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whereas before if someone were to do the same to them, they
would hit that person with a ‘hunter’ (leather cane), but today
they are reduced to being subservient. They have straightened
up after a lot of beating. Their arrogance- tumakhi has gone
down. Before a person could not utter even a word to these
collectors on the train but look how they have mellowed from
all the beatings. Now they will tell you, ‘Yes, it is fine. It will do.’
They even succumb to their wives, ‘Yes, yes it will do.’ Before
they would never say, ‘It will do’ and now?
They have calmed down considerably. Today people can
criticize prominent people without any repercussions. See how
they have mellowed and straightened up. They are going to
straighten up more with further beating.
Questioner: Next, what are the qualities of a ghemraji?
Dadashri: What does ghemraji mean?
Questioner: Does it mean ghamand?
Dadashri: No, ghamand is different and ghemraji is
different. People are very shrewd. Up to a certain point there is
ghamand and if it goes beyond this point then we call it
ghemraji. It becomes distinctive the moment there is a change
in intensity. People are very smart.
Ghemraji is someone who boasts and brags. He will say,
‘I can go all over the world,’ when he can’t even travel three
miles. People needlessly walk around boasting and bragging like
this. It is all in their mind but there are people who bring them
down to earth. People will openly make comments about them
‘he is a ghamandi or ghemraji.’ ‘He has abhimaan.’ People
will comment this way.
What is a ghemraji? A ghemraji is someone who snubs
people wherever he goes, ‘move away from here!’ We can tell
him, ‘Arey! Let me sit for a while!’ but he will not let you sit;
he will ask you to move. Such people do not value anyone. To