolved their mind in the great void and turned into the big zero
know all this and therefore it is of utmost importance to follow them. Shree Samarth says that he
has to tell this time and again for the benefit of the disciples.
END OF THE SEVENTH SAMAS
THE EIGHTH SAMAS – ANTARATMA VIVARAN
(EXPLAINING THE SOUL WITHIN)
You should try to get the knowledge about the soul within yourself
and everyone else which is the doer of everything and the God of all Gods (Shree Samarth here
refers to the Parbrahma when he mentions the soul). Nothing can happen without the desire of the
soul. Even a leaf will remain still for its life time if the soul doesn’t want it to move. The entire
universe is dependent upon it not only for its existence but also for the day to day happenings in it.
Its abilities defy any description. This invisible owner of everything is the ultimate God. The one
who gets to know the soul becomes omnipresent in the universe where there is no need for the
Samadhi. One should therefore try to know it and then unify with it. You have to discard all the
visible to get to it which is by far one of the most difficult things to do but the fruit is also the
biggest imaginable.
The human intelligence is incapable of knowing the soul by its own.
The knowledge about it can only be had with the guidance of the Guru and his blessings. Once this
happens you should constantly try to relive that state. Nobody can describe it fully as it is beyond
any description. It is the complete entity whereas the humans are incomplete. Incomplete can’t
understand the state of completeness. But you can perseveringly and constantly think about it as
deeply as you can so that you stand a chance of getting closer to it. Without unification with it all
your efforts are futile. It is really surprising that the humans enjoy all the things through their body
which are induced by the soul but never try to realize the soul itself.
Those who are unable to find the God within them lead a meaningless
life. That in itself is sufficient to prove the importance of knowing the soul within you as it is there
not only in you but in all the live and the nonliving forms in the entire universe. Till we are in the
temporary Maya we would never get to the permanent Parbrahma. This has to be understood by
your own experience. Discard all the temporary things like the elements, the properties and the
principles and whatever that remains is the Parbrahma. What is required here is the wisdom to
answer the questions, who am I, from where did I come and how am I. Therefore a wise man
should stick to wisdom to swim across this ocean of life full of Maya by worshipping the God and
Guru and reach the end of it where there is Parbrahma; by which not only he will be freed of all the
bindings but his forefathers will also be.
END OF THE EIGHTH SAMAS