Passage 7

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In plain words

… pōnivi: we must make the effort needed to stand in the way of it. It is not: I put nōpeṭṭe here; they stole it. If you put it on the government, saying, 'The government gave no proper security,' that is not the government's fault. It is your fault. Carry out your own duty yourself. Guard your own belongings well yourself. If you go on putting everything on the government, that is not right. It is not Dharma. There are many things to ask of the government and to have done through the government. Instead, merely to rub all your weaknesses off onto the government and blame them or criticise them is not good. 'Advēṣṭā sarvabhūtānāṃ': we must hate no one. Whomever we see, knowing that the God who dwells in all is one, and that, as 'Sarva bhūta namaskāraṃ Kēśavaṃ pratigacchati' says, a salutation made to anyone reaches God alone: only when we develop that good feeling, that good heart, that sacred Prema that is oneness, can we truly do many such things. He said, that all this is very small work. Truly, if the king wills, is there any lack of blows! So they say. If the king wills, is there any lack of some work or other! No. So you must earn the fitness to make right use of him; the fault is not his. If we keep our own faults and go on pushing the blame onto others, we will never get any better. Only when we search out our own faults, root out our own faults and make the effort needed to build the nation will true progress come; so, blessing you all, may Chenna Reddy, long may he live, grow in long life and health; along with his Bhakti and surrender, he will advance the welfare of the people; so, for every one, whoever may be in office, the government must come into good progress. The government must provide fine facilities. Pray that the government may always conduct itself in the right way. Instead, without giving the least opening to turmoil and disorder, take part in this programme with forbearance and sympathy and perform such sacred deeds: this is My hope, and, blessing you, I bring My discourse to a close.