In plain words
Only when one has truly recognised one's own Satya does one become fit to recognise the Satya of others.
To follow the senses is the mark of the animal; to follow the Ātma is the mark of man
Through the influence of this Kali age, distortions of many kinds are arising even in Bhakti and surrender. When a dry leaf and an iron ball are placed in the same spot, both stay still as long as there is no wind. But the moment a gale blows, the dry leaf flies off half a mile. The iron ball alone stays where it is. The state of devotees today is just like this. The true devotee, the devotee of complete faith, the devotee who has reached Śaraṇāgati in God, the devotee who believes that he has none but God, is like the iron ball. He is not moved or shaken in the least by hardships, sorrows, griefs, blame or harsh words. But devotees of words, fickle devotees, devotees only for show, fly away like the dry leaf today the moment some hardship comes or the slightest trouble befalls them. When their wishes are not fulfilled, they develop hatreds of many kinds. They make no effort at all to recognise their own faults. As one student said, ‘Swami does not speak to us, Swami does not look our way, He does not look at us and smile,’ they scramble only for their rights. What is the reason for this? ‘What are our faults? What have we transgressed? Which command have we twisted?’ They do not set about enquiring into this within themselves at all. If they truly enquired into their own faults, they would give no room at all to thoughts like these. All their lives they pray, “We are mere human beings; faults and mistakes are natural to us; but Swami must forgive us.”