THE DASBODHA BY: SADGURU SHREE SAMARTH RAMDAS ...

intuition you get to know the Atman directly. He also hails the Goddess of speech who enlightens
the mind and unveils the secrets of all the knowledge.
Shree Samarth says that of all the names used for the Jap the name of
Lord Ram is the best. Even Lord Mahesh was benefited by doing the Jap of the name of Lord Ram.
Shree Samarth has given great importance to the Jap. The Jap of the name of the Ram or other
Lords, Risihis, Sages and Saints and the expression of the forms of them are two sides of the same
coin. As the vision of the Sadhak goes on becoming more and more micro his Jap too follows the
same path and finally both of them become as big as to engulf the entire universe. Finally the Jap
and the Parbrahma become inseparable. Then he again mentions that the only one Atman is
everywhere and is responsible for the activities in the universe.
Without the Atman nothing is possible. Without it everything will be
dead and still. The really knowledgeable knows the powers of the Atman and therefore keeps his
vision glued to the Atman all around him. He knows that it is the only thing full of knowledge. He
also knows that the Atman doesn’t differentiate between the pauper and the King.
The Atman can’t be experienced by the organs nor can it be
perceived by the mind. It can’t be seen by any external appliances. Despite this the organs, the
mind and all the external things are controlled by the Atman. The Atman is thus singular but seems
to be multiple because of the multiplicity of the bodies and the things. Thus all the duality is due to
the Atman but by itself it isn’t a part of it. The duality is due to the Maya which veils the real
Atman. It is very difficult indeed to get to know everything about the Atman by yourself and
therefore the need of the Guru who is capable of not only simplifying this complicated matter but in
fact is able to enlighten you with the realization of it.
END OF THE EIGHTH SAMAS
THE NINTH SAMAS – NANA UPASANANIRUPAN (ABOUT THE WORSHIPS)
There are many types of people in the world and so are the ways of
worship. They worship the God in whom they have faith. They also believe that they are
worshipping the abstract or the God without any properties by worshipping him. The disciples ask
Shree Samarth whether this is true and what his opinion about this is.
Shree Samarth says that it is but natural to worship the God in whom
one has faith. What they presume while doing this isn’t their mistake for the simple reason that by
abstract they imply one having all the powers. The problem lies somewhere else. One has to find
out the original thing from which everything has come. Only few think about this. Those who think
and know it require immense piety and a different vision altogether. Everyone isn’t endowed with
it. This doesn’t mean that one shouldn’t try for it. Rather if you rigorously seek it, it will sometime
unveil itself if you have the blessings of the Guru.
The disciples now ask about the formless and the one with the form.
Shree Samarth says that anything which changes on account of instability and temporariness is the
one with the form whereas the one which isn’t subject to any change is the formless and without