THE DASBODHA BY: SADGURU SHREE SAMARTH RAMDAS ...

Shree Samarth says that those who are born and die without
acquisition of the real knowledge unfortunately revolve in the cycle of rebirth and death till they
acquire it through the Guru and their own Sadhana done on the path preached by him. Those highly
fortunate who are able to do this escape from this deadly cycle.
He finally says that the name, form, place, space and the other such
things are the fancies of the human mind and being bounded by the sphere of visibility are
destroyed at the time of final destruction along with the Lords and Gods whereas the Parbrahma;
which is the greatest of all, has no attributes nor properties and hence doesn’t fall under the
category of the visible and therefore is never subject to either creation or destruction, should be
sought after with rigorous Sadhana under the guidance of the Guru who can take you there because
he himself is the Parbrahma, thereby removing your being the subject which leads to the chaos of
life. In gist what Shree Samarth wants to convey is strictly follow the preaching of the Guru which
will disallow all the grief and unhappiness to even come anywhere near you and on the contrary put
you in a state of eternal bliss. To end the samas he finally says that anytime, anywhere you see or
hear the Guru you will find him either engaged with the Parbrahma or talking about it,
disseminating all the knowledge at no cost which he himself had acquired at a cost far beyond our
imagination. If this is not the greatest sacrifice for the sake of humanity, nothing else can be.
END OF THE FOURTH SAMAS
THE FIFTH SAMAS – MAYABRAHMANIRUPAN
(EXPLANATION OF MAYA & BRAHMA)
Shree Samarth says that he is going to explain about the Maya and
the Parbrahma in the wake of the question asked by the audience.
(The translator here apologizes profusely and begs pardon of Shree Samarth for changing the
original format in which this samas has been told by him into a tabular one for better understanding
of the translator and reader both.)
PARBRAHMA
MAYA
Without any properties or form.
Full of properties and defined by a definite
form.
Endless.
Has to end after a given time.
Purest and motionless. Impure and has the greatest speed
imaginable.
Without boundaries.
Bound by specific boundaries.
Beyond sight, imagination & destruction. Most visible, basis of imagination &
subject to destruction.
Can’t be created, not known to those
without the real knowledge.
Created by the Parbrahma, known to all
and sundry as everything visible and hence
highly liked by one and all except the really
knowledgeable.
Doesn’t die for it isn’t born, beyond the Has inevitable death and is within the grasp