In plain words
In this season of spring, the mango blossom and the cuckoo's call give man great joy. In no other season does the cuckoo call as it calls in this season of spring. ‘The cuckoo's call’ gives joy to every ear. What is the inner meaning of this call? When a crow comes, perches on our house and caws, we pick up a stone and throw it. But when the cuckoo calls, we happily lend our ears and listen with joy. The crow has not stolen our property. The cuckoo has not set a jewelled crown on us. If the mouth is good, the name becomes good. So man must make his mouth good. A good word, a sweet word, a gentle word, a word that brings Śānti: that alone is the path to discovering divinity. It is in the heart of such a man that Śrī Rāmacandra has settled and sits.
Once Nārada visited Viṣṇu: ‘Swami! I move through the three times. How am I to bring You the news of this world, what is Your permanent address? You give Branch addresses, here and there. I have no need of Branch addresses. You may be there, or You may not,’ said Nārada. Then Viṣṇu said at once, ‘Nārada! Write it down. My address: madbhaktāḥ yatra gāyanti tatra tiṣṭhāmi nārada.’ Wherever My devotees remember Me with sweet voices and with pure feelings, that is My permanent address. God dwells on Kailāsa, dwells in Vaikuṇṭha, dwells at Badarī, dwells at Kedāra,’ so people say, and who knows what else. All these are only care-of addresses. But the direct address is the heart itself. ‘Īśvarassarva bhūtānām’, ‘Īśāvāsya midaṃ sarvam’, vāsudeva sarvamidaṃ. He is wherever one looks, so He is in our heart too. So the heart came to be called Ātmārāma. It is because it makes the form of the Ātma rejoice that it has the name Rāma.
Whatever work we do must be done not for the satisfaction of those outside, not for the joy of others, but for the satisfaction of your own Ātma. That alone is God's satisfaction. That is what has been called conscience. But to win such satisfaction, one must have a firm faith in oneself. Only when this satisfaction comes does he make sacrifice. Only when he gives up can he attain divinity. So self-confidence is a foundation. Self satisfaction is a wall. Self sacrifice is a roof. Self Realisation. First of all, self confidence is needed. Our faith must not keep shifting and stirring from moment to moment. Whatever troubles come, however many sorrows befall, however many reproaches and taunts we face, our faith must stay one and steady.