In plain words
Only if we first of all recognise such a principle of the Ātma will the whole secret of this world be easily understood. The root cause of our failing to understand this knowledge of the world is our own Manas. Manas is the mark of pravṛtti. Day and night we waste our life on these objects and vehicles that are seen. Is it for this that we took birth? No. We must recognise Brahman, the Satya. When we wish to recognise it, we must contemplate the principle of Brahman. We must try to know it. We must try to see it. We must try to converse with it. That is the true Religion. Man must realise God, Seek God, See God, talk to God. This is Religion. So what man must recognise first of all is divinity. Man must realise God. Without knowing that, even if we know so many other things, there is no gain.
Anil Kumar, speaking on botany a few minutes ago: what we hope for is fruits and flowers. Fruits and flowers are on the tree. The fruits and flowers that are seen, the fruits and flowers we hope for: on what do they depend? Only when we nourish the roots do we receive the fruits and flowers that are seen. So what we must nourish, pouring water and manure, is the roots alone, not the fruits and flowers. So for this tree called the world, the divine principle of the Ātma alone is its roots. Of this very thing the Bhagavad Gītā said, 'Bījam māṃ sarvabhūtānāṃ.' How did He sow this seed? When we set out to inquire how He, who is Himself the seed, is present in all in this form of a seed, we planted a seed. Little by little it grew into a plant and became a tree. In this tree, branches and twigs came forth. On every branch flowers blossomed. All those flowers took shape as unripe fruits. All the unripe fruits turned into ripe ones. In each fruit, a seed settled in. What we planted was only one seed. In some hundreds of fruits, hundreds of seeds came forth. That is, whatever seed is planted, the very kind of that seed took shape again as seed in the other fruits. This is the world. For this world, the Ātma itself is a seed. This universe itself is one great tree. In the tree called the universe, each country is a branch. Within each branch, many living beings came forth as fruits.