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them everyone appears to be like animals. Now tell me, such
are the ghemrajis. Where do you think this word came from?
Is it a Persian word?
Questioner: This is the vintage native Charotari (district
in the state of Gujarat) language.
Dadashri: Yes, Charotari (Gujarati dialect) language-
bhasha. People will comment, ‘so and so is very ghemraji. He
has nothing and yet he is a ghemraji.’ Is this not in our Gujarati
language? Now where did this word come from? What is its
root cause? I am looking but I cannot find it. I can find the root
cause of abhimaan and all that.
Questioner: So these words are not as simple as they
seem. There is a deep hidden meaning in them.
Dadashri: Yes. These words are full of meanings. One
should not define them superficially. There is an absolute
meaning (parmarth) within but this can only be realized when
many layers are discarded.
Questioner: You said, ‘There was a lot of ego (Dada
had a lot of ego before Gnan)’, so did you experience all these
phases through that ego?
Dadashri: Yes. I experi