THE DASBODHA BY: SADGURU SHREE SAMARTH RAMDAS ...

The body is decorated by good clothes and many types of jewels
whereas the interior is decorated by wisdom and thoughtfulness.
If one has a beautiful body exquisitely decorated but there is total
lack of intelligence then it has no meaning. A man full of pride never talks sense, is strong headed,
and almost thrashes everyone with mere words which are harshest to say the least. He never thinks
of justice or morality. He is highly temperamental, never respects anyone and is not prepared to
mould himself to get along with others. You can’t believe in him or have any faith in him. These
are the devils in the society.
Now Shree Samarth talks about politics keeping his disciple, the
great Maratha King, Shivaji in mind and almost putting forth his case as the most ideal man ever to
have lived politics in its entirety. He says that in politics the things change very rapidly. There can’t
be any single rule for political success. You have to behave according to what any particular
situation demands. Avoid excesses in any given situation. Never be insistent regarding anything.
Even if you have the blessings of the Guru you should do things after giving them a deep thought.
Be careful all the time. Always try to maintain all the people who have total faith in you and learn
to forget and forgive their small mistakes. Never allow the vicious to flourish, rather try and destroy
them if they are hell bent upon destroying the society.
If you insist upon anything there is a possibility of some opposing it
leading to a rift. But the best thing is that you are blessed by the God and the God is proud of you
yet you should do everything after a due thought going into it. There is no need to give uncalled for
advice to the one who is always very careful and cautious but he should keep certain things in mind
before acting upon anything. You should be proud of the people who are working for you
ceaselessly so that their faith in you then knows no bounds. You should be very watchful about
your enemies who can deceive you any time. The God is the real doer. The one who is blessed by
him always goes on the path of justice, morals, wisdom, faces any problems of any magnitude with
tremendous courage, knows what others think and want, gets Himalayan praise and success, is the
bravest of the brave and can’t be equated with anyone else. Because of the blessings of the God he
can try anything which others won’t even dream of imagining, he has unbelievable courage and he
can literally perform miracles. He has utmost faith in the God, behaves exactly like he talks, thinks
only the purest things, supports many and helps all. He keeps his eyes firmly on family life as well
as spiritual one simultaneously. He is always very cautious and careful, keeps his cool even when
he is humiliated, is capable of maintaining the religion if it is on the wane, is a genius, has
unlimited wisdom, has the purest of desires if any and has done innumerable pious deeds. (All of
this is almost a description of King Shivaji who was a disciple of Shree Samarth).
END OF THE SIXTH SAMAS
THE SEVENTH SAMAS – JANSWABHAVNIRUPAN
(ABOUT THE SOCIAL MIND)
All the common men are selfish and always desirous of all the things.
Whenever they say anything about God the thing that what they want is inherent in it. They never