In plain words
But how far have they recognised its truth? What is the reason they fail to recognise it? It is only because we do not think of it as we ought to think of it, and live it in a way contrary to that, that we cannot experience its true Ānanda. Not only are we unable to experience Ānanda; we are experiencing sorrow. What is the reason? Does sorrow come from reciting the Bhagavad Gītā? It is not something meant to be recited. That is just why sorrow comes to us. The Bhagavad Gītā is a scripture to be practised. The Bhagavad Gītā is filled with the inner Ātma. The Bhagavad Gītā is filled with the Supreme Principle. Even nectar gives its proper result only when we pour it down the throat; pour it into the nose, saying, ‘Nectar, nectar,’ and it takes your life. In this way, this very nectar is the cause of granting immortality, and of death too. If you ask how it dealt this death: we did not take this nectar in the way it had to be taken. That is just why, before he experiences anything at all, man must enquire well and begin it only after examination. Only when we carry out this examination does research, too, come within our reach. Examination is the very beginning of research! If we are to understand the principle of the Bhagavad Gītā well, we must try to put it into practice.
Only the person who thinks himself separate from God nurses all sorts of mad ideas
Today the elders who teach the Bhagavad Gītā are unable to recognise the real truth. They have been holding a great many Gītā-yajñas. But these give us joy only for the moment, like a reflection in a mirror; they do not give true Ānanda. Why let go of the bird in our hand and scramble after the bird in the bush? ‘Īśāvāsyam idaṃ sarvaṃ’, ‘Īśvaraḥ sarvabhūtānām’. When the Bhagavad Gītā truly teaches the truth that Godhood is in one's own self, if a man believes it fully, the idea that God exists apart will not arise in him at all.