Passage 6

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In plain words

They set before Him only what is for show. If He … , they would not have made the offering. After all, it all comes back to them again, doesn't it? This … is true. God must eat. Before God eats, all this is … . When it is offered to God, it takes shape as prasāda. In … there is no fault of any kind. So we must send holy food to God, who is the digestive fire.

It is not that God is somewhere far away. God Himself is the embodiment of air. God Himself is the embodiment of water. God Himself is the embodiment of fire. God Himself is the embodiment of the earth. God Himself is the embodiment of the sun … . God Himself is the embodiment of the moon. God Himself is the embodiment of speech. … no place where He is not can be found in this world! God … is present everywhere. ‘Sarvataḥ pāṇi pādaṃ tatsarvatokṣi śiromukham’: wherever you look, He is present everywhere, with feet, with hands, with eyes. Every jīva is the very form of God. All these hands, all these heads, are reflections of God. Reflection, reaction, …ound: all of it is the very form of God. That is why it is not that God … here or there. Annamācārya said, ‘Here, there, wherever you look, the One alone stands as the crown; God is the One alone.’ He is a supreme devotee, but he goes on … Bhakti in a worldly way. He does not practise it with the same-sightedness that God is everywhere. … went and brought water. He thought he would do abhiṣeka. But doubt … . Today's devotees are all doubting Thomaslu. What kind of man is he?

Bringing Gaṅgā water, when we set out to worship the liṅga, the fish and frogs in the Gaṅgā say it is their leavings: what am I to do, what am I to do!

The fish and frogs say, it seems, ‘Are you taking all our leavings and pouring them over God?’ Water is the form of … . The fish and frogs enjoy that form, but its … … . It was not in his nature to reach this same-sightedness. Then he … in dhyāna. My feeling narrow, all of it mine, contraction Love, not expansion of …ove, then. As much as anyone thinks of You, that much You are. O God!