THE DASBODHA BY: SADGURU SHREE SAMARTH RAMDAS ...

amongst all the members equally. For some time there was calm which just the lull before the storm
was. All of them now disagreed with whatever they had got and started to fight all over again.
When he tried to pacify them the children beat him up. The wife started crying and the onlookers
enjoyed the scene! Some wise men amongst them separated the parents from the children and asked
them to live in a hut away from the children.
Now he thought that most of his problems were over and more than
that he was very happy with his young wife whom he thought to be the most beautiful woman. His
lust at that old age made him forget all that he had to endure. Suddenly the enemy attacked that area
and they not only looted everything they took away his wife and gang raped her. He was now left
with nothing and cried incessantly, “Oh! God, I got old, my children threw me out, all my money
was stolen, and I lost my wife, my home and everything, now there is no one for me except you.”
He had never prayed God on the contrary had considered all the material and organic pleasures as
God and now he was remembering him when he had lost everything. He repented continuously.
Now that he was old and there was nobody to look after him his body
became a stinking bin afflicted by all the consequences of the old age and various diseases. He was
totally dependent on others but nobody helped him as he had nothing to offer in return. They were
instead asking, “Why doesn’t this useless creature die?” Those very people whom you consider as
yours and have helped them at their time of need are the first ones to turn against you, this is the
rule of our times and this poor creature was no exception.
The message of the story told by Shree Samarth is that birth is the
root cause of all the grief. The time for everybody is very less and therefore without wasting a
single moment one should start submitting before the God, pray him and worship him. It is never
too late. The repentance which one has during the fetal life is the same as the one during the old
age. This leads to another birth and the same vicious cycle. Without the worship of the God this
cycle is impossible to break. Shree Samarth says that in the next three Samasas he would describe
the three types of troubles one has to endure during the lifetime.
END OF THE FIFTH SAMAS
THE SIXTH SAMAS – AADHYATMIC TAP (THE SPIRITUAL TROUBLE)
Shree Samarth says that he is going to describe the three types of
troubles that human beings have to endure. After getting the companionship of the Saints his
troubles are over and he becomes calmed down. He becomes very happy just because of the time he
gets to spend with them. Any medicine will show its effect only on the person suffering from a
disease where it is useful in the same vein only that person who has had to endure all the three
types of troubles gets to know the true meaning of spirituality and is the only deserving candidate
for its fruit, the eternal bliss.
The first type of the troubles is spiritual, the second is material and
the third is destined. On being asked by the audience in the gathering Shree Samarth started to
explain in details about them. Spiritual trouble is the one which one has to undergo on account of
one’s body, the various organs and the life inside the body. All types of trouble which the body or
the organs and ultimately the life in them; have their origin from the three stages of life. These are
the birth, life after the birth and the death. Shree Samarth says that all the diseases whether
congenital or acquired, all types of grief due to bodily pain and the pains of grief itself along with
the sense of loss lead to terrible unhappiness which makes the live human form horrendously