One does not like it if they cannot express the thoughts of their mind even to those they should be able to. And what is pride, anger, and living under someone's suppression? It is when one cannot express what is in their mind due to being suppressed by others. That is, it also means that one cannot behave accordingly. Even if one wishes in their mind to behave well, but due to pressure from others, they still cannot behave that way. Maharaj says that is very bad. He said that is very bad. And what is pride, anger, and living under someone's suppression? It is when one cannot express what is in their mind due to being suppressed by others. These three things are extremely bad. Did King Dasharatha wish to send Rama to the forest? No. What was his wish? So what to do? Huh? Suppressed by Kaikeyi. Under Kaikeyi's pressure. So is that good? Dasharatha was a devotee, wasn't he? So he had great reverence for Rama. Yet he could not say anything. So the meaning is that by remaining under the pressure of a weak person, a person cannot behave well, even if they wish in their heart to behave well. And Rama's wish was indeed there. King Dasharatha's wish was indeed that he should ascend the throne. That he should ascend the throne tomorrow itself. Did King Dasharatha have such a wish or not? But still, could he do it? Why could he not do it? Was he not a great king? He was indeed the emperor of the earth. And if he said that this should happen, it would happen. Then why could he not do it? He was suppressed by the weak. He was suppressed by the weak. Kaikeyi came under Manthara's influence, and he came under Kaikeyi's influence. So he was suppressed. And because of that, he could not do the good he wanted to do. Maharaj says that is extremely bad. Extremely bad. Did Bhishma Pitamah have such a wish? Did Bhishma Pitamah wish for Duryodhana to win or Arjuna to win? Whom did he wish for? Arjuna to win. Then why did he go and sit there? Huh? Suppressed. In every way, they are suppressed by the weak. In every way, such great, noble, and glorious characters could not do anything good that was in their minds. And it is not that they could not do what was good because of their own weakness. By whom, because of what could they not do it? Due to the pressure of a weak person. There is no greater sin than being suppressed by a weak person. That is considered our own sin. That one cannot do good because of being suppressed by a weak person. If the boss is weak, and remaining under him, you cannot behave well. And you have to do what pleases the boss. The boss might like what is weak. All of them, remaining under Duryodhana's pressure, went and fought on the side of unrighteousness. They fought on the side of unrighteousness. So Maharaj says that is very bad. That is very bad. If one wishes to behave well in their mind, and if the desire to behave poorly is suppressed, then it is good for them. "Sit down quietly." Saying so, if they make them sit in a corner, then there is no problem with that. But what Maharaj has said is to take a side. And if He said there is nothing as bad as taking a side, then what does it mean? Taking the side of the weak. There is nothing as bad as taking the side of the weak. And taking the side of the good is the best. So here too, one must understand it that way. That living under someone's suppression, Maharaj says, is extremely bad. If one remains suppressed by a good, righteous person, does that turn out bad? What they want does not happen. What the weak person wants does not happen. And still, it is like that. If what the weak person wants does not happen, does it still turn out bad for them? It only turns out well for them. Maharaj said here that it turns out very bad for them. That is very bad. Read it again. When there is a need, when there is a need, should one take help from a weak person or not? Where is the objection in taking help? Where is the objection in taking help? If you accept their favor once... What is said in this? Did it say in this not to take help? Where did it say so? Huh? If you accept their favor, you get suppressed once. So if accepting a favor means you have to be suppressed, then do not accept it. If you have to be suppressed, then do not accept it. Maharaj said not to be suppressed. And not to be suppressed means that under their pressure, one should not fail to perform good actions, or perform weak actions. Ashwatthama killed the sons of the Pandavas to please Duryodhana. Karna and others gathered together and killed Abhimanyu to please Duryodhana. They killed him by committing unrighteousness. Call it pressure, or call it affection towards him, sympathy, or whatever you call it. Do not accept such sympathy, which forces one to commit unrighteousness, or prevents one from practicing dharma dharma 1) Universal law or principle that 'sustains' or 'upholds' the entire world. Righteousness, morality, religion, Tap to open in glossary → Which prevents one from doing good when they want to. Then do not do it. And suppose we take help, and they do not pressure us to do anything weak or good, then we can take it. "Varam virodho'pi samam mahatmabhih, anaryasangamat." It is written so by Kalidasa. Even having opposition with great souls is good. But the blessings of the other are not good. "Anaryasangamat." An Arya person's... Anarya means weak person. Even their blessings are not good. Sometimes you have to be suppressed by them. So if possible, do not do it. If possible, do not do it. So it is like that. And pride, anger, and being suppressed by someone... One does not like pride, one does not like anger, and one does not like living suppressed by the weak. Maharaj does not like it. And what is pride, anger, and living under someone's suppression? It is when one cannot express what is in their mind due to being suppressed by others. Or cannot do it. If one wishes to behave well in their mind, but now there is pressure from someone, thinking "what will they do, what will they do?" If they wander around fearing this, how can they behave well? What good work can they do? They cannot speak, nor can they act. So Maharaj said that is extremely bad. Extremely bad. 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