In plain words
How will they become worthy of Sāī's grace? Listening is not what matters. Merely speaking is not what matters; practising is what matters. That is why:
Will all the darkness be destroyed, look, by the news of a lamp upon the earth? Will the hungry have their hunger stilled by hearing of the cooking of the five kinds of food? Will the very poor man's poverty go the moment he hears of the power of wealth? Will the sick man's grievous illnesses go the moment he hears of the virtue of a medicine?
In the same way we recite the Rāmāyaṇa. We recite the Bhāgavatas. We learn the Bhagavad Gītā by rote. We perform pārāyaṇas. Doing so many, what is the use? All these are no more than acquaintance with books. But practice is what is needed. Put even one into practice, and it is enough. Seen in this way, even to call ourselves devotees is a great shame. Somehow we are here close by, as frogs sit on the flowers. But from far away come the bees. They drink the nectar in that flower and go. Near is not important; dear is important. But for us to enjoy it, both must be there, near and dear. We must try to put at least one thing into practice. When there is no practice, however much you hear, it is only like a tape recorder.
All the feelings that have gathered in your heart must melt God in Prema. Only then will what wells up from your heart come out. So you must set up a connection with God. All the matter you collect you must connect with God. Only then will you be one who has made his own selection. That selection is your choice. That itself is icchā-śakti. That icchā-śakti itself turns into kriyā-śakti. Kriyā-śakti itself turns into Jñāna-śakti. Icchā-śakti, kriyā-śakti, Jñāna-śakti: the forms of these three are karma, upāsana and Jñāna. So we must do every karma with purity of citta. Whatever we do, we must believe it to be God's karma. All karmas are for the pleasure of God. It is a very easy path.