THE DASBODHA BY: SADGURU SHREE SAMARTH RAMDAS ...

properties, Sadhana and the path to be followed for that and description of pilgrimages. It should
induce empathy, should make you shameful of the life that you lead by selfishness on account of
the mind body intellect conglomerate, and should be capable of increasing your knowledge to the
extent of knowing what the Atman is. By the content of which God himself appears before you,
you get metamorphosed into a person with all the virtuous properties. It gives you the ultimate
bliss, the illusions disappear, duality is vanquished, all the bindings loosen and finally disappear
and it is praised by the Saints. This type of poetry gives you the enlightening experience of the
Parbrahma.
END OF THE THIRD SAMAS
THE FOURTH SAMAS – KEERTAN LAKSHAN
(SINGING THE PRAISES OF GOD)
While singing the praises of the God it should be done in the softest
possible way with all the technical correctness. No attention should be paid to any quarrels or to the
vicious and there should be no change in your thought process because of the true or untrue nature
of others. Don’t tell the secrets of others, rather tell about their virtues, don’t ever get tired while
singing the praise of God. There shouldn’t be any pride in doing all this. Your singing should be
very natural and not artificially decorated.
Call the God by many of his names, describe him by using adjectives
for many of his forms and describe his amusing and astonishing exploits. Never speak anything
which you may have to repent afterwards or anything which would injure the peoples’ feelings.
Don’t deceive anyone even if he has deceived you. Never do sycophancy. Get the blessings of the
God by continuously taking his name.
Don’t talk continuously and that too highly irrelevant and boring.
Don’t show your knowledge in front of people who won’t understand it. Don’t talk without a
focused mind. Your every moment should be purposeful and not seem shabby. Your behavior
should be cultured, bound by civilized rules and appearance neat and tidy. You should have
humility. Your singing of the praise of the God should be accompanied by the relevant musical
instruments so that the sweetness of it should increase manifold and by which the audience will be
spellbound.
When a very faithful worshipper is singing the praise of the God
Shree Samarth advises that if he introduces some element of drama into it then it not only creates
more interest in the minds of the audience but the praise also becomes praiseworthy. The audience
having liked the praise comes again and again to listen to it. People singing the praise of the God in
this manner are very popular and are called everywhere for presentation of his art. They have the
capacity to induce nostalgia amongst the audience. They can also in between tell the audience about
how to think about what the real thing is and what isn’t.
There is a mixture of the true and false everywhere in the universe.
Once you realize what are the truths then all the friction in life vanishes. The false vanishes by
itself. You should have the capacity to always keep your sight focused on the Parbrahma. Look at
the soul which sees through your eyes. By getting over the mind body intellect conglomerate try to
concentrate on the Parbrahma by treading on the micro spiritual path. One who can pacify the soul