In plain words
The sacred glory of being the birthplace of Śaṅkarācārya also fell to Kerala alone. The glory of teaching the vision of Advaita and giving the experience of Ānanda is Kerala's own, too. So you must set yourselves today to proclaim that Satya, that divinity: as long as he lies in the delusion that he is the body, he is only a man; but when that is destroyed and Ātmajñāna dawns, he is none other than Nārāyaṇa. Man becomes Nārāyaṇa; Nārāyaṇa may come down as man to establish Dharma. You know already that both of these are natural. But man, unable to recognise the divinity within him and win Ānanda, is living in the very darkness of Ajñāna.
Some people try to attain divinity through one sādhana or another, but, without the full knowledge of Bhakti and of God within their reach, they fall into despair.
Bhakti means complete Prema for God, Prema that stands beyond place and time and person. But by the influence of the Kali age, only a Part time Bhakti is seen in everyone today. Only when loss, hardship, sorrow or abuse strikes them does God come to mind; then they hold prayers and pūjās. When comfort, joy, gain and delight come, they go about without the least thought of God. In the same way, without fully understanding the form and nature of God, they argue, “He is like this, He is like that.” Without experiencing it themselves, they only take up words, following the elders, and compose hymns and sing them. This experience is not seen today in those who are called devotees. They do say of God that He knows all, has all power and pervades all, but of experience there is none at all. The thought in the heart, the word on the tongue and the deed in the hand: all three must be one. That is the very mark of the devotee. It is the steady mind alone that makes the name of devotee worthwhile.
In a cinema hall, pictures of a downpour falling on the screen. However much of an illusion they give the audience, the screen is not wet in the least! However many battle scenes fall on it, not even a drop of blood stays on the screen. In the same way, on the screen called God, the world is always moving. That is precisely why it came to be called jagat. You too. Without bowing to the differences and the troubles and losses that happen in that world, without wavering, you must show forth the divinity that is your true nature. Only then. You become fit for Vijñāna, Sujñāna and Prajñāna. You may have a box of matches in your pocket; but it will not burn your shirt in the least; take a stick from it and strike it on the powder on the side of the box, and fire springs up. Until then no fire is born. When the stick called individuality is struck on the powder called divinity, purity arises, and your birth becomes worthwhile.
Only after gaining that experience, God as all-knowing. All-pervading, all-powerful, the indweller of all: you become fit to describe Him so.