THE DASBODHA BY: SADGURU SHREE SAMARTH RAMDAS ...

The God is his who likes to listen to and to tell the stories of God. He
leaves everything and runs to the place where the storytelling about the God is going on. He does
everything needed there even to the extent of cleaning that place with broom if the need be. He
leaves no stone unturned to see to it that the storytelling about the God goes on without any
obstacles. He just simply believes the God and chanting his name and nothing else!
END OF THE FIFTH SAMAS
THE SIXTH SAMAS – CHATURYA LAKSHAN (ABOUT ASTUTENESS)
We can’t change our bodily characteristics as we are born with them
and beauty is a thing which can’t be acquired hence Shree Samarth says that we should go after
acquisition of other characteristics which can be acquired through study and hard work.
You can’t change the things in you with which you are born but you
can definitely change yourself from within for acquisition of many virtues. You like to be honored
but that will come only after others know your qualities and are impressed with them. For it to
happen you have to be very clever and astute in the good sense of these words.
Those who tread on the correct path are successful and are held in
high esteem. There is no use putting on veils which would do for only a short while for the simple
reason that your foolishness can be unveiled at any time. Therefore it is imperative that you
cultivate the feelings within you and put them to good use for acquisition of knowledge. Wealth
will come along. Those who don’t try and don’t learn to work are always in troubled waters.
One has to repay in the very manner one behaves with others. You
will have to face lot of troubles if you are in the habit of troubling others. Your behavior should be
justifiable and not unjust. Do things which are liked by most and don’t do anything disliked by
others. It is dependent on you whether others will like you or not. The wise know this. Happiness
begets happiness; friendship begets friendship, whereas goodness can be lost within a fraction of a
moment.
Each of us know that we will have to listen to others in the same tone
in which we talk to them yet if we decide to talk arrogantly then it is nothing but lack of wisdom.
Wisdom decorates the inner self whereas clothes decorate the outer one. It is up to us to decide
what to decorate. But your decision will affect the people or rather you only in the sense that people
are impressed permanently by wisdom and only temporarily by the clothing. They know that only
the wise can be of any help to them. You can help others only if you are wise and astute, decoration
of the body notwithstanding. For helping others you have to sustain hardships physically as well as
mentally. Only then the people realize your worth.
If you are able to remove the obstacles in the path of the people’s
progress then the people will naturally follow you which is pleasing for you as well as for the
people. For understanding this and putting it into practice wisdom and astuteness are basic
essentials. This is the foundation of understanding the fundamentals of life. The more you work the
more you get is the simple rule. Nothing can be achieved with idleness but with some work
progress can be made. If you can’t understand this then unfortunately it has to be said that you
aren’t wise. By making friends you can do your work faster whereas by creating enemies you
defeat your own purpose.