In plain words
So long as you are bound by the senses, you cannot reach your own home. The people of a village on the bank of the Gaṅgā used to earn their wages somehow and, after dark, cross the river in their boat and reach home. In the morning, once they had crossed the river, they would tie the boat to a tree with a rope, make it secure, and go on to the town where they found work. One day they all came back to the boat at exactly midnight. That day they had earned more money, so their desire had grown greater too. Greed is the road to wickedness. Meaning to drink their fill that day, they all went to the toddy shop. Unable to stand, unable to walk, they somehow got back and fell into the boat. They all tried to row the boat. They rowed it all night long. The boat moved and went along, but when they looked at sunrise, it was right where it had been; it had not gone anywhere near the far bank. Why? No one had untied the rope that bound the boat to the tree. The story of human life, too, is just this! If you want to reach your own home and gain happiness and Śānti, you must untie the rope of Ahaṅkāra and mamakāra tied to the tree called the senses.
From today, you must strive all the harder to make your heart wide. There are three kinds of Prema in the world. The first is svārtha Prema: looking to oneself alone, taking no part in the happiness of others, paying no heed to their sorrow, following self-interest and nothing else. The second is anyonya Prema, natural Prema: to gain one's own advantage, loving only those who love one, greeting only one's own people with Prema and tending them. The third is samartha Prema: regarding all as the very form of Īśvara, cherishing them, experiencing oneness and rejoicing in it. Svārtha Prema is like a bulb one switches on in a room. Its light is for those in that room alone; no one else gains anything from it. Anyonya Prema is like moonlight. It is everywhere, but it is not so clear and bright. Nothing can be seen clearly. Samartha Prema is not like that. It shines clearly, inside and out, in the inner senses and the outer senses, in this world and the next: in everything. By developing Prema free of self-interest, a path opens to reach the Lord of all, the inner Ātma of every being. That alone is the best path. The northern path. To reach the presence of the Lord of our life, that alone is the high path. For fostering such high thoughts, the days of Saṅkrānti are holy days that show the way. Take as your ideal this sign of Prakṛti journeying towards Īśvara: move away from old ailments and stale ways of thinking, welcome new feelings and new virtues, and gain peace of mind. This is the very effort you must take up on this holy day.