| "Demonic characteristic is already there. Just like dambhaḥ. A dog has also pride: "I am this dog, hrr." (laughter) "I am fox terrier. I am this. I am that." So dambhaḥ is there, even in the dog, even in the lower animal, even in the cat. But the divine characteristic, "Oh, I am so low," tṛṇād api sunīcena, "I am lower than the grass. I am lower than the grass". . . This is Caitanya Mahāprabhu's teaching. What is this dambhaḥ? Why I should be pride? What is this pride? So that is ignorance, due to ignorance. When one man is unnecessarily proud, that means it is due to ignorance. And Caitanya-caritāmṛta author, he describes himself that "I am lower than the worms in the stool.""
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