In plain words
‘Until my mother falls asleep, I will not look at You. If You wish to give darśan, stand there on that stone till then,’ he said. Pāṇḍuraṅga, who had come to test his devotion to his mother, became Puṇḍarīka's servant. What humanity will turn into in the future begins with birth itself. The moment he is born from the mother's womb he cries ‘kvā, kvā’: where, where, where is my place? Day by day his attachment grows; he marries and sinks into family life, falls into the Māyā of the world with its passing pleasures, and, taking this to be permanent, forgets his own true home. This is not right. Those born with ‘Soham’ itself were Prahlāda, Dhruva and Vāsudeva. Ordinary human beings are born crying ‘Koham, koham’. We must begin with ‘Koham’ and end with ‘Soham’. Who am I? Who am I? Know that ‘I’! Though we ask ‘Who am I?’ all our lives, the feeling ‘I am God’ does not come. What have we come for, and what are we doing? We must finish the work we came to do. We must recognise divinity everywhere in this world. We must live purely, lead a spiritual life, and make our life blessed. That itself is the mother, the father, the guru and God who teach the principles of Bhakti, Jñāna and Vairāgya. This is our goal. So, though wrongs may have been done knowingly or unknowingly, every human being must recognise the mother's feelings and make his birth worthwhile. Our love for our parents is not merely for the sake of their property. They have handed us a great property. What is that property? The body, together with Manas, Buddhi, citta, antaḥkaraṇa and the senses. This body itself is the gift our parents have given us. Though God is the master of our life-breath, the masters of our body are the parents themselves! God created the five elements. We must give thanks for that. Modern students may ask, ‘What for?’ However much you gladden your parents today, or grieve them, in just that way your children will give you joy and sorrow tomorrow.