In plain words
So we must keep these two, Dharma and Mokṣa, as the chief goal. Understanding such a goal, the ancients reached the goal of their lives. People today do not want any goal at all. Roaming in some kind of free wandering, they come to an end somewhere. That is not man's duty. To return where it was born is the nature of every living being. To reach the place from which we came must be our goal. To reach this goal we must foster good thoughts. Even if we do no sādhana, we must foster good thoughts, enter the good path, join good company and make our birth worthwhile.
The body is like a bubble of water. At what minute, at what moment, where it will collapse, where it will drop away! So we must shape our thoughts into good thoughts at every moment. For a man who has thoughts, everything comes into his hand. All the karma we do is a form of thought. Without thought, everything becomes a void. So the whole world is like Hiraṇyagarbha. The first thought alone is the chief one. ‘That alone is its basis,’ they said. So it is very necessary for us to shape our thoughts into sacred ones. But we may keep bad thoughts inside and act out good conduct on the surface; or our outward conduct may look wicked in some ways. The thoughts within may be shaped pure. That serves no purpose. In mind, in speech and in action, in these three, there must be oneness. So the thought made with such purity in all three is the chief thought. Only then does one become a complete human being. The proper study of mankind is man. Only when our thought, our word and our deed, these three, become one is it mankind. In the world many kinds of diversity are seen. But we must recognise the unity that lies in this diversity. We must taste the Ānanda that lies in this unity. Only then shall we have understood divinity. Today, without recognising the unity in the many, we are making unity into many.
Whatever the land, whatever the age, man today is living a life full of sorrow. No one enjoys peace and security.