In plain words
Though a precious thing looked lovely to the outward eye, if the spiritual … in it was …, the Bhāratīyas rejected it as of no use. In the world they went on giving honour to many kinds of …, to times, to reflections and to callings. But the … tattva of God… draws only the spiritual vision; it is not itself drawn by outward beauty, physical or worldly, … or by wealth and gold, goods and vehicles.
Here is a small example. Pārvatī was the one beauty of the world. In the pride of her beauty she made attempts of many kinds … Īśvara. But … never yields to such outward things. Falling into despair, in her hopelessness Pārvatī began a severe tapas. Defying all …, she made her body waste away and went on giving her feeling over to God … alone. Through this tapas the beauty of her body withered away. She rooted out her …. Then God took Pārvatī as half of His own body. What is the …? Prakṛti itself is Pārvatī.
In this Prakṛti there are many kinds of Ahaṅkāra. Pride of wealth, pride of learning, … pride, strength of body, strength of character, strength of beauty, the strength of tapas, the strength of rule. Leaning on all … of this kind, man struts about in arrogance. The day man roots out these eight … prides, that very day God draws near him. So long as Ahaṅkāra …, the feeling of the Ātma is not grasped. Until the feeling of the Ātma has dawned within him, he cannot experience God's …. That is why the Bhāratīyas said, 'Na karmaṇā, na prajayā, dhanena tyāgenaike amṛtatvamā…': that union with God is gained through tyāga alone.
Tyāga. What must we give up? House and lands? Or wealth and gold, goods and …? Or wife and children? No. No. If God were won by giving up these very things, then to give these up … would be very easy indeed. But it is not outward things that must be given up. The things that … man's reason are desire, anger and greed: these are the very gates of hell. So, first of all, what we must … give up are these three. When these three are fully present in man, man … a fool. Desire destroys man's karma. The … that knows what is to be done and what is not to be done goes far away. Greed destroys Bhakti. Anger destroys Jñāna. Anger… … the knowledge that discerns becomes a void.