In plain words
A leaf, a flower, a fruit, water; if it is true that You yield to one who has Bhakti, then may You weigh as much as this tulasī leaf!
What is this leaf? Is it a bilva leaf, a māreḍu leaf, a tulasī leaf? No, no. The leaf means the body. The flower does not mean some chrysanthemum, jasmine or marigold. The flower of my heart itself is offered to You. The fruit does not mean a banana, a guava or an orange as the things to be given to Him. It is the fruit of the mind. Water is not Gaṅgā water, the water of some other river, or the water of some well. Tears of Ānanda are offered to You. All these are born on the tree of this life. They are not born on some tree or other, all these. The body itself is a tree. The heart itself is the flower. The mind itself is the fruit. Ānanda itself is the water. All these are born in the body itself! ‘I am giving myself,’ said Bali Cakravarti. What more than this is wanted? There is nothing beyond this. If you give some object, it may stay for a while, or it may go.
Fame without character is of no use
Bali Cakravarti's fame and renown kept growing more and more. Bali Cakravarti's great-grandfathers were those who stood as Jaya and Vijaya in the court of God. They themselves were born as Hiraṇyakaśipu and Hiraṇyākṣa. Prahlāda was the son of that very Hiraṇyakaśipu. Children ought to know a good deal about this Prahlāda. Character, if we speak of it, befits Prahlāda alone. Once, Indra defeated Prahlāda and went on enjoying heaven. Then Prahlāda conquered Indra in his turn and went on enjoying heaven. This Indra suffered greatly. He wasted away. He went to his family priest and asked, ‘Swāmī! How will my kingdom come back to me? Teach me some way,’ he said. ‘Prahlāda is now performing the yajña called Viśvajit. In that Viśvajit yajña he gives gifts to all who ask. Watch for your moment and go there,’ he said. Indra put on the guise of a brāhmin. He went to Prahlāda. ‘Ah, a brāhmin has come! Sir, please come in; what is it you want?’ he asked. Indra said, ‘I want your character.’