THE DASBODHA BY: SADGURU SHREE SAMARTH RAMDAS ...

SHREE SAMARTH : THE MAN AND THE PERSONALITY
Shree Samarth had a very fair colored skin and was a moderately
built man. He used to exercise regularly and had a very fit body. He had sparkling eyes and a
pointed nose. He sported a long beard. His whole body had an inherent inner glow. He always
walked at a very brisk pace and could climb steep mountains very easily. He wore only a small
cloth covering his perineum and extending up to the pubic symphisis. He carried a wooden Y
shaped object to rest his arms upon when he did his Jap and a metal container containing sacred
water. While going out he had a bag hanging from his shoulders. During his younger days he was
never affected by changes in climate but after getting old he suffered from cough for which he used
to eat the traditional Indian pan (A herbal remedy). As he liked solitude and as he was a brisk
walker and climber he most of the times preferred to stay in the forests surrounding Sajjangad or in
the crevasses of the mountains. He was a very good swimmer, horse rider and was proficient in
warfare as he could use all the weapons used at that time. Yet he was humility personified. He
never spoke with a raised tone to anyone. If someone asked, how the things were going he would
just say, “As per Lord Ram’s wishes”. He won the hearts of thousands with his charming speech
and total selflessness. He was very fond of kids and used to play with them. He liked to read and
write. His memory was very sharp. He liked poetry and music and even was a nice singer. Despite
his stern looks he was a very kind hearted person. Though according to his philosophy this world
was an illusion he was attracted towards nature, its bounties and beauties and anything which was
colossal. He wanted all men and women to acquire all that is best in life. Having toured all over
India he knew the customs in various parts and could speak many languages, prominent amongst
them being Hindi, Marathi, Urdu and of course Sanskrit! His observation was very minute and
analytical. Himself being very kind and a workaholic he naturally liked people having these
qualities. He totally disliked idle people and literally abhorred them. He always said that you
shouldn’t harp on imaginary things; rather you should do whatever is worth doing and then tell
others about it. He was a very kind hearted man and therefore couldn’t see anyone in grief. These
qualities attracted thousands of people around him. He had an uncanny knack of quickly assessing
the capacity of a person and used to assign a particular job accordingly. Most people used to be
awed with this power of his. It is thus beyond any person to describe the person that Shree Samarth
was.
THE REAL SHREE SAMARTH
Shree Samarth was not only a human being, he had that extra in him
which made him something special which is a quality required to transform a man in to a great
person, a Sage or a Saint, which he himself surely was and was even beyond that. He knew to the
hilt what his real form was, that is God who resides in every individual, but, for this knowledge
ordinary people have to spend many births as humans and therefore was not only a saintly figure
but was in a way God himself with all the knowledge of the Parbrahma which was ingrained in him
thoroughly. Right from the childhood he was never interested in the material things and the