In plain words
They go as far as the well is wide. Whether we see them or not, those waves reach that far. In the same way, whatever thoughts … stone you throw into this lake of the mind, it spreads everywhere. If you throw into it the stone called bad thought, bad waves rise up and go out. Those bayalā, how far do they go? They go into the eyes, they go into the ears. They go into the mouth, they go into the hands, they go into the feet; they spread everywhere. In the same way, if a sacred feeling comes into our heart, that too enters every limb of this body. That is why: yad bhāvaṃ tad bhavati. As the feeling is, so is the fruit one gains. So he went on proclaiming that to foster … good feeling is the state of purity.
Into this poetry he kept blending Madhura Bhakti. Lakṣmaṇasena appointed him as the court scholar. Saying that he was far finer than the scholars who came to his court, he gave him the title Rājakavi. But he did not bow to this title in the least. He went on writing and experiencing Ānanda. In that same village lived a devotee of Jagannātha. He had no children, and he grieved deeply. He prayed to Jagannātha. 'O Jagannātha! … me a son, or else grant me a daughter; a life without sons, they say, is the hell called Put. So grant me that holy state,' he said. Some time later a daughter was born to him. He raised her and brought her up. 'Swami! This gift that … me is offered to You alone,' and he went to offer her to the Lord. That night Jagannātha came to that man in a … and said, 'My son, it is not fitting to give back to Me what I Myself granted. I have a supreme devotee. Give her to him,' He said. He is Jayadeva. He came to Jayadeva: 'My son, I am offering my daughter to you. This is Jagannātha's command,' he said. 'Jagannātha's command is something I and they and all must … on the head. But I am in no such position. I am very poor. You … my circumstances. It is not Dharma to give your daughter to so poor a family and bring her pain,' he said. 'I need no wealth, I need no other positions. The supreme wealth called Bhakti for God is what matters to me,' he said. 'So, since you … such supreme Bhakti, you are the rich man. Is anyone in this world greater than that? You have won over God, the King of kings, the King of emperors: who is greater than you? I am not waiting … a second answer. Here, I am leaving her here and going,' he said. He left her and went away; … Padmāvatī stayed standing right there. The father looked at Padmāvatī. 'Amma! Why are we … pining so for this poor man?' Padmāvatī answered. 'I have no wish to go home any more. Wherever you go, I will come there with you.