In plain words
But in the presence of Prema the taste of this nectar cannot hold its own at all. Simply because man has lost this sacred, divine, ever-fresh principle of Prema, he falls prey to unrest, becomes the root of wrongdoing and the seat of adharma, and follows after unrest. Simply because the love of God and the fear of sin are lost, the demonic arises within humanness, and it is putting divinity far from itself.
To be happy here, the learning that wins gold; to be happy hereafter, the learning of Brahman
Through a coarseness that has no fear of sin, taking a road that has no love of God, humanness has sunk low in human beings: this is the upheaval in the peace of the world.
In worldly love divinity is not to be found. Though Prema is one, the scriptures have taught it in two ways: when it is put on the physical path, they call it anurāga; when this Prema is turned toward God, they call it prapatti, the principle of Prema. Why is this principle of Prema lost today? Humanness has been following, with the greatest fondness, only feelings that are worldly, impermanent and transient. Worldly life is needed, certainly! ‘To be happy here, the learning that wins gold; to be happy hereafter, the learning of Brahman.’ Like negative and positive in these two, man has to live with feelings both worldly and divine. But we must not take the worldly to be Satya and permanent, believe the divine to be untrue and impermanent, and show fondness only for the worldly pleasures that make us forget our humanness. That is precisely why, in the humanness of today, we are experiencing a divinity that cannot taste the sweet essence of Prema.
Bhakti is to turn the mind toward Mādhava
Today we keep saying ‘Bhakti,’ ‘Bhakti,’ ‘Bhakti’, but what is the definition of Bhakti?