THE DASBODHA BY: SADGURU SHREE SAMARTH RAMDAS ...

within; which is liable to be disturbed every now and then, and also pacify the others is hailed by
all.
END OF THE FOURTH SAMAS
THE FIFTH SAMAS – HARIKATHA LAKSHAN (SINGING THE STORY OF GOD)
Shree Samarth says that he will tell how to tell or sing the
story/stories of God so that he will be pleased and will bless you. Those men who have thus been
blessed are full of Vairagya, highly knowledgeable, loving worshipper and are like a sweet fruit of
the sugarcane or the most fragrant scent of gold. He has all types of knowledge of all the arts and
other things as well, has the real knowledge and yet is totally devoid of any pride.
He doesn’t hate anyone, isn’t jealous, can impress people and Saints
and at the same time is liked by the God. Those who are atheists aren’t obviously in the good books
of anyone who believe in God and hence these people stay away from them. They never allow the
debate over the duality of formless Parbrahma or the God with form to come to the fore while
praising the God in front of an audience although their own conviction is in the Parbrahma as they
know that if it is allowed to interfere then everyone will be confused and they themselves would
lose both. They praise the God with form with doubtless faith and boundless love. Their praise has
inherent empathy and is full of the deeds of the God with form and his fame.
If you praise the God like this it becomes very sweet indeed so that
the audience also overflows with the love for the God. The key to this is not to mix the formless
with that with form and never fault anyone on any account. While doing this you should be full of
humility, without any doubts and fully devote and submit yourself to the God. Don’t praise some
other God while you are telling the story of another one. In front of, Saints praise the lack of
duality; only worshippers without the God with form make them aware of the futility of desires in
life and praise Vairagya. You should never bring any eroticism even in the miniscule quantities in
your story. Even the mention of the beauty of the females is enough to divert the attention of the
Sadhak who goes away from the God thus. Shree Samarth immediately gives solace by telling that
even if the Sadhak can unify with the God though momentarily that is the first step towards the
final unification. His love for the God thence increases manifolds. He then remains unaware of the
surroundings and his story then flows with the blessings of the God which is why it is so much
liked by the audience. A good story teller of the God is highly intelligent and knows how to
philosophically correctly put across his hypothesis so that the real meaning will be conveyed to the
audience who can effortlessly digest it. He has all sorts of arts but over and above them all he has
worship of God so deeply ingrained in him that it becomes a part of him. He thus is constantly
tuned with the God and knows nothing else but the God. Shree Samarth says that any art without
God in it is trash which in fact can take you away from the God.
While singing the stories of God if you get engrossed in your singing
and the different aspects of it then you may lose the sight of God. The important thing is to control
your mind and make it concentrate on the God all the time seemingly without any effort. If you fail
in it and allow yourself to be dictated by the niceties of the art form then again you will be
distanced from the God. He is blessed who praises the God with the God and nothing else in his
mind.