In plain words
When the demons stabbed him, the demon king's son, again and again, crying “O You who lie on the serpent! O destroyer of demons! O Lord of the world! O refuge of the sorely distressed! O purifier of all!”, sang His praise; but he shed no tears, nor did he shake with fear, O king!
They took knives and stabbed him. But that little boy, ‘Ammā! Abbā!’: he did not cry out so. ‘Nārāyaṇa! Nārāyaṇa!’ There was not a single tear in his eyes. What was the reason? Prahlāda proclaimed to the world the truth that one must not shed tears over worldly sorrows. We must not shed tears over the sorrows and losses of this world, which are fleeting and impermanent. For whom should we shed tears? Tears of Ānanda must be offered to God. Nāra means water. Nayana means eyes. Only when water comes from the eyes has it become Nārāyaṇa. Nārāyaṇa means letting tears of Ānanda flow from the eyes. Why? We have had a close bond of kinship with that Nārāyaṇa for a very long time. Merely because we have taken on a body we are not new, nor are we old. We are eternal! That eternal Dharma is our human Dharma. That is why they have called us mānava. Mā: not; nava: new. Not new. We are not new. We are old. But we old ones have become loathsome ones today. From the day the bond with God was lost, that is our loathsome life. Only when we form a close bond of kinship with God are we truly eternal. Divinity is the root cause of everything. We must proclaim such divinity in this world. In America and other countries they print 'trust in God' on the note or on the coin. But unfortunately our government does not print anything like that. If you ask why: "Secular State". A word without meaning. Does the Secular State tell you to give up your sacred feelings? Secular means: you must not hurt anyone, must not criticise, must not do violence. You must not criticise any god. What is there to stop you enjoying what is yours? What authority has the government to stand in the way of your Bhakti and surrender? We do not understand the right meaning of this word "secular". Do not criticise any religion. Do not hate any religion. The essence of all religions is the life of man. Mysore pāk, pālkova, jilebi, kheer: however many you make, the sugar in all of them is one. Buddha, Christ, Zoroastrian: all these are names; what is in all of them is one divinity. In the name of religions, quarrels are fostered and much blood is shed. No, no. We must teach our children.
All religions together have taught only good; you must know this and live with understanding; if minds are good, which religion is bad? Listen, heroic son of Bhārata!
It is when your mind goes bad that religions go bad; if the mind is right, all religions are good. God is one. We must teach the children such a principle. Worship whatever form you like. Remember whatever Name you like. When, with such a feeling of equality, we give these good teachings to the world, how plentiful the whole country will become! We worship God. How do we worship? We do not say, this worship brings this result, that worship brings that result.
The kinds of flowers differ, the worship is one; the visions differ, God is one; the births all differ, being born is one.
The millionaire did not drop from the sky. The pauper did not spring from the earth. Both came forth from a mother's womb. For this divinity, the oneness is one. When hungry, the millionaire eats, and the pauper eats. The millionaire may fill his stomach with fine dishes and sweet rice. The pauper may fill his stomach with gruel. The foods differ; the hunger is one. When thirsty, one drinks water from a stream or a canal and quenches his thirst. Then again, the rich man drinks a cool drink. Both quench thirst, but they looked different. In the same way, we must proclaim well the oneness: that all are one. Birth and death too are the same for all. We must put this truth of humanness into the hearts of the children. That is Satya. Satya is one. Ekaṃ sat viprāḥ bahudā vadanti. There is water in this tumbler. All Telugu people call it nīru. The Tamils call it tanni.