THE DASBODHA BY: SADGURU SHREE SAMARTH RAMDAS ...

Guru is something beyond the abstract definitions of zero. He is not like the earth which accepts
everything as the earth has an end whereas the Guru is going to be there for times immemorial. He
is not like the sun because the science knows the limitations of the energy of the sun and there is no
limit to the energy and the power of the knowledge of the Guru. He is not like water for the water
flows in the direction easier for it to tread and Guru can tread on to any path howsoever difficult it
is. He is not like the elixir of the Gods by which they live for an unimaginable length of time for the
Gods also die at the time of the final catastrophe whereas the only thing which survives after that is
the Guru a property which he passes on to his disciples also. He is not like the Santa who gives
everything that you want because he is beyond all the imaginations and you want anything which is
seen or imagined. In fact you have to go far ahead of the imaginations to even have a glimpse of the
Guru. He is not like the diamond which relieves you of some of your worries but the first thing that
the Guru does is to remove all kinds of worries from your mind. He is not the richest in the
traditional sense as all the money is bound to vanish sometime or the other whereas the Goddess of
the money is always waiting for the Guru at his doorsteps and he gives scant respect to money and
politely asks the Goddess to go. All the visible and the invisible things in the universe including the
Gods and their heavenly things have an end but the blessings of the Guru are endless to say the
least. Brahma, Vishnu and Mahesh also meet their end some time when they are destined to but the
Guru is the only being whom neither time nor tide can touch and hence is the only endless thing in
the universe.
On account of these reasons the Guru is an indescribable entity. The
fact that despite doing my best I can’t describe the Guru should itself be considered as the
description of the Guru. The experience of the existence of the Guru is to felt from inside and is not
a thing to be sensed by the sensory organs. Only those who have attained the Constance deep inside
their mind after relinquishing the existence of the mind can understand the signs of the Guru’s
existence. Indeed then only those will be able to fathom whatever I have told in this Samas.
END OF THE FOURTH SAMAS
THE FIFTH SAMAS – SANTSTAVAN (IN PRAISE OF THE SAINTS)
I now salute the Sages and the Saints who are the pillars of the
spiritualism. The ultimate knowledge about the self is in micro form and very difficult for the
common man to even have a view of it, it reveals itself on account of these Saints. Parbrahma is the
utmost difficult thing to acquire and it is the greatest acquisition which is made possible only with
the companionship of the Saints.
To be very true the real self or the Atman is very evident. It is yet
invisible because we try to see it by the eyes using our so called power of senses. However hard
you may try, still it eludes you. No light source can illuminate it for it to be visible and there is no
need for that too as it has a luminosity of its own, the only clause is you must be capable of
recognizing it through not your senses but by your whole being, your Atman, by everything that is
yours. There are only two types of people available on this earth who can enable you to accomplish
this and those are the Guru and the Saints.
Those who think that they have reached the zenith of their wisdom
try to have a view of it by philosophical thought, all the possible efforts, their self proclaimed