In plain words
One has its ears shut. One has its eyes shut. One has its mouth shut. The monkeys themselves are teaching such good words in many ways. Do not indulge in too much speech. Do not waste this Praṇava-nāda. Saying, “Our ears, which can hear sweet sounds, must never consent to hear foul sound,” they shut their ears. No reviling of others, no mocking of others, no slandering of others, no words that look on others with ridicule must come out of our mouths. We shall only have wasted our energy, and energy means that very power of God. When we waste that very sound which is the form of the Praṇava, how can this birth be made worthwhile?
In the same way, hearing, speaking or seeing is not good. Bad things. These we must foster in our daily life, within the important sādhana. We must not enter into the affairs of those who are needed. Each one must try to recognise this truth. This Sāmaveda has taught such a true principle, and the paths that suit sādhana in daily life.
Among all the Vedas, this Sāmaveda has been held the highest. That is why Kṛṣṇa, the Paramātma, said, “I am the very form of that Sāmaveda.” Vedānāṃ sāmavedo'smi. That is, “I am the Sāmaveda,” and “Among the Vedas I hold the chief place”: these too are the words of the Teacher of the Gītā. This Sāmaveda reveals godliness, divinity and purity, spreads them abroad, teaches them and gives Ānanda.
Every word of ours must be such as brings only a kind of joy to the heart. They must not hurt others in the least. If we fall into words of that kind, we are not human at all. When you do not like others, give up thinking of them. But to talk at length about those you dislike, to ridicule them, to slander them, to revile them: this Sāmaveda has shown that this is a great sin. Merely reciting mantras is of no use. Whatever is needed in daily life, those things we must take from the Vedas. If we go on intoning mantras and wasting time, and in action fail to practise them, we will not enjoy the fruit of these mantras in the least; we may recite mantras like some gramophone record playing. Man's life is a yantra, a mantra, a tantra. In such a sacred life we must lead what is divine onto the sacred path and make life blessed. Of such sacred Vedas, only some one or two are spread in the world today.