In plain words
But that very man who crossed the English Channel, … home …: because he had toiled for months to cross the English Channel without seeing the face of his home, … left him and made a second marriage. When he went home, a 2nd husband was there. … you did not care for me. I do not care for you: when his wife had left him and married a second time, the man who crossed the English … … with such courage and daring fell under a train and died. Can it be said that he is one who has …? No, no. Why did one who truly had courage and daring restrain… … go? The one who restrained his own feelings is the one who has restraint. Merely … of desires, … … he poured away. Another one. … made an attempt to fly a flag on the Himalayan mountain. For this he trained day and night. At it and at it, he went up there and …established it. When he came home, his only son, a little boy, had died. Because his dear … son had died, he drank poison and died. He climbed Everest. Unable to bear a small pain he …. Who truly has courage and daring? Only the one who has restrained the senses is … of courage and daring. One must face hardships, losses, sorrows and griefs, all of them.
That is why Prahlāda, who was a student, questioned his father. Father! 'You have conquered all the worlds in …; the world of the senses, the citta, you cannot win.' You have won a kingdom. If you … a kingdom you may become a king. But if you conquer the senses, you become king of kings, the great king, the emperor; without control of …, you strut in Ahaṅkāra, saying 'king, king'. You are not a king. … not. You are a slave. You are a slave: what is the reason! You … unable to restrain the senses …. You are becoming a slave to your feelings. You are the very form of the Ātma. Being at the level of the Ātma …, you must keep all the senses under your control. But today you have left the place of the Ātma and joined …. You are not master. Keeping our heart safe, we must … be ready to face losses, … hardships, sorrows and griefs, without the least fear and without sinking.
Joys and sorrows come in the world. Both are passing clouds. 'Na sukhā… …te sukham': from happiness there is no happiness for us. From hardship there is happiness. …. If you sit in an air condition room for twenty-four hours, the value of air condition itself is not known to …. Walk about two hours in the sun and then go into the air condition, and then ….