In plain words
Joy and sorrow are the two pots of a carrying pole. No one can say when, to whom, at what level and at what time any state will come. A millionaire may become a pauper with not enough to eat. A pauper with not enough to eat may become a millionaire. These are the doings of nature. They are the ways of Prakṛti. However many yajñas, yāgas and other rites man performs, these are bound by Prakṛti. All these are bound up with delusion. This delusion is sure, sooner or later, to push him back into the wheel of time. So, recognising this truth, every man must himself shape his karmas into acts that are right, that put things to good use and that help others. The wealthy think they are doing service to Daridra-Nārāyaṇa.
Who are the Daridra-Nārāyaṇas? We think of them only in human terms: the poor, those with no food to eat, no hut to live in, no cloth to wear. By Daridra-Nārāyaṇa, we must feel that we are doing service to Nārāyaṇa Himself, who dwells in the heart of the poor man. We must take the path of seeing that God, who has no form, has this form, and through it make our karmas fruitful. Whoever lets the cares of the poor into his heart to some extent and resolves, 'I must do some fitting service', in that person's heart God dwells.
Man's state and fortunes are not in his own hands. All good and bad are bound up with the karmas man does. All our joys and sorrows are the fruits of the karmas we do. To think that someone is our enemy and someone our friend is only Ajñāna. The sinful karmas we have done are themselves our enemies. The meritorious karmas we have done are themselves our friends. Enemies and friends are not outside us. They dwell within us. Man must do karmas that are true, natural and right, and through them strive to win the contentment of the Ātma. For everything, time is the measure. Time alone is what matters most. So our own karmas are the root cause of our state and fortunes.
Once, while they were living in the forest for eleven years, Draupadī, brooding over their hardships, clasped Dharmaja's feet and grieved deeply.