In plain words
In just the same way is man today: when God, the master of all, is ruling and bearing this very world, what burden of yours is there in it? In the middle of a road stands a big tree. A man travelling along the road sat in the shade of that tree and relieved his weariness for a while. He enjoyed happiness. At that time the tree does not give any room at all to pride, to Ahaṅkāra or to anything else of the kind, thinking, 'This is I, these are my branches, my shade; he is sitting under my shade and enjoying my comfort.' It is the same with man: man's body itself is a tree. Wife, mother, child: in this way all are in the shade of that tree, in its shade. But man, out of attachment, thinking, 'This is my wife, these are my children, my mother and father,' feels as though he carries the burden of them all himself. So, set beside man, how self-giving the tree is! This man takes all the tēni pōni burdens on his head. He must carry out his duty indeed, but he must not be bound by attachment and the sense of 'mine'. Carry out your duty … yourself. Other than that, do not needlessly take it into your head and so … … sorrow. What is the cause of all these worries? what is the shape of worry? It is mental creatio… …on. They are only the resolves of the mind, its vṛttis. You create them for yourself. 'Before aṭṭaka, not your … , who? Before you married, who was your wife? All these are only clouds passing in between. As much as these very things remain … , you must do your duty. do your duty sincerely. This is our very own. The Upaniṣads too have spoken of … the letters da. Discipline, Devotion, Duty. For students today discipline is … . We must not think of this discipline as something that belongs to an educational institution. This discipline is something that stays like a shadow … life long. Discipline is not only for as long as you stay in the hostel, or as much as you study in college … . Just as you can never escape your own shadow, so you can never escape this discipline … . Go to the market, walk in the bazaar, go to the cinema, … anywhere else: wherever you go, your discipline must stay your discipline. Savāni told it: our student, to Russia … ; they offered him all sorts of things in every way, and that boy did not accept them and kept his discipline. … must make a holy discrimination. That discrimination is not individual …imination. We must make the discrimination whose form is the whole community. Only then will it be the … … answer for you, for Me and for others. If, to cover up your fault, you argue in your discrimi… … that this is right, it is no truth at all. When another commits the same wrong, you point your finger at it.