In plain words
Do not think that this body alone is Baba. That dog too is Baba. The bird too is Baba. All living creatures are Baba. Why do you look so narrowly at the Baba who is in all things? Because you had developed a narrow outlook, I set about making you weep like this. The narrow outlook must go. Develop a broad outlook. Whatever anyone does, take it as God's command. Whatever happens, bad or good, take it that this is for my good. Only when such good feelings fill the hearts of devotees is the feeling right. However many come, they keep going away because they were not spoken to. Some go away saying they were not looked at. They go away because the wish was not granted. Still others stay in the mandir itself. They do business outside. They are of many kinds. Are all these devotees? If one wants Bhakti, one must come for true knowledge of the Ātma. But that is very rare. Only when knowledge of the Ātma arises is the Ānanda of the Ātma attained. You must try to recognise such a true principle.
A Ṭhākur came to Shirdi. His pocket was stuffed with five-rupee notes. They were plainly visible. Baba saw this. 'Dāmā! Go into the village and get five rupees from the Patel,' said Baba. He went. Meanwhile the Ṭhākur was asking, 'Grant me the Ānanda of the Ātma!' 'Wait a little,' He said. Dāmā came: Baba, that Patel is not at home. 'All right, go to the oil shop and get it,' He said. He went there. The Ṭhākur who had come kept saying, 'Teach me knowledge of the Ātma.' Dāmā came and said there was none. 'Go to the pān-shop man and ask,' He said. In this way He sent Dāmā five or six times. 'I need five rupees very badly,' and He told him to bring them. Then, looking at this Ṭhākur, Baba spoke indirectly. Ṭhākur, your five-rupee notes are plainly visible. So many times I sent for five rupees. Did you say, 'Swami, I have them,' and give five rupees! What a miser you are! How can knowledge of Brahman come to you? How am I to teach knowledge of the Ātma to such a miser? Tyāgenaike amṛtatvam ānaśuḥ. For one who does not renounce, knowledge of the Ātma is thousands of miles away.