In plain words
Dharma is the close bond of dayā and Prema
We must always cultivate in the heart what is called ‘dayā’. ‘The heart full of dayā is the temple of God,’ they say. Hṛdaya means ‘hṛt’ and ‘dayā’. Only when it is joined with dayā does it become a hṛdaya. Otherwise it becomes a hard stone. The hṛdaya is what comes out of dayā. That is why they call God ‘Hṛdayanivāsī’. Because it is a heart joined with dayā, God has made His abiding home there.
Prema is a sign of dayā. The close bond of kinship between this dayā and Prema is Dharma. Another name for Dharma is Prema. The experience of this Prema and dayā is Dharma. Once we grow in Prema alone, dayā and Dharma both come into it of themselves. So I hope that you, as students, will as far as you can enter on sacred paths, with sacred feelings and sacred deeds, and lead a fulfilled life.
The hearts of little children are pure
Rather than trying to lead a small life wanting petty things, we must strive to want what is greater and to lead a higher life. Dhruva did a mighty tapas. He was then six years old. But because, going on and on with that tapas, he did it with a pure and selfless heart and a sacred feeling, Mahāviṣṇu appeared before him. Whatever lines are drawn on spotless white paper, they look beautiful. Whatever lines are drawn on black paper, they are lost, black into black. Even if one draws a fine, lovely, beautiful picture of God, we cannot see it. The hearts of little children are very pure. Theirs are selfless hearts. With such a heart, however you call God, He may well appear there at once.