Acharya Prashant asks the audience to imagine what Shri Ram would say if he were to appear in his mortal body and witness the modern celebration of his festival. He suggests Shri Ram would be angered, questioning why people are creating such a spectacle in his name when their lives bear no relation to his. He would point out the lack of sameness, stating that they do not even love him, let alone worship him. If they truly loved him, they could not live their lives the way they do. In fact, he would say their lives stand in firm opposition to his, as they live one way for 364 days and then make a pretense of celebrating him on the 365th day. The speaker highlights the stark contrast in values. He explains that Shri Ram was someone who never cared for any worldly thing, having pushed aside an entire empire that was his for the taking. He did not tell his father, Raja Dashrath, that he deserved the crown. Instead, when asked to leave the throne and go to the jungle for fourteen years, he accepted, demonstrating that he was a person who did not care for the comforts of the palace, for power and pelf, or for a worldly material good life. Acharya Prashant then critiques how this festival is observed today. He states that in the name of celebrating Shri Ram's festival, all people do is "shop, shop, and shop." The festival has become one of shopping, shoppers, and shopkeepers. He emphasizes the irony that the festival of Shri Ram—who had nothing to do with shops and was never a buyer, seller, or consumer, and who stands for that which can neither be bought nor sold—has been turned into an "orgy of sales and discounts." The speaker concludes by asking the audience to consider how Shri Ram would feel if he were to reappear in a bodily form today.