Acharya Prashant explains the deeper meaning behind Kabir Saheb's verses regarding the criticism of a saint. He clarifies that a saint is not merely a physical body or specific clothing, but a state of being free from the fear of the trivial. When one honors a saint, the respect is not directed at the physical body or nails, but at the Truth that the saint represents and mediates. Therefore, criticizing a saint is equivalent to opposing Truth and existence itself. Such opposition inevitably leads to suffering, not because of a curse, but because of the internal state of the critic. The speaker emphasizes that the crisis in a person's life precedes their criticism of a saint. Criticism is merely a symptom of an already existing internal crisis and a distorted mind. Just as the search for the Divine begins only after one has already been touched by it, the act of slandering the Truth is a sign that one is already living in a state of 'hell.' Acharya Prashant defines hell not as a physical location, but as a mental condition characterized by constant inner turmoil, repetitive cycles of thoughts, and being trapped in the 'grind' of worldly existence. He concludes that the act of abusing the Truth is itself the manifestation of being in hell, rather than the cause of being sent there.
