In plain words
True though it is, not everyone has the power and capacity to recognise its inner meaning.
Merely by wearing the ochre robe, Bhakti does not come like a gooseberry in the palm; by chanting the Name with the mouth, the sin you have done is not scattered; by grabbing the Gītā and shouting, merit does not pile up in our home; only he who keeps his words and his deeds in harmony becomes a sādhu.
So he said. Malayāḷa Svāmī used to teach this to many disciples. He was a man of great purity of mind. A holy heart, broad feelings. Though you praise his greatness as a guru in many ways, you cannot fulfil his aims as he wished them fulfilled. Only at gatherings like this do you praise the guru, and so waste a few minutes. A guru is like a priceless ruby. He is like a gem. You need not utter such a guru's name in public. Remember him in your heart, pray to him, and then put that time too into teaching the people: then you will have done a great service. Why pray in public to the guru who is with you, beside you, before your eyes, in your home? If five of the ten minutes given you go in this prayer to the guru, your time for what must be given to the people is cut short. It is enough to bow to him once in your heart, ask him to grant his grace, and begin. In this way we must try to take good care of time. “Kālāya namaḥ, Kālakālāya namaḥ, Kālanirmitāya namaḥ”: Time itself is the form of God. So we must not waste even half a moment of time. Only when you make such changes, enter society and bring about change in a way that sets an example, will you be able to reach the aims you held in taking sannyāsa and in taking up preaching and teaching.