In plain words
They are disrupting the peace in society. Rather than stir up unrest in the world like this, it is greater, one may say, to keep silent without giving meanings to words. So from those days to these, people have been describing words and teaching the meanings of those words, but up to now no one has shown its real form. The very Divinity present in all is God. All forms are He Himself. How can anyone describe such Divinity? What can anyone say for certain?
One may say, "This is Brahman," but who can say, "Not this, not this"?
This is only the weakness of human nature.
Like the fragrance in a flower, the Divinity in man shows itself as fragrance. Like fire in wood and oil in sesame seed, Divinity pervades man all through. But unable to recognise this inner principle, people are deluded by the outward-facing forms alone and take that itself to be the truth. But from ancient times, holding on to these notions, man has gone on increasing his own Ajñāna still further. They pour milk for the snake in the anthill. But when they see a snake, they kill it.
The working ox that serves in the field they go up to and beat black and blue, strange to say; a bull of stone they see and worship with fervour.
This is our Vedānta, handed down from ancient times. Tormenting the living and worshipping the lifeless: that is the weakness of the Bhāratīyas. The man who will not give a handful of food to a hungry man offers God the most delicious dishes.
Bundling up money in his vows and offerings, not giving even a grain of rice to a beggar, the miser drops it into Venkaṭeśa's offering box.
In this way they keep up the ancient tradition. How worthwhile it would be to give a handful of food to a person who is truly alive! So we must recognise the truth that God, mānuṣa rūpeṇā, is present in human form. And we must act on it. Tormenting the living being and worshipping God: is this our duty?
Just as air lies merged in the sky, so the whole of Prakṛti lies merged in the Ātma. The sky is the material cause of the air; the material cause means that from which something is created: what creates it is the material cause.