In plain words
Whatever karmas we do, we must do them in the feeling that they are for God's pleasure
Every man desires Ānanda. But this worldly joy is not true Ānanda. These are like passing clouds. Hunger comes. You ran to the canteen and ate two chapātīs. ‘My hunger is gone; I am happy,’ you say. How long does this joy last? For two hours only! In the third hour hunger begins again. Is this Ānanda? No. This is merely a passing joy. It is an artificial joy. Nityānandaṃ, brahmānandaṃ, yogānandaṃ, paramānandaṃ, advaitānandaṃ: that Ānanda alone is everlasting Ānanda. Such everlasting Ānanda lies only in the feeling of the Ātma. Put far from you the identification with the body that says, ‘You are the body.’ You may do your own work, each of you. You may carry out your duties. But you must not misspend all your time on the body alone. You must not spend all your karmas on the body alone. You must do the karmas that the country and the time need. You must do these karmas for the welfare of society. Whatever karmas you do, do them with the feeling that they are for God's pleasure. This is an easy path. There is no other path than this. That is precisely why Tyāgarāja said, ‘Rāmā! Kodaṇḍarāmā! Rāmā! Paṭṭābhirāmā!’