Shloka : 20

मिथ्यापवाद: कस्मिश्चिदपि स्वार्थस्य सिद्धये ।

नारोप्यो नापशब्दाश्च भाषणीया: कदाचन ॥ 20 ॥

અને પોતાના સ્વાર્થની સિદ્ધિને અર્થે પણ, કોઈને વિષે મિથ્યા અપવાદ આરોપણ ન કરવો; અને કોઈને ગાળ તો ક્યારેય ન દેવી. ॥ 20 ॥

Andeven to accomplish one’s own selfish motives, one should neither make false allegations against anyone nor abuse anyone in any case. || 20 ||

Commentary

One should never make false allegations like, 'So and so person has committed so and so offense', against anyone, evenif, one can accomplish one’s betterment or can achieve one’s desired objects by doing so. Because this is the biggest offense and there is no penance. If a person exposes other person’s drawbacks which are not known in the society, then the exposer himself is equally offensive as the offender. Now, if someone is accused of the offenses one has not committed, then the person, who is accusing, accummulates the sin of false accusa­tion as well as the sins committed by the accused person.

Shri Hari has mentioned in First Chapter of Gadhada, 72nd. Vachanamrit; 'Making false allegations against someone is as bad as killing a Brahmin. And, evenif, the accusations are true, the person should be advised in privacy and should not be disgraced.'

Shriji Maharaj, further, explains that His devotees should never use bad words or make harsh statements.