In plain words
Because this delusion of the body covers him, through this very āvaraṇa, he cannot recognise his own true svarūpa. So if we would recognise Satya, we must first put mala away from us. That is, evil feelings, evil thoughts and bad qualities that have come from so many births. Though they have come from those births, in this birth at least we must try, by thinking of God, to be rid of them, so that such evil feelings, evil ways, evil thoughts and evil acts are not there.
Through dhyāna, japa, bhajan and such sacred works and actions, we must grow one-pointedness in ourselves. When we do it in this way, little by little the delusion about this body goes from us, and the feeling of offering, “All is for the pleasure of God; this is offered to God,” begins in us. Without release from these three, a man's life is simply wasted. Caught in bondage, he falls to ruin. So if man is first to recognise his own Satya and to make the effort fit for seeing his own svarūpa, he must give up evil thoughts. He must let go of evil acts. All wrong doings must come to a stop. We must see that there are no faults in us. We must look at our faults, and not examine what sort of punishment there is. “Arē! A big punishment for a small fault?” we keep thinking, like great men of learning. This is a fault that comes of great ignorance. Doing wrong is the big wrong. The one who did wrong: “Because you did wrong, a big punishment, a small punishment. Had you not done wrong, there would be no punishment.” So doing wrong is itself the chief wrong. We must warn him, “See that there are no such faults,” and not think, like clever elders, “A big punishment for a small fault”; that is utter ignorance. They say in Telugu: that even a small snake should be struck with a big stick. Even for a small fault, you must strike a big blow. Only then will he not set about doing big wrongs. But there is no one of such wisdom today. By joining the ignorant as the ignorant and growing ignorance still more, faults have grown beyond all bounds. So the children too are going still further beyond bounds through these very elders. They sit at bhajan. Wherever it may be, bhajan is bhajan. Do it in the Mandir, it is bhajan. Do it in the Institute, it is bhajan. Do it in the Hostel, it is bhajan. Wherever it is, bhajan is sacred. Why should we be a disturbance at that time? Why should we play monkey tricks like this? Moving about, coughing, and laughing silly laughs besides. Is this what people who have Prema and faith in Swami should do? No, no. This is the doing of those who have no Prema and no faith in Swami. They act as though they have. But they may believe it. I do not believe it. To one who truly has Bhakti and faith, such antics never come.
So when we sit at bhajan, when we are in this sacred thing, we must do no work of any kind with the hands, hold the mind still, and be sunk only in the thought of God.