Self-conceited, stubborn, filled with the pride and intoxication of wealth, they perform sacrifices in name only, out of ostentation and contrary to scriptural ordinances. Those self-conceited, stubborn people, filled with the pride of wealth, prestige, and arrogance, perform worship and sacrifices without scriptural ordinances, merely for name's sake and out of hypocrisy. Self-conceited: They consider themselves great in their own minds in terms of wealth, prestige, boastfulness, respect, etc. We are very great. We are very... there is no one like us in society. To believe so is one part of it. To consider oneself fortunate and to consider oneself great. There is a slight difference between the two; to consider oneself fortunate in relation to God is a divine attribute. To consider oneself great out of ego is a demonic attribute. Self-conceited: They, with wealth, prestige, boastfulness... If they consider themselves great in relation to God, then they have faith in the lineage. And if they consider themselves great out of ego, then they compare themselves with people, people. How much do people respect us in society? That is their only calculation. They look at it from that angle only, "Is there anyone like us among the people?" "No one does like us, no one is like us." So, to measure oneself solely from the worldly perspective falls into the demonic attribute. One should have a worldly perspective, it's not that one shouldn't have it. But it should be a good one. And to consider oneself fortunate in relation to God is a divine attribute. Self-conceited: They, with wealth, prestige, boastfulness... Self-conceited, meaning what does 'conceited' mean? How to translate 'conceited' into Gujarati? To praise. To praise oneself. Meaning, if he doesn't praise himself, he tells someone like you, "Brother, introduce me." "Should I introduce myself?" "But do introduce me somehow." "Do it properly." "Not just any ordinary way." Conceited: meaning praised. Self-conceited, if there is no one to praise, we arrange it ourselves. So if it is done in a planned manner, then it doesn't fit what is said here. Self-conceited means praising oneself... but if we plan it and others do it, then... But if our own people do it, it means that it is self-conceit. If someone else praises us, then it's fine. If some outsiders do it. Self-conceited: They, with wealth... How does that verse go? "Aham dhira manyamana..." "...panditam manyamana." Is that from the Upanishads, not from the Gita? No, it's from the Upanishads. Okay. I thought it might be in the second chapter. "Svayam dhira manyamana panditam..." "...panditam manyamana." So that is self-conceit. They consider themselves wise men and praise themselves, then that is a characteristic of demonic nature. It is a part of demonic nature. They consider themselves great in their own minds in terms of wealth, prestige, boastfulness, respect, etc. If he hasn't heard his own praise for a few days, he becomes as weak as if he had performed a Chandrayana penance. And if he hears his own praise, he feels as delighted as if he is breaking a fast. There is not that much joy in breaking a fast. The high that is there in praise. They consider themselves great in their own minds in terms of wealth, prestige, boastfulness, respect, etc. Because there are very few others who think of them that way. To make up for that lack, they themselves make the effort. They think of themselves as having no equal in terms of worshipfulness. They praise themselves with their own mouths or indirectly inspire others to do so. "Svayam dhira panditam manyamana," like that. They insist heavily on their own praise. Do you consider yourself smart or dull? Or medium? Medium, medium. Now we are certainly not dull, so why should we call ourselves that? So we consider ourselves medium, meaning it's fine if we want to go this way, and it's fine if we want to go that way. So some people say with their own mouths, "Just tell us anything." Like Arjuna, "Shadhi mam tvam prapannam." "But I won't do as you say." 18 chapters... in the Gita, God finished in 18 chapters, but for us, let alone 18 chapters, even 50 chapters wouldn't suffice. So that is called 'svayam dhira manyamana'. He folds his hands and says everything. "Shadhi mam tvam prapannam." But if nothing affects him, then that is called 'svayam dhira panditam manyamana'. Because he holds onto his own view, no one else's view is right, even if it is good, it is not right. So that means 'svayam dhira'. Internally, he has this belief that "What I believe," "what I calculate," "what I understand, that alone is correct." Everyone else is wrong. When one doesn't accept even the good things of others, even if he doesn't say it, even if he doesn't say 'svayam dhira panditam manyamana', if there is no self-conceit, that is what it means. But nowadays, it is almost impossible to live without self-conceit. If we don't do it, others will; we have prepared our own people. And just as some trees are evergreen, so... he has made them memorize his praises of self-conceit, so that "Wherever you get a chance," "you must add it" on YouTube. Because there are very few others who think of them that way. To make up for that lack, they themselves make the effort. They think of themselves as having no equal in terms of worshipfulness. They praise themselves with their own mouths or indirectly inspire others to do so. They insist heavily on their own praise. And that praise is received by them, they make only such efforts. AI translation of the Gujarati transcript above, produced in the same pass that transcribed the audio, one English segment per Gujarati segment. Devotional and technical terms with no precise English equivalent (kirtan, satsang, vasana, samskara, and similar) are kept as their plain transliteration rather than force-translated. Not human-proofread., AI-translated, unverified · Source details