In plain words
It takes the form of speech, which is subtler still. So this principle of Manas extends so far that the true principle of the Buddhi is the form of mind, word and body. These they called ‘Brahmā, Viṣṇu, Maheśvara’. Prāṇa is the principle of Brahmā, Manas the principle of Viṣṇu, speech the principle of Śiva. We must not waste these three. We must set them on the right path. We must shape our speech into the speech of Satya. We must set the mind on a sacred path. ‘Śarīra mādyaṃ khalu dharma sādhanaṃ’: we must set the body to the practice of Dharma. In this way, the actions of mind, word and body are the form of Brahmā, Viṣṇu and Maheśvara. Today we perform our actions as wasted actions. That is, we are wasting the principle of Īśvara. We are wasting speech in needless words. That is, we are defiling the principle of Viṣṇu. Today we not only defile the principle of our body and set speech to ugly use; we set the mind on evil thoughts. So, whatever actions we mean to begin, we were told to bow to action first, saying ‘Tasmai namaḥ karmaṇe’. That is: ‘All the actions I am about to do must be sacred actions. All the words I am about to speak must serve to help others and must not cause others pain. All the thoughts I think must be sacred, divine and worthwhile’: it means praying in this way! Through prayers of this kind, the rulers and the people of those days made the actions of mind, word and body one and offered up their lives for purity of thought, word and deed.
On the day man removes the smoke called Ahaṅkāra and the dust called possessiveness, that very day the divine light within him shines clear
What man must chiefly earn are two: Ṛta and Satya.