Bageshwar Dham Sarkar

What is pakhand (hypocrisy) and why is it a form of adharma?

Pakhand: sin dressed as dharma

Pakhand is a piece of paap (sin) wearing the covering of punya. Outside it looks like dharma while inside is adharma.

It is sin, but it wears a covering of virtue. The covering is of dharma, but inside is adharma. This is what is called pakhand.