In plain words
However holy the path you enter, He gives you a promotion to match. It does not matter even if you do no sādhanas. "My dear, your good quality is what pleases Me; come on," He calls. You need not pray. He Himself welcomes you. What is the reason? That faith. Obeying the command; holy feelings. When man goes against the rules laid down by Mādhava, whom he longs for, He gives him a revertion. What is a śāstra? They laid down as a command what must not be done. No bad sight. No bad word. No bad hearing. It is not good. This is the command. Only when you follow this command does God welcome you. When you go against it, God keeps you at a distance. Not only does He keep you at a distance; He does not look even at your face. What is the reason? He has broken the command of God. He has lost his worldly honour. He has rooted out his fame and standing. He has lost his riches and wealth. Is it such a person He should take in? So first of all we must develop our qualities to be right. We must make the effort it takes to foster the good of others. Equal-mindedness is called yoga. Yoga is skill in action. Many people will revile us. Because they have reviled us, we must not draw back. Because they have reviled us, we must not sink. Because they have praised us, we must not swell up. When there is no fault in us, what is it to us if anyone reviles us? There is no fault in me. Why should I sink? So we must face it. This fault is not mine. If we are not to lose such courage and daring, we must walk the right path with fine courage and daring. Children sometimes laugh loudly. At some times you have to laugh. Now and then, when they put on plays, when they put on comedy, you have to laugh. I too laugh. But when we are among others we must keep this laughter under control.
For some days Bhīṣma lay on his bed of arrows. Kṛṣṇa took the Pāṇḍavas there. Kṛṣṇa took them hoping to give them the darśan of Bhīṣma, their grandsire, in his last hours, and to have them speak with him. All the great ṛṣis sat on one side, eager to hear the essence of Bhīṣma's Jñāna. The kinsmen sat on another side. The Kauravas were no more; they had been swept away. Their own wicked deeds had destroyed them. Only the Pāṇḍavas were there. Śakuni too was gone.