In plain words
Brahmā's wife is Sarasvatī. Sarasvatī's mother-in-law is Lakṣmī, and ‘so dear to him, the eldest child’. Her father's name is Samudra. The name of his eldest child is Daridra Devatā. So: ‘O Daridra Devatā! Bring the lime,’ he said. In poetry she was a woman far cleverer than he. She went inside and brought the lime. She held it in her hand and did not give it to her brother-in-law.
‘Of the friend of the hundred-petalled ones, of the son, of his slayer, of his brother-in-law, of his son, of his uncle, of the one who always wears him, of his son, of his mount, of its foe, of its foe: here is the lime!’
So the lady said, it seems. ‘Of the friend of the hundred-petalled ones.’ The hundred-petalled one is the lotus. The friend of the lotus is the Sun. When it sees the Sun, the lotus opens. Who is his son? Karṇa. Who killed Karṇa? Arjuna. His brother-in-law is Kṛṣṇa. Kṛṣṇa's son is Manmatha. Manmatha's uncle is the Moon. The one who always wears the Moon on His head is Īśvara; who is His son? Gaṇapati. What is His mount? The rat. Who is that rat's foe? The cat. Who is the cat's foe? The dog. ‘O dog, here is the lime!’ she said. Do you see? How quickly the man's Ahaṅkāra was brought down. We take man to be the one with strength and ability, but there is no lack of women with more strength and ability than that. In the world one may think of men and women as different because of the difference of body, but in the principle of Divinity all are one. There was no need to call her Daridra Devatā; had he not said it, he would not have had to be called a dog. In just the same way man develops the feelings of Prakṛti and wastes his life in the doings of Prakṛti alone.
Students! We may study. We may earn great degrees. We may hold high positions. We may pile up a great deal of wealth. In what ways are we misusing the wealth we pile up? To avoid what is wrong in this, or to avoid dangers, some kinds of ingenuity are vital. That ingenuity itself is yoga. Before the Avatāras come, yoga is sent ahead, and only after that does the power begin. In Devakī Devī's seventh pregnancy Balarāma was born as the power of yoga. Even before yoga, the power of Māyā was born. Māyā sets out first. Then the power of yoga comes. The power of Māyā enters first, to make the world forget God. The power of yoga stands as a helper to the divine power. After that Kṛṣṇa was born of the eighth pregnancy. That is why it is said that ingenuity too is a yoga.