THE DASBODHA BY: SADGURU SHREE SAMARTH RAMDAS ...

Imagination isn’t useful all the time. This is true in both the family as well as the spiritual life. He
should be able to fathom the reason behind those who ask for answers and what is really behind the
question so that he can easily and convincingly answer them. Those who lack this wisdom are
overlooked by the people. He should talk only when it is absolutely necessary but should have the
capacity to listen to all. He should possess the ability to recognize what is going on in the minds of
people from their very appearance and talk. He shouldn’t waste his time with the vicious ones. He
should always be pleasant to all and never sadden anyone. Despite knowing everything he should
wear the garb of a knowledge seeker whereby he never has any ego. His words should be soft and
sweet. He should be able to grasp any situation within no time and if it is problematic should solve
it immediately with all his skills. He should never enter into any arguments which are futile. He
shouldn’t differentiate between anyone as far as possible.
He shouldn’t be tired of searching for the best things and giving them
away to those who are in need of them. Always help the needy and poor should be his motto. He
should leave an everlasting impression wherever he goes. When his qualities are recognized by the
people they naturally start adoring him. He should always be in the company of the virtuous yet
very simple and modest. His talk should be congruent with his Sadhana which gives immense
credibility to it. He should at the same time be careful about where he is going and whom he is
meeting, for this he must have the prior information on these.
If you want to be known as the friend of the world the secret of that
lies in your talk. Wherever you go you should also possess the ability to find out the best possible
people who would be around you. You should also be tolerant when others are talking. To know
the people at large you have to first get familiar with them and then analyze them. Sift out the good
from the bad and use the good ones to weed out the bad. The best thing to achieve this is listening
to the Saintly people but better than that is always thinking deeply and introspecting with all the
might of your mind. Without understanding anything it is absolutely futile to strive for it. Shree
Samarth finally advises to know others to the hilt without which all the efforts of the best go down
the drain not to talk about those who just indulge in empty talk.
END OF THE SECOND SAMAS
THE THIRD SAMAS – KARANTLAKSHANNIRUPAN
(ABOUT THE LACKLUSTER)
If you have committed sins in your previous life then you become
poor in this life which can lead to more sins and this vicious cycle then continues. Your whole life
becomes lackluster. You have to avoid that type of behavior which leads to being born as a poor.
These people who lack in all the things are always idle and never like
to indulge in any type of effort. They are always drowsy, have no sense of what to talk where, don’t
pay any attention to others’ feelings, are very poor in reading and writing, unaware of the
knowledge to do any business, find it difficult to remember things, don’t like the company of good
people but like the same of the bad ones, have the habit of always complaining about everything
and everyone, always quarrel with others, like stealing things and indulging in deceit, they lack