THE DASBODHA BY: SADGURU SHREE SAMARTH RAMDAS ...

indescribable. Even the Vedas and Mother Shruti have shown helplessness in describing it. Then
who can show it to you? Obviously the Parbrahma himself and who is the Parbrahma? The Guru is
the Parbrahma. He then is the only thing in the universe who can lead you to the Parbrahma. It is
futile to search for it by yourself because you will always think about it and when the thought
process goes on your body and mind are at work and the prime requisite in recognizing the
Parbrahma is that you should be able to forget about both! Therefore Shree Samarth says that
without Guru it is well nigh impossible to have even a glimpse of the Parbrahma.
Shree Samarth says that while you look inside yourself you gain the
knowledge by seeing it, but being visible all of it isn’t the real one and hence not the Atman, leave
alone the Parbrahma. It is the first step towards the aim. Then how to look for the real, ultimate
knowledge and the Parbrahma? Shree Samarth tells us that you can’t see it with your thoughts, eyes
no more mattering, you have to merge the knowledge of the religion, the Guru with your
knowledge without ever separating between any of them i.e. all of these along with your knowledge
should be totally unified and inseparable and then there is no need to see it because you are that
thing, the Parbrahma.
These are the ways of getting to know the real self hidden
deep inside you. These ways become evident by application of wisdom during Sadhana. They are
easier to tread on to if you are guided by the Saints, Sages and easiest if you are guided by the
Guru. Once you know the Parbrahma all your illusions are gone and therefore you know that all
else is nonexistent and untrue. On the contrary till you believe in the visible you will never come
out of the gyrations in the forceful illusions which for you will be the only things existent and
hence true, in this situation you never stand a chance of getting to the Parbrahma. Knowledge of the
Parbrahma hence depends upon the inner state of the person.
This feeling of unification is the only way to have bliss. There
are many facets and aspects of bliss which become a part of us only by serving the Guru. Without
serving the Guru and getting his blessings there is no other way to be unified with the Parbrahma.
Whatever you learn outside the perimeter of Guru’s preaching may give you knowledge to survive
in the material world but only the Guru’s preaching can take you to your aim. You can’t study the
Parbrahma as during any study the student and the subject are separate and Parbrahma doesn’t
accept the separate existence. Sadhana also doesn’t yield it because the one doing Sadhana is
limited in all aspects, his Sadhana is limited and the period of the Sadhana is also limited, whereas
the Parbrahma has no limitations. If we try to achieve the unfathomably unlimited through all these
limited resources we are bound to fail. It is the Guru and only him who possesses boundless
abilities to make our efforts successful. There is absolutely no other way available in this universe
to achieve what a Sadhak desires and is ready to die for. Shree Samarth declares that he has
absolutely no doubts in singling out this type of worship as the best of all.
END OF FOURTH SAMAS
THE FIFTH SAMAS – ARCHANBHAKTI
(WORSHIP BY POOJA [DAILY SERVICE])
The fifth type of worship is by Pooja i.e. by offering daily service to
the God. It should be done according to the religious rituals which require many types of special