It is not that I should do it because it is written in the scriptures. No one practices religiosity with the feeling that 'it is written in the scriptures'. Not with the feeling that 'it is written in the scriptures that we should worship God or do this for God'. I do it so that I am called a good devotee, a priest. In short, to show people. So, what is done to show people is called dambh dambh Hypocrisy. To outwardly pretend to possess a quality to a great extent in order to impress others. Tap to open in glossary → Showmanship and religious hypocrisy are called dambh dambh Hypocrisy. To outwardly pretend to possess a quality to a great extent in order to impress others. Tap to open in glossary → Religious hypocrisy means raising a flag. To gain a lot of fame. To dramatically display noble qualities that one does not possess is called dambh dambh Hypocrisy. To outwardly pretend to possess a quality to a great extent in order to impress others. Tap to open in glossary → Showing it dramatically is dambh dambh Hypocrisy. To outwardly pretend to possess a quality to a great extent in order to impress others. Tap to open in glossary → Hiding one's weakness in a dramatic way is called deceit. Dambh Dambh Hypocrisy. To outwardly pretend to possess a quality to a great extent in order to impress others. Tap to open in glossary → The drama performed to hide a weakness is deceit. And showing what is not there by doing drama is dambh dambh Hypocrisy. To outwardly pretend to possess a quality to a great extent in order to impress others. Tap to open in glossary → Showmanship and religious hypocrisy are called dambh dambh Hypocrisy. To outwardly pretend to possess a quality to a great extent in order to impress others. Tap to open in glossary → dambh dambh Hypocrisy. To outwardly pretend to possess a quality to a great extent in order to impress others. Tap to open in glossary → The purpose of both is again something of this world. To gain something. Hiding one's weakness in a dramatic way is called deceit. Both are like two sides of the same coin. Where only one is mentioned, both meanings should be understood as one. Where they are mentioned separately, a separate distinction should be understood. If 'dambh dambh Hypocrisy. To outwardly pretend to possess a quality to a great extent in order to impress others. Tap to open in glossary → If only 'dambh dambh Hypocrisy. To outwardly pretend to possess a quality to a great extent in order to impress others. Tap to open in glossary → Being free from it is the influence of the kshetragya. The other is the modification of 'desire, aversion, pleasure, pain, the body, consciousness, fortitude; this is the kshetra kshetra 1) Field. Territory. Place of dwelling. 2) Often used with kshetragna to describe a relationship similar to that between some land and its owner – the kshetra is the land, and the kshetragna its owner. Tap to open in glossary → Whenever any worldly desire arises, it means one has come under the influence of this kshetra kshetra 1) Field. Territory. Place of dwelling. 2) Often used with kshetragna to describe a relationship similar to that between some land and its owner – the kshetra is the land, and the kshetragna its owner. Tap to open in glossary → If such a desire arises, then one comes under the influence of the kshetragya. If one's kshetragya is strong, it is possible that one does not even have a bad dream. Being free from it is called adambhitva. In the practice of dambh dambh Hypocrisy. To outwardly pretend to possess a quality to a great extent in order to impress others. Tap to open in glossary → dambh dambh Hypocrisy. To outwardly pretend to possess a quality to a great extent in order to impress others. Tap to open in glossary → Sometimes, to maintain one's respect and not to be considered inferior to a rival, one is forced to practice dambh dambh Hypocrisy. To outwardly pretend to possess a quality to a great extent in order to impress others. Tap to open in glossary → Because of the benefit from strangers. If a Class One officer is transferred to Hyderabad and wants to get admission for his child, what does he ask everyone? Which is the best school? Which is the best school? So, if our school is the best, we get the benefit without advertising. If it is the best or has become famous. Similarly, if we are known as the best religious people, seekers will come to us without any effort. In this, even if we work hard, seekers run away to others, to those who are known as the best. And if we are known as the best, then without working... so, to gain without working hard is indeed his inner intention. Not becoming the best, but wanting to be called the best, there is something wrong behind that. In the practice of dambh dambh Hypocrisy. To outwardly pretend to possess a quality to a great extent in order to impress others. Tap to open in glossary → Real conduct and hypocritical conduct, both are identical. On the contrary, hypocritical conduct has more quality. In real conduct, no one pays that much attention to quality. In hypocritical conduct, it must be perfect. The acting must be perfect. One would not say that dambh dambh Hypocrisy. To outwardly pretend to possess a quality to a great extent in order to impress others. Tap to open in glossary → Suppressing dambh dambh Hypocrisy. To outwardly pretend to possess a quality to a great extent in order to impress others. Tap to open in glossary → dambh dambh Hypocrisy. To outwardly pretend to possess a quality to a great extent in order to impress others. Tap to open in glossary → Otherwise, one cannot suppress one's own dambh dambh Hypocrisy. To outwardly pretend to possess a quality to a great extent in order to impress others. Tap to open in glossary → In the practice of dambh dambh Hypocrisy. To outwardly pretend to possess a quality to a great extent in order to impress others. Tap to open in glossary → dambh dambh Hypocrisy. To outwardly pretend to possess a quality to a great extent in order to impress others. Tap to open in glossary → A pure intention cannot remain in dambh dambh Hypocrisy. To outwardly pretend to possess a quality to a great extent in order to impress others. Tap to open in glossary → dambh dambh Hypocrisy. To outwardly pretend to possess a quality to a great extent in order to impress others. Tap to open in glossary → Sometimes, to maintain one's respect and not to be considered inferior to a rival, one is forced to practice dambh dambh Hypocrisy. To outwardly pretend to possess a quality to a great extent in order to impress others. Tap to open in glossary → Those who remain in the first rank in society. That is the justice of society. That is the nature of society. Who is the best? Everyone runs there. So now, if we are not the best, then we have to do something so that we are seen. To take advantage of all that. Those who remain in the first rank or show off in society get the benefit of society's faith. 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