THE DASBODHA BY: SADGURU SHREE SAMARTH RAMDAS ...

knowledge that you are not only known by the friends you keep but also become like them. When it
is so obvious isn’t it foolish to befriend anyone who is a bad person in all respects? So be prudent
and do things according to the advice of an experienced and wise person.
If you are faced with a grave situation you shouldn’t be frightened by
it but face it with courage and wisdom which will win the scenario for you. This will give you
immense pleasure. You also unfortunately have to forcefully interact with vicious men who insult
and humiliate you. During these times you should remain calm and behave in such a way that your
importance isn’t compromised with despite the best efforts of your enemies. What is required
throughout your lifetime is wisdom to achieve happiness and acclaim in both material and spiritual
fields.
It is the rule of the world that there are some who are poor and some
are rich. Some are idiots and some are highly intelligent. This difference is going to remain there.
But we ourselves see that idiots can become knowledgeable and poor can become rich if they put in
the requisite effort. It is also a rule that everything material including money is temporary and
whosoever is born is going to die some time or the other. It is up to us to put in that extra bit to
make this life more satisfying and in a spiritual sense eternally blissful. Our body can be molded in
any which way one wants it to. If you can make it to put in that little bit of extra effort then you can
achieve things you might have never thought of. Shree Samarth asks us that if this is the case what
we are waiting for.
END OF THE SEVENTH SAMAS
THE EIGHTH SAMAS – TATWANIRUPAN (ABOUT THE BASIC PRINCIPLES)
There are four types of voices. The first one originates from the
umbilicus which reaches the heart where it gets converted into sound which is the second type. This
sound then comes to the throat from where another component is added; this is the third type. All
these are then expressed by the tongue which is the fourth type by which the words are uttered. The
voice inherent in the umbilicus is the place of the feelings of the mind. Now Shree Samarth asks us
to listen to the five parts of the feelings of the mind.
The feeling of the mind has no form and is the purest remembrance
of the life without any imagination interfering in it. When there is a doubt about whatever is
remembered will really be there or not, it signifies the presence of the mind. It imagines good as
well as bad. When the imagination leads to conviction the feeling is transformed into intellect. We
then start thinking upon the decision of the intellect which takes the form of the organized thought
which is closely related to the pure feeling of the mind. Then we decide that we will do according
to our decision and start doing it. This is the beginning of the pride. There are five parts of the
feeling of the mind but in totality it is nothing but one only. There are five parts of the life in the
live form. They are made up of the wind. One of them is present all over the body. The second one
is at the umbilicus. The third is in the throat, fourth is at the anus and the main one is in the mouth
and the nose. There are also five organs through which we sense. These are the ears, skin, eyes,
tongue and the nose.