In plain words
Through show he leads a kind of artificial life. So, as long as show is there, as long as Ahaṅkāra stays in man, for all that time, he gains no self-confidence. To one without self-confidence, everything is doubt. One who has such doubts cannot trust even himself. How can one who does not trust himself trust others? How can a person who does not trust himself and cannot trust others carry on service in this society?
First of all, those who are eager to take part in service must root out Ahaṅkāra. They must build a tomb over showy tendencies. They must push attachment aside. In service, the first duty is for Ahaṅkāra to go. Only when Ahaṅkāra goes does humility come. Only the humble man becomes fit to take part in social service. So, regarding the divine power in every man as one, we must develop the feeling of the one Ātma. As long as there is no feeling of the one Ātma, man cannot be fit for this service. Unless he can be a servant, he cannot be a leader. Today, because people who cannot recognise the way of service become leaders, the world has become the home of turmoil of this kind. From ancient times, sacred Bhārata, for sacrifice of many kinds, for yoga: people who made many sacrifices in their actions and lived selfless lives number crores upon crores. Day by day this principle of sacrifice is dwindling. Those devoted to service have become scarce. In the name of service they are cheating themselves. Though the word sevā is two letters, a meaning that is mighty, beautiful and infinite is held within it. Forgetting oneself, setting the thought of divinity in the heart, the actions done in the feeling that the Ātma is in all: only these are rightly called service. There must not be the least feeling in us that we are doing service to someone, to others. With the feeling that it is for the pleasure of God, with sacrifice, we must do service. How many people are there who do service with such a spirit of sacrifice? It is not that there are none. From ancient times there have been people who upheld the land of Bhārata in many ways, sacrificed for it and lived; their principles we may well have come to understand. Thinking of such people and remembering them, taking up their ideals, we must enter into their footsteps. We must understand that principle of service well. Only when we enter on such a path shall we receive the result we hoped for in these works we have undertaken and are attempting.
Service in the villages is very important.