Passage 1

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In plain words

The man of learning who thinks upon the world, the noblest of the wise who thinks upon Viṣṇu: one wins the world, the other wins Viṣṇu; hear this, valiant son of Bhārata.

Embodiments of Prema!

Though man is himself the embodiment of Sat, Cit and Ānanda, he cannot recognise that truth, and for the sake of Saccidānanda he goes searching for Sat, Cit and Ānanda in the outer world, in this world of Prakṛti, in this physical Bhakti. Unable to recognise his own principle, he dwells only on the principle of the universe, experiencing it and rejoicing in it, and goes on forgetting his own svarūpa. Ajñāna alone is the root cause of putting one's faith in the universe in this way. Above all, when he himself is of the very form of Viṣṇu, to put his faith in the world of Prakṛti is sheer naivety. Through the very union of these two, Ajñāna and want of Viveka, he forgets his own principle. Sat, Cit and Ānanda are his very nature! His very svarūpa! As the husk covers the rice, as scum covers the water, as a cloud covers the sun, so Ajñāna is covering Sat, Cit and Ānanda.

Only When Man Removes His Ajñāna Does He Come to Know Saccidānanda

Where does this Ajñāna spring from? The moss that covers the water was born of the water itself. The clouds that cover the sun arose from the sun itself. Yet only when you take off the husk does the rice appear. Only when you push the moss aside does the water appear.