In plain words
One day this eleventh Śaṅkarācārya sat in dhyāna: "Aha, what a great property, how great! Of this I have become the head; how many disciples I have!" In this way he went on dwelling on it in his dhyāna. As it was slowly leading him onto the path of Ahaṅkāra, the words "Tasmāt jāgrata jāgrata" that the watchman called went to his heart. At once he set himself right: "Chī! I ought not to have such thoughts." Another disciple, from behind,
"No mother, no father, no kinsman, no brother; no wealth, no house: therefore, beware, beware!"
said. Another disciple
"Birth is sorrow, old age is sorrow, a wife is sorrow, again and again; at the last hour, great sorrow: therefore, beware, beware!"
said. We must clearly recognise the truth that such śāsanas were made to turn man's mind onto the right path. These sacred paths are the treasure that brings one into the presence of God. Only when we follow such noble paths can we reach the high level.
Pāpa, śāsana, śāstra and śāpa: for what sort of person are these four needed? Medicine and diet are only for the man who wishes to be rid of his disease. I need not be cured of my disease. The man who wishes, "I must die with this very disease," needs no medicine. He has no need of a diet either. In the same way these four are most necessary only for the man who wishes to get away from the bonds of worldly life. For the man who stays in this bondage, sinks in this pit, falls into these hardships he has gone through and wishes, "Let whatever happens to me happen," there are no pāpas, no śāstra, no śāsana, no śāpa. His own words are his śāpa. In short, the whole power of the mind rests only on these gross and subtle forms, and that alone is why man falls into so many kinds of hardship.
The body is made of twenty-four principles. Five organs of action, five organs of knowledge, five prāṇas, five kośas, Manas, Buddhi, citta and Ahaṅkāra: the body is made of these twenty-four principles.