Thereafter, Shriji Mahãrãj asked, "Why does one perceive faults in a sãdhu?"

The paramhansas attempted to answer the question but were unable to do so satisfactorily.

So Shriji Mahãrãj answered the question Himself: "An egotist perceives faults in a sãdhu. This is because it is the very nature of someone who is egotistical that if someone praises him, even though that person may have a hundred faults, he would overlook them and would instead greatly highlight a single virtue. Conversely, if a person does not praise him, then even though that person may have a hundred virtues, he would overlook all of them and highlight an utterly insignificant fault. Consequently, he would initially spite that person mentally, then verbally, and ultimately physically as well. Thus, egotism is a grave vice. However, do not think that only the shrewd are egotistical and the naïve are not. In actual fact, the naïve are more egotistical than the shrewd."
 

[Loyã-16.19,20,21]