In plain words
Among the nine paths, the chief is service itself.
Śravaṇaṃ kīrtanaṃ viṣṇōssmaraṇaṃ pādasēvanaṃ vandanaṃ arcanaṃ dāsyaṃ snēha mātmanivēdanaṃ.
Ātma-nivēdana means doing service with the feeling that it is offered to God: that alone is Ātma-nivēdana.
How must we put the strength of wealth to good use? If we go among those who are simply poor, people who are desperate for food, and say we will teach them about the Ātma, the teaching of the Ātma will not reach those people's hearts at all. To the hungry you must give food; if you teach them about the Ātma, it will not even enter their ears. First of all, give food to the one who is hungry. To those who have food and clothing, give the help they need. You must give such dīṃllō people the zeal and encouragement to take part, on the right path, in their own lives, with courage and daring.
The learned must strive to teach the unlearned something of learning, taking a fitting time for it. Learning did not come into being just to fill the belly. It was not set for one's own selfish ends. It did not come into being for posts and positions of power. Learning came into being for the unfolding of the mind. But the education of today is taking a narrow path. In this education a broad outlook is wholly absent. Labour is for food. Learning is for Vijñāna. But, unfortunately, people today think that learning came into being for food. So the duty of the learned is to teach Vijñāna and to make the heart broad.
For the sorrows and hardships that befall the weak, you must give fitting support, care for them, and use fitting strength to protect them. The learned may be doctors; they may be lawyers. One may be a trader. The learned man who is a doctor must care for the weak among the sick, draw them close with affection, and give them the treatment their illness needs without asking any money at all. He must give his services free. He must put this medicine he has learnt to the right use.