In plain words
Why this searching? Because wherever He looks there is no true devotee; that is why He searches. All our Bhakti today is in reverse. Instead of the devotee searching for God, God Himself is searching for devotees today. So, without letting God search for us, we ourselves must find the means to win God and hold Him fast.
Through doing karma we must make the body worthwhile, make time sacred, experience Divinity and merge in purity. Our heart is only one. It is not a musical chair. We must not try to seat one in this heart at one time, another at another time, and yet another at yet another time. We must try to recognise the quality a true devotee should have. In hardship, in loss, in sorrow, in grief, in blame, in reproach, at all times, we must keep one and the same equanimity. If ten people praise us, we who weigh fifty pounds swell up to a hundred pounds. If anyone abuses or criticises us, we shrink. We must achieve such a Bhakti, one that neither shrinks nor swells. To shrink is a weakness. To swell is a kind of Ahaṅkāra. We must give room to neither.
Whatever you have taken up, you have taken it up: hold on just so until your hold prevails. Whatever you have longed for, you have longed for it: keep on worshipping until your longing is fulfilled. Whatever you have asked, you have asked it: do not let go until what you asked is given. Whatever you have thought of, you have thought of it: do not move away until your thought is fulfilled. Either He, unable to bear the pleading, must save you, or you, forgetting the body, must ask; but to stop halfway and turn back is not the devotee's vow.
So they said. These are the marks of a devotee. Developing such qualities, driving out the bad qualities that have settled in us, experiencing this eternal Ānanda, this Ānanda of Brahman, the Ānanda of the Ātma, we must give the country a fitting ideal: with this hope, and blessing you, I bring My discourse to a close.