In plain words
Your mother was a very good woman. She was like a mother to me too; she was a mother to everyone. Do not grieve,’ he went on saying. The younger brother, who saw this, thought, ‘Can I not say this much by way of comfort? Is this all there is to his greatness?’ The next day, in that village, a man's wife died. This younger brother went to console him: ‘I have come to know that your wife has gone. Do not worry at all; she was a very good woman. She was not yours alone; she was like a wife to me too! She was a wife to everyone!’ That was the comfort he gave. At that the elder brother scolded his younger brother soundly and gave him a good thrashing. After the thrashing, he learned his lesson. Then the elder brother called his younger brother: ‘In matters like these, worldly sense is very necessary. In these worldly dealings, worldly cleverness too is necessary. In spiritual matters, the knowledge that belongs to them is necessary. We must learn what is worldly, moral, physical, righteous, spiritual, scientific and practical. We must also recognise the secret that lies in divinity. Only on the day we recognise all these will full faith in divinity arise,’ he taught him.
One who relies on God and does his duty enjoys happiness and Śānti all his life
Everything is God's will! Every task gets done only through someone. To think ‘I’, ‘for me’, ‘about me’ is Ahaṅkāra. ‘Through someone’ is the divine way. Through your body, through your qualities, through your conduct, He gets His work done. No one is bound to anyone. But as long as we are here, we must carry out our duties. There may be desire, but when it comes into practice, great danger follows. A small example. Everyone was living like a zamindar, and a man conceived the desire that he too should live that way. He did not think how much money it would take to buy so much land; but he had to be a zamindar! So he went to a zamindar and asked his advice.