In plain words
He has set a red beak on the green parrot. Who set it there? Which scientist can determine all this? They simply believe it to be a law of nature. It is not so. This is purely the path of nivṛtti. Everything goes on happening by God's saṅkalpa. There is not one thing that happens without God's saṅkalpa. Today we must strengthen such faith. Many think, ‘I am lowly, I am a mere man.’ Not at all. That is why, in Purandaradāsa's words: ‘O God! So long as You are there, why should I become a stranger? Why should I become poor? It is You who do everything. You are the one who imparts learning. You are the one who gives good sense. You are the one who punishes, You the one who protects. There is nothing that is not in Your hand. You have every right over me. Why should I become poor? I am Yours, so You have a right over me.’ All are embodiments of a part of God. Recognising this truth, we must try to reach such a God.
However much you may have studied, however many offices you may have held, the honour lasts only so long as you are in office. Once the offices are gone, who honours you? For one who stands in God's presence there is honour wherever he may be.
Whether in the forests or in the sky, whether in the town or in the village, whether on the hill or fallen into midstream,
God is one and the same. If his wish is fulfilled, it is God; if not, it is a devil. He himself is the devil; God is no devil. To your heart filled with worldly desires, you yourself are the devil. Fill it with compassion; do not fill it with worldly desires. If you fill a tank with clean water, only clean water comes from the tap. If there is dirty water in the tank, only dirty water comes out of the tap. Yad bhāvaṃ tad bhavati. God appears to you according to your own feeling. I said this in the Rāmāyaṇa. Who is Yama? Who is Rāma? Yama is Rāma, Rāma is Yama. Yama and Rāma are not different. To Vibhīṣaṇa, who fell at His feet and sought refuge, Rāma appeared as God. But to Rāvaṇa, who entered the wicked path and practised wickedness, Rāma Himself became Yama. To Prahlāda, who meditated on ‘Om namo Nārāyaṇāya’, Nārāyaṇa Himself appeared as God.