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Chapter 13
It means, that a devotee, like Prahlada beholds the Lord pervading everywhere, and so becomes, fearless at the beginning. He offers regard, honour and praise etc., to others, without having any pride. At last, his assumed affinity with the body perishes, and he becomes totally free, from pride. But a striver, following the Discipline of Knowledge, does not assume his identity with the body, at the very beginning (13/1) and so, has no pride. At last he realizes the self as pervading everywhere and becomes fearless.
Adambhitvam:- Hypocrisy, means putting on a pretence or false appearance, of virtue or goodness, for the sake of honour, prestige and worship etc. If a sinner, in the company of virtuous persons, exhibits himself as a devotee, a righteous or a charitable person, he is a hypocrite. Similarly, if a striver, is engaged in - adoration and prayer etc., in loneliness, and is feeling drowsy, but he becomes alert, as soon as he hears the footsteps of someone coming, it is also a subtle hypocrisy. Them is also, hypocrisy when a pious and virtuous person, in the company of bad persons renounces his piety and virtues, and poses himself as others are, as can be seen in clubs and hotels etc. Absence, of this sort of hypocrisy, is 'Adambhitva.'
Remedy:- A striver, should fix the goal of human life, that he has to realize God, and that he should ever be engaged in adoration, and other spiritual practices, without caring for, what the people think of him and say, about him.
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