In plain words
The king is the ruler of a kingdom. For one king alone to govern a great kingdom is very hard, so he divides it into departments. He divides it into many departments like this: Revenue, police, Administration. Because of this division, the Files of each department go to that department's own officer. They do not go to him on the thought, “The king is the great authority, isn't he!” Each set of papers goes to the head of its own department. In the same way, in God's creation too, this governance is divided into many departments. Indra, Varuṇa, Rudra: ministers like these each govern their own departments. But God, like the Prime Minister, is the authority over them all. What is His department? He has a branch connected in three ways. 1) niṣkāma karma, 2) boundless Prema, 3) a spotless citta. All prayers that come by these three paths reach God direct. All other prayers cannot reach God direct. So today, if we would win God's grace and His assent direct, we can win them through these three.
Of these three, niṣkāma karma is the chief department. Our Seva Dal members must take part in this service. If we call ourselves Seva Dal members and render self-seeking service, it amounts to betraying God. We must take up conduct worthy of the name. To practise this niṣkāma karma, we must first of all burn Ahaṅkāra to ashes; once Ahaṅkāra enters, there is no room at all for service. First of all, the Seva Dal's office-bearers must step forward. They must make the heart blossom through this niṣkāma service. They must make the awareness of humanness blossom in man. Gokak said just a little earlier: ‘manīṣī’. This word manīṣī, when we do not hear it properly, or say it a little carelessly, comes out as ‘mahiṣī’. That is, mahiṣī is what has come from Maheśvara, and it turns, step by step, into maharṣi. When the manīṣī does sacred karmas and takes part in niṣkāma karma, he himself becomes a maharṣi. Human birth is what brings us to the state of the maharṣi. We must live doing this niṣkāma karma. Whatever karma you do, you must not look for its fruit. You must not look for some fruit or other. You must not take part in a work with some fruit held in view. You must feel, “It is the duty of my life; this is my appointed task.” The merit that comes from such service comes from no power of tapas whatever. This service brings people into close kinship. This friendship is the true royal road to God's presence; of the nine kinds of Bhakti, the Bhakti called friendship wins the friendship of God. Śravaṇam, kīrtanam, Viṣṇusmaraṇam, pādasevā, arcanam, vandanam, dāsyam, sneham, ātmanivedanam: among these, ātmanivedanam stands right beside sneham. So if today we cannot strengthen the spirit of friendship even with man, how can we ever win the friendship of God? If we cannot recognise the humanness in men, how can we recognise the divinity in Mādhava! Our service forms the bonds and ties that shape the whole world into one. You may think, “We all live as brothers.”