In plain words
Saying this in anger, she struck him with the stick of cane. It broke into three pieces. Even at such a moment Tukārām stayed calm and praised his wife: ‘Just when I was wondering how to share one cane between you and the two children, you broke it into three pieces and helped me a great deal.’ God is the Kāmadhenu, the Kalpavṛkṣa. He is one who gives to all, not one who takes. Tukārām was one who had the faith that such a God is in our own heart. The young people of today must strengthen such faith.
When the Kāmadhenu that grants every wish has come, why pay money to buy a cow? When Mount Meru is there, shining with surpassing light, why search for silver and gold? When the Kalpavṛkṣa itself is here, giving the fruit one wishes, why love the tree in the backyard? When God, who grants Bhakti and Mukti, is here, why crave this wretched worldly life?
You must make firm the faith, ‘I am God, I am God.’ Humanness is the principle of the Ātma, joined with divinity. However much it hurts us when someone causes us pain, that kind of pain we must not give to others. However much you suffer when someone abuses you, in the same way you must not abuse others: the young of today must recognise this truth, this equality. When we look at other women with an evil eye, others will look at our women with just such an evil eye. So we must keep our sight, our ears and our mouth under control. Jayadeva said this very thing. ‘Jihve rasajñe madhura priye tvaṃ satyaṃ hitaṃ tvāṃ paramaṃ vadāmi āvarṇa yethāṃ madhurākṣarāṇi govinda dāmodara mādhaveti.’ O tongue! You have the discernment to tell good from bad.