Passage 2

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In plain words

Then ‘apekṣā’ is that which hankers after every object. As long as these desires remain, man cannot recognise the true principle. All objects only drown him; they make no effort at all to keep him afloat. Many of you may know this. A raw bottle gourd sinks when it is put into water. The same gourd, once it has been dried, floats when it is put into water. The man with attachment sinks in saṃsāra. The man who has attained anāsakti floats freely in saṃsāra. Such a man has no attachment even to the matter of Mukti. But he does not let go of Bhakti. He keeps the whole of his aim fixed in the thought of God alone. God Himself looks after the yoga and kṣema of such a man. The reason is this: in one who has virakti and anāsakti, God's grace is full and abundant. To gain so great a fortune is itself a yoga. Having gained that yoga, to protect what has been won is kṣema. To earn the grace of God is the great yoga. To keep safe this great fortune once it has been earned is kṣema. In the language of Vedānta this is called prāptāprāpta. This principle called prāptāprāpta is gained only through man's own effort. But to be worthy of such an attainment, we must do certain kinds of sādhana.

Man is born ignorant; when he dies, he must die wise

The whole world is the very form of the three guṇas! The transformation of the three guṇas! The play of the three guṇas! Everything is the form of the three guṇas! Of these, we must wipe out the first guṇa, tamoguṇa. Tamoguṇa means foolishness, a dull-witted nature. First of all we must check this foolish mind and this foolish arguing. You must enquire well into what you have heard. What we have enquired into, we must digest. Only when it is digested in that way does that strength come to us. Do not go into argument and counter-argument over every matter.