How does the author describe his own character before he was given the name 'Hemadpant'?

In Chapter 2, the author provides a candid and self-critical description of his former self, before he was known as Hemadpant. He admits to being mischievous, talkative, cynical, and critical. He uses irony to state he had no "impurity" of knowledge, meaning he was arrogant and conceited about his own intellect. He confesses that he knew nothing of the Satguru's greatness and was hindered by a bad intellect and a logic-driven, argumentative mind. He was, by his own account, always proud of his own wisdom, highlighting a personality that was far from the devotional path he would later embrace.