In plain words
If one does not worship Śiva to the full with one's hands, if one does not sing Hari's glory till the mouth aches, if one does not hold compassion, Satya and the like in mind,
Within these three lines lie the endless Veda and, within the Veda, its karma, upāsana and jñāna kāṇḍas. If one does not worship Śiva to the full with one's hands: this is the karma-kāṇḍa. If one does not sing Hari's glory till the mouth aches: this is the upāsana-kāṇḍa; if one does not oneself hold compassion and Satya within: this is the jñāna-kāṇḍa. Only when one takes on the form of the Three Gods through these three kāṇḍas does human birth find its fulfilment. Otherwise, to be born is only a blight on the mothers' wombs.
The essence of the Veda is the Upaniṣads. The essence of the Upaniṣads is the Bhagavad Gītā. The people of Bhārata hold the Bhagavad Gītā as their chief aim and are spreading it everywhere. But spreading it is no great thing. Practising it, and getting it practised, is what is most needed. Only when we do sādhana is there a chance for life to take shape as something whole, divine and true.
Which is the road we must seek out for sādhana? We must go back to the very place we came from. That is our very road. Śṛṇvantu viśve amṛtasya putrāḥ. You are the children of immortality. This is just what Kṛṣṇa said in the Bhagavad Gītā: ‘Mamaivāṃśo jīvaloke jīvabhūtas sanātanaḥ.’ You are My own part. It is My eternal part itself that takes on new bodies and comes into this world. You are not a part of Prakṛti, not a part of the world, not a part of the body, not a part of the jīva: you are parts of the Divine. Divinity is that which pervades everywhere. ‘Sarvataḥpāṇipādaṃ sarvatokṣi śiromukham …’ In what form, by what name, can we lay hold of the divinity that is everywhere? All forms and all names are its own. To recognise such divinity, true education is needed.
My teachers taught me; I studied the śāstras, dharma and artha first among them; many are the things I have studied; I have studied the whole secret within all learning, father!
said Prahlāda. What is that learning? The learning that recognises God. The learning that sees the oneness within the many. True education is nothing other than seeking out our goal.
The world is fleeting and joyless. When we go to a town on some work, we stay in a hotel room; just because the hotel has every comfort and convenience, we cannot stay in it for ever, can we!