Shloka : 21

देवतातीर्थविप्राणां साध्वीनां च सतामपि ।

वेदानां च न कर्तव्या निन्दा श्रव्या न च क्वचित् ॥ 21 ॥

અને દેવતા, તીર્થ, બ્રાહ્મણ, પતિવ્રતા, સાધુ અને વેદ, એમની નિંદા ક્યારેય ન કરવી અને ન સાંભળવી. ॥ 21 ॥

And God, holy places, Brahmin, devoted wife, saint and Vedas should never be criticized nor be an audience to the criticism. || 21 ||

Commentary

God, holy places, Brahmin, devoted wife, saint and Vedas should not be criticized jokingly also. If some arrogant person is criticizing, one should never be an audience. Here, God means cause of all the incarnations, the absolute Supreme Being Shri Swaminarayan Bhagwan, who is our worshipping God; holy places means Gadhada, Vadtal etc. places blessed by Shriji Maharaj; 'Brahmin' means the devotees of Shriji Maharaj whose thoughts, deeds and action are as per His teachings; devoted wife means the devotees of Shriji Maharaj who have firm and mature belief in Shriji Maharaj and who consider Shriji Maharaj as master of all, all controller, the cause of all incarnations; saint means the Muktas united with Shriji Maharaj who have renounced every thing with the realizations that compared to the divine bliss of the unity with Shriji Maharaj, all other worldly pleas­ures are like hell They perform all the acts to please Shriji Maharaj; 'Veda' means gospels of Shriji Maharaj Shikshapatri, Vachanamrit etc. and prose and poetry about Shriji Maharaj writ­ten by the eligible and God-realized saints and devotees of Shriji Maharaj, inspired by Shriji Maharaj Himself.