In plain words
He must recognise his own value. He must foster his own greatness. He must enjoy the Ānanda of his own life. Always selfishness, selfishness! Even animals have less selfishness, but in human beings it has grown beyond measure. Birds feed their young after they are born only until they grow wings. After that they let them go, to live freely. Each lives its own life. But in man today: selfishness, selfishness! Selfishness till he dies! When will such a man ever reach the good of others? In the end he sinks into ruin. He forgets what is real. He drifts far from divinity. He forgets humanness. The Gaṇapati principle has been teaching sacred oneness for the very purpose of awakening such divine humanness. Īśvara is the One whose family is the universe. In what way? Īśvara, Pārvatī, Gaṇapati and Subrahmaṇya, these four together, are one family. When we enquire carefully into this family, we see nothing but things opposed to one another. Īśvara's mount is Nandi. Pārvatī's mount is the lion. The lion and Nandi are enemies. Then on Īśvara's head is the Gaṅgā. On His forehead is fire. Where there is water there is no fire. Where there is fire there is no water. These two are opposed to each other and at enmity. Then Vināyaka's head is an elephant's face. His mother's mount is the lion. If a lion comes to it even in a dream, they say, an elephant cannot survive! Such is the enmity between them. Yet Vināyaka stays right beside His mother. There is no enmity. Subrahmaṇyeśvara's mount is the peacock. His father's ornaments are snakes. The snake and the peacock are at total enmity. So in a family made up of things opposed to one another like this, all live together in harmony. There is no enmity at all. However opposed the qualities may be, through unity the country enjoys well-being.