Shloka : 37

गुरु़देवनृपेक्षार्थं न गभ्यं रिक्तपाणिभि: ।

विश्वासघातो नो कार्य: स्वश्लाधा स्वमुखेन च ॥ 37 ॥

અને ગુરુ, દેવ અને રાજા એ ત્રણના દર્શનને અર્થે જ્યારે જવું ત્યારે ઠાલે હાથે ન જવું અને કોઈનો વિશ્વાસઘાત ન કરવો અને પોતાને મુખે કરીને પોતાનાં વખાણ ન કરવાં. ॥ 37 ॥

And one should not go empty handed for the Darshan of or to visit the Guru, God and the king. One should not break the trust placed by someone i.e. should not commit treachery. One should never praise one’s own self. || 37 ||

Commentary

Guru means the one who initiates the devotees of Shri Swaminar­ayan Bhagwan by tying the 'Kanthi' and making them take a religious vow i.e. initiates into 'Vartmaan' and also teaches them the spiritual knowledge of Shri Hari and makes them eligi­ble for the divine bliss of Shriji Maharaj. 'Dev' means one’s worshipping God Shri Swaminarayan Bhagwan. 'King' means one who rules the country. One must carry a gift while visiting above mentioned places and should not go empty handed.

Now, Shri Hari says: One should not break trust placed by someone. 'To break the trust' means to promise someone to do him a favour or to protect him etc. and then to break that prom­ise. Because a person, who breaks the trust of other people, hurts them and accumulates great sin.

Moreover, the devotees of Shri Hari should not praise them­selves, evenif, they are very virtuous, they should never praise their virtues like piousness, knowledge etc.. And they should confess their vices like ego, anger etc. in front of great saints. Becuase by accepting one’s vices in front of great saints, one’s sins are diminished. Criticizing others and praising one’s own self destroys one’s holy deeds.