Smarth Ramdas Swami’s Letter to Sambhaji Maharaj
Samarth Ramdas also known as Sant Ramdas or Ramdas Swami was an Indian Hindu saint, philosopher, poet, writer and spiritual master. He was a devotee of the Hindu deities Rama and Hanuman.Ramdas had extensive literature written during his lifetime. His literary works include Dasbodh.
अखंड सावधान असावे| दुश्चित कदापि नसावे|तजविजा करीत बसावे| एकांत स्थळी||१||
O King, always remain Alert! never be pissed off by situations, and don't forget to consult your army, that too away from public places.
काही उग्रस्थिती सांडावी| काही सौम्यता धरावी|चिंता लागावी परावी अंतर्यामी||२||
Please give away your Anger and Harsh nature, which may act as obstacles in your thought process. Be calm and polite, and don't forget that you should always be thinking of your ultimate goal and that is salvation.
मागील अपराध क्षमावे| कारभारी हाती धरावे|सुखी करुनि सोडावे| कामाकडे||३||
Forgive those who made mistakes, hold the people that are useful for your work, please them and make them more focused on their tasks by motivating them.
पाटवणी तुंब निघेना| तरी मग पाणी चालेना|तैसे सज्जनांच्या मना| कळले पाहिजे||४||
If you put obstacles in a stream, the flow of water stops, these the example that a wise man should always keep in his mind.
जनांचा प्रवाहों चालिला| म्हणजे कार्यभाग आटोपला|जन ठायी ठायी तुंबला| म्हाणिजे खोटे||५||
Similarly when a mob of people is flowing, it means everything is going fine, but if people are gathering in clusters, you should always understand that something is going wrong!
श्रेष्ठी जे जे मेळविले| त्यासाठी भांडत बैसले|मग जाणावे फावले| गनिमासी||६||
If one starts fighting for the property and the kingdom gained by your forefathers, be sure that this will make your enemies happy and give them a chance to attack you.
ऐसे सहसा करू नये| दोघे भांडता तिसय्रासी जाए|धीर धरून महत्कार्य| समजून करावे||७||
So please don't do such a thing, remember, when two people are fighting, the benefit is always to the third party. So keep following the path to your goal with courage and patience.
आधीच पडला धस्ती| म्हणजे कार्यभाग होय नास्ती|याकारणे समस्ती| बुद्धि शोधावी||८||
If you threaten the people, you won't be able to get your work done from them so everyone should use his brain before deploying people and giving orders to them.
राजी राखता जग| मग कार्यभागाची लगबग|ऐसे जाणोनिया सांग | समाधान राखावे||९||
When the world is pleased, it will give you 100% output. Knowing this fact, keep your people happy and satisfied all the time.
सकळ लोक एक करावे| गनीम निपटुन काढावे|ऐसे करीता कीर्ति धावे| दिगंतरी||१०||
Unite the people , Attack and demolish your enemies, beat them up! And thus your name and fame will automatically spread to all directions!
आधी गाजवावे तडाके| मग भूमंडळ धाके|ऐसे न होता धक्के| राज्यास होती||११||
To generate fear about you , in the minds of your enemies, you need to attack first and not them! If you attack them first, they will fear you, but if you fail to do so, then you will be attacked by them for sure!
समय प्रसंग वोळखावा| राग निपटुन काढावा|आला तरी कळो नेदावा| जनांमध्ये||१२||
You should be able to wisely study a given situation. Beat your anger. And even if you are angry, don't express your anger in public.
राज्यामध्ये सकळ लोक| सलगी देवून करावे सेवक|लोकांचे मनामध्ये धाक| उपजोचि नये||१३||
All the common people in your state, should be used for serving you withoutgenerating fear in their mind about the master. In any case they should not bethreatened.
बहुत लोक मेळवावे| एक विचारे भरावे|कष्टे करोनी घसरावे| म्लेंच्छांवरी||१४||
Gather all the people. a Diverse mob, and make them think alike! give them onegoal, take whatever efforts you need to take for this and let them attack theMlenchhas, meaning people that believe only one God exists and those whodoesn't follow their cult are kafirs.
मतामतांचा गलबला। कोणी पुसेना कोणाला।जो जे मतीं सांपडलां। तयास तेंचि थोर।
Millions of opinions flying around makes it difficult because each starts believing in the superiority of his opinion (which makes uniting men for one cause difficult.
आहे तितुके जतन करावे| पुढे आणिक मेळवावे|महाराष्ट्र राज्य करावे |जिकडे तिकडे||१५||
Do whatever you can do for the welfare of this state. Gather more people as timegoes ahead, and make a powerful MAHARASHTRA state everywhere!
लोकी हिम्मत धरावी| शर्तीची तरवार करावी|चढ़ती वाढती पदवी| पावाल येणे||१६||
Keep courage! Cross extremes using your sword! and thus you will achieve thestate that is always growing!
देव मस्तकी धरावा। अवघा हलकल्लोळ करावा।मुलुख बुडवावा की बडवावा। स्वराज्या कारणे।
Remember your great Father King Shivaji! Keep in mind that your life is like agrass leaf in front of his life, if you cannot remain famous like your father in earthand everywhere else!
देव मस्तकी धरावा। अवघा हलकल्लोळ करावा।मुलुख बुडवावा की बडवावा। स्वराज्या कारणे।
Remember how Shivaji looked, remember how Shivaji striven hard, Remember the Victorious King Shivaji to be successful in this world.Bow to Raama and create a storm all over.. beat and drown the enemy provinces and assimilate them...
देशद्रोही तितुके कुत्ते । मारोन घालावे परते।देवदास पावती फत्ते। यदर्थी संशयो नाही।
The traitors are the real rabid dogs and should be slain similarly.. Any servant of sri Raama who does this, wins for sure..
धर्मासाठी झुंजावे|झुंझोनी अवघ्यासी मारावे ||मारिता मारिता घ्यावे|राज्य आपुले
Prepare to fight for Dharma... While fighting, kill as many as you can.. Keep on working towards finishing the task (of establishing dharma and hindavi swaraj), even while fighting and killing..
.शिवरायास आठवावे| जीवित्व तृणवत मानावे|इहलोकी परलोकी राहावे| कीर्तीरुपे||१७||
Remember your father, Shivaji.. Compare yourselves with him and do not think of yourselves too highly .. Learn from him how to live forever...
शिवरायांचे आठवावे स्वरूप| शिवरायांचा आठवावा साक्षेप|शिवरायांचा आठवावा प्रताप| भुमंडळी||१८||
Remember how he looked... Remember what he achieved.. Remember how he thought.. while on this earth..
शिवरायांचे कैसे चालणे| शिवरायांचे कैसे बोलणे| शिवरायांची सलगी देणे| कैसे असे||१९||
Remember how he walked.. Remember how he talked.. Remember how he loved his people...
सकळ सुखांचा त्याग| करुनी साधिजे तो योग| राज्यसाधनाची लगबग| ऐसी असे||२०||
Renunciating all pleasures, he achieved the Raaja-Yoga.. Study how he did it..
त्याहुनी करावे विशेष| तरीच म्हणावे पुरूष| या उपरी आता विशेष| काय लिहावे||२१||
If you manage to achieve something like this, only then shall I consider you a man.. What more to write now?
