THE DASBODHA BY: SADGURU SHREE SAMARTH RAMDAS ...

THE FIFTH SAMAS – BAHUDHADNYAN NIRUPAN
(ABOUT COMMON PERCEPTION OF KNOWLEDGE)
Till one is enlightened with the real knowledge of the self all other
knowledge is meaningless and it can’t make the mind peaceful. A common man is confounded by
the terminology of knowledge and wants to know the secrets of knowledge therefore Shree Samarth
says that he will tell all about it sequentially. Now all throughout the samas he tells us what is not
the real knowledge but is commonly perceived as one.
Real knowledge is not the knowledge of, the present, past, future,
various sciences including Vedic sciences, various types of works, jobs, businesses, knowing about
the intricate nature of various types of people, animals and all the visible things, many types of
philosophies, all the arts including the fine arts, commerce, music, languages, all the things related
to earth and the universe, oratory, acting, versatility in many fields and so many other things which
can be seen or read which are really innumerable to mention.
Shree Samarth in essence says that what we all perceive as
knowledge including the knowledge of the Vedas is not the real knowledge of the self or that of the
Atman! In the real knowledge all the illusions created by the Maya disappear. The disciples then
ask him to please tell about the real knowledge which will yield bliss to which Shree Samarth
readily obliges and tells that he had to mention about what it is not to remove the doubts and
misconceptions, which he did in this samas and in the next he will tell about the real knowledge.
END OF THE FIFTH SAMAS
THE SIXTH SAMAS – SHUDDHADNYAN NIRUPAN
(ABOUT THE PURE KNOWLEDGE)
Shree Samarth tells the disciples that the real knowledge is the
knowledge of the self. It is enlightenment of owns own self. You should know the God. You should
be able to decide what is destructible and what is not. The real knowledge or the Atman or the
Parbrahma is indestructible. Where the visible vanishes, the basic elements disappear and there is
no place for duality is the knowledge. The experience which is not understood by the mind, the
intellect or any flights of thoughts is the knowledge. Where there is no existence for the visible and
the feelings is the pure knowledge. The fourth phase of Samadhi is still replete with the experience
of the material things and therefore it is not the knowledge because in the stage of realization of self
you don’t experience anything else but your own Atman but on top of that in that phase of Samadhi
there is duality whereas the real knowledge is without duality. Enlightenment of the fact that I am
the pure Parbrahma and experience it too is the real knowledge. The Great sentences of the
Upanishads and the preaching of the Vedas, Mother Shruti and other religious epics should be