THE DASBODHA BY: SADGURU SHREE SAMARTH RAMDAS ...

isk to both the mother and the fetus. Some times either of them dies and at others both die. Even at
the time of the death none of them remember the God and hence are not freed from the same
vicious cycle.
In the womb the fetus emanates an inaudible sound, “So ham” i.e. I
am the God because the Atman inside the fetus has the knowledge of the self and knows the form
of the self but once he is born he starts crying, “Ko ham” i.e. who am I? His knowledge is limited
only to his own body and all the other knowledge deserts him. He forgets whatever he had to
endure during the time he spent in the womb and the treacherous path of the delivery. This happens
because of the influence of Maya. Despite all this the newborn, his mother and all others are
ecstatic over the birth and celebrate the arrival of the new entrant! Isn’t it the contradiction and self
deception of the highest order?
All the living species have to undergo the same type of grief during
the pregnancy. To avoid it one should submit wholly to the God. The worshipper of the God is
freed of birth and hence doesn’t have to face the stay in the womb. On the basis of his knowledge
about the real self he is Virakta of the highest order and hence not involved in any other thing than
the God. Shree Samarth says that, “I have tried to explain the miseries of the fetus, now it is up to
you to understand the essence of it and whether to avoid it or to accept it”.
END OF THE FIRST SAMAS
THE SECOND SAMAS – SWAGUNPAREEKSHA-A
(TESTING THE PROPERTIES)
This visible world is the root cause of all the unhappiness. Everyone
has to undergo this as after being born he becomes a part of this world. After birth one forgets the
treacherous period one had to undergo during the time in the womb. During infancy the child has
only one way to express his needs, desires or sufferings of any kind and that is to cry. Even the best
of mothers many a time fail to understand what the child needs precisely at that time. This can lead
to any unforeseen event yielding unhappiness and nothing else. Neither the mother nor the child is
happy all the time all the while. After 4-6 months of birth the child exactly knows the mother and
hence cries whenever she is not around. No power in the universe, not even the God can please him
except his mother. Even if the mother is annoyed with the child’s constant demands and out of that
cries upon him he takes the shelter of her only. The child’s happiness is totally related to his
mother. If the child unfortunately loses his mother during early childhood he looks the most
helpless and the unhappiest creature in the universe. This affects the whole development of the
child.
After growing in age the child’s love for the mother goes on fading.
His world expands and he starts developing interest in so many other things. His concepts about
happiness and unhappiness change and go on changing with increasing age. He finds the advice of
the parents strange most of the times. He increasingly finds it difficult to part with his habits
developed over the time in the companionship of his playmates that are now dearer to him.
During this age he is likely to be affected by many things, most of
which are harmful. He may suffer accidents, succumb to illnesses and is always under stress due to
the thought of how to explain his actions to parents. Added to this, are the derogatory comments of
the people. All of this adds up to his misery. After a while the parents just refuse to give in to his