In plain words
Striving to recognise the divinity within humanness is man's Dharma
Divinity alone is the basis of humanness. However much wealth there is, however much strength, though there be learning and humility, these are of no use for Bhakti and Mukti. Immortality is won through sacrifice alone, not through greed. Sadly, man develops his vāsanās only in greed, which brings suffering, and so he becomes bound. So, to recognise the divinity within humanness, we must join good company and strive to set out on the good path. This is man's chief Dharma.
‘Because it upholds, they call it Dharma’: Dharma is that which upholds. This Dharma itself upholds the whole world, bears it and carries it on. But because man has a mind that is forever slipping and running off, he does not try to recognise the principle of Dharma, which is Satya and eternal. This Dharma is the very principle that reveals the Satya nature of every object. Dharma is what shows a thing to be the thing it is and makes its Satya nature known. A small example.
There is a car. Merely having a shape does not make a car of any use. A car's steering and its ball bearings must both be in good order. Not only that: its tyres and its wires too must be right. Only when it is in a fit state to travel does the name ‘car’ truly belong to it. What is the dharma of a car? The dharma of a car is precisely to carry out its duty properly, travelling on until it reaches its destination. In the same way, man's chief Dharma is to carry out his duty properly, without any fault, in reaching the goal called divinity. However much philosophy you gather, though you earn a name that means something in Vijñāna, Prajñāna and Sujñāna, you must ask yourself: what are the values I have achieved in this human birth?
The bond between Nara and Nārāyaṇa
If man, having gained a human birth, is in a state where he cannot grasp the meaning of the word ‘man’, what worth has the word? Not the outer form, but practice and conduct are the true marks of humanness. As important as God is to man, just so important is man to God. Were there no man, there would be no chance for divinity to show itself at all. Only when there is a son does the word ‘father’ have a meaning. Only when the word ‘nara’ exists does the word ‘Nārāyaṇa’ have its worth. Just as God creates man, man too must create God, in the form of sādhana. That is realisation. Only when one recognises one's own principle and walks the right path can one come to recognise one's own true nature, one's own form.
Not everyone can recognise divinity. Because of certain weaknesses, man keeps increasing his own foolishness. Through this very foolishness he turns ungrateful. One may grind sand and draw oil from it. One may see horns on a hare's head. One may drink water from a mirage. But in a fool we cannot see good qualities.
Where the sun is, there is no darkness. The sun is the one who drives away darkness and Ajñāna. We pray to the sun, ‘Salutation to the destroyer of darkness, salutation to the destroyer of frost, salutation to the destroyer of the ungrateful.’ The sun has the power to wipe out darkness. Frozen ice, the moment the sun comes, presses down its pride and flows away as water. Darkness and frost are scattered to pieces the moment the sun arrives. The sun cannot bear the sight of an ungrateful man at all. He makes the ungrateful man lose his sight. What lets the world be seen is the radiance of the sun itself, which has taken a subtle form in the eyes.