THE DASBODHA BY: SADGURU SHREE SAMARTH RAMDAS ...

The poets tell us about the different types of Sadhana and what it
accrues. We succeed by even listening to them. They are able to rejuvenate the imagination of other
poets as well. They are constantly in search of changing the established patterns of poetry by which
they not only add variety to the language but also make it richer. They can make the invisible Gods
visible. They explain to us the power of different religious sciences. If the great poets hadn’t
created the epics the world wouldn’t have been the same endurable place at all. Without them we
would have been short of many types of knowledge. In India we were fortunate to have
wonderfully great poets like Valmiki and Vyas who created Ramayana and Mahabharata
respectively. The great pundits after them got their knowledge by just being able to reproduce the
creations of the great poets before them. So many of such greats lived on this earth earlier, so many
are there now and many more will come to enrich the society in future. I salute them all.
The poets are wise and astute both, the Vedas and Mother Shruti also
want to be spelled out by them. They proclaim only those hypotheses which are doubtless on all
counts. They are stores of infinite wisdom. They know the subtle difference between the Maya and
the Parbrahma though they mend the Maya to describe the signs of the Parbrahma. They are
factually the state of Samadhi of the great Saints who are responsible to keep this universe going.
While delivering their creation they are in a state of Samadhi and are in unison with the God. Poets
thus are the fruit of the worship which acquires shape for our better understanding. Their works are
so great in content that even the universe seems small in front of them. They being the support lines
of the universe and the human life I again salute them and very respectfully prostrate myself before
them in my wholehearted admiration for them.
END OF SEVENTH SAMAS
THE EIGHTH SAMAS – SABHASTAVAN (IN PRAISE OF THE GATHERING)
Now I salute all types of spiritual gatherings where Moksha becomes
easily accessible as the God himself waits there till the gathering is over. Lord Vishnu has told
Narada that he is found everywhere but is found most commonly where his worshippers are
praying. A spiritual gathering is a greater place then, than even a temple. Here the worshippers
constantly sing the praise, stories, songs of the God and constant debate on the Vedas and other
religious books goes on. Many facets of the God are discussed, his powers are tried to be defined,
the various types of the knowledge about the self are deliberated over, questions of spiritual
intrigue are raised and solved by the authorities, doubts are resolved, thought provoking discussions
about what is everlasting and what is short lived continue till all are satisfied, all this results in
complete satisfaction of those who are lucky enough to be present over there. The people in a
spiritual gathering are those who are worshippers, immensely knowledgeable, utterly religious,
pious to the hilt, ready to help those in need, disillusioned with the material world, having total
control over their senses, Yogis, totally faithful to their assigned duties by the God, absolutely
fearless, Saints, indefinably wise, having Vedas on their finger tips, Scientists, great men in every
sense of the word, Rishis, philosophers, great poets, pundits, having knowledge about the past,
present and the future, voracious readers, having no pride in their greatest of achievements and