In plain words
Nobody will accept the note that is your dirty mind. Mother, father, wife, sons: none of them will accept it. But offer it to God, the Reserve Bank, and He will surely take it and give you a good note. God alone is your Reserve Bank. Put your bad qualities in it. They will not trouble you at all. Happiness for you, and happiness for the world. Do not keep the bad with you. Do not hand it to anyone. Offer it to God. Every karma for the pleasure of God.
Sarvakarma bhagavatprītyartham
You alone are mother and father, You alone kinsman and friend; You alone are learning and wealth, You alone my all, O God of gods.
Offer it all. Do your own duty. What does offering mean? It is not sitting idle without doing any work. Offer to God every karma you do. He Himself gives the result. The letter you write, you have to write! Then you have to take the envelope and post it at the post office! Your duty goes only that far. To America, to Japan, to Germany, it goes there of its own accord. That department is a separate one. You need not think about it at all. From there to Bombay, from Bombay to America, it goes by itself. In the same way, carry out your worldly karmas. Hand over the envelope that says ‘offered to God’. Where He should take you and what kind of happiness He should give you, this God Himself provides. This trust is vanishing today. Faith is essential. Life without viśvāsa is a life without śvāsa. That faith must be a faith joined with Prema. Without that Prema there is no use.
God alone is selfless
There was once a student. Not far from that student, in a forest, a man had built himself a small āśrama and was living there. This boy would set out in the morning and come home again in the evening. The guru used to say: