In plain words
These are not two; they are one! ‘Ekameva advitīyaṃ brahma,’ as it is said. Precisely because there is such divinity and purity in human life, they said, ‘Jantūnāṃ narajanma durlabhaṃ.’ Even after taking such a rare human birth, not to be able to recognise the greatness of the culture of Bhārata: truly, we can only call this a misfortune. First of all we must try to recognise the greatness of the culture of Bhārata. Karma is not somewhere far away.
God is not in some separate land; God is in one's own body. Sin is not in some foreign land apart; it clings to the deeds one does.
The path of karma is a lovely flower; the path of Bhakti, the unripe fruit; the path of Jñāna, the fruit that makes the mouth water!
These three are not separate. Without the flower there could be no unripe fruit. Without the unripe fruit there could be no ripe fruit.
Without the flower no fruit is born on the tree; without the unripe fruit the ripe fruit will not come; without steadfastness in karma, Bhakti does not arise; without Bhakti, would one become filled with Jñāna!
Even the principle of Jñāna in the jñāni is nothing but the fruit of karma! The people of Bhārata are the ones who recognised the principle of karma well. No one but the people of Bhārata can recognise this secret of karma so easily. That is why another name for the land of Bhārata is ‘the land of karma’.