In plain words
Over that very thing we strut and swagger. Seeing it, we grow arrogant. This Ahaṅkāra binds us all the more. These wishes only bind us; they do not bring liberation. What is the wish that brings liberation? ‘Take me into Your presence’: that is the right wish. Purandara Dāsa said, ‘Lord! What is the cause of coming into this Prakṛti? Forgetting You is its root cause. Because I forgot You, I came into this world. Had I kept You in remembrance, I would have stayed close to You. All of it is what You gave! All of it is Your prasāda! I am no mere poor man, no beggar. Why would I become poor? When You Yourself are my protector, why would I become poor? Everything is what You gave! You alone teach me learning! You alone teach me good sense! You alone lift me up! Why should this burden be mine? All the wealth in this Prakṛti is what You gave! The good qualities filled in my heart are what You gave! All the powers within and without all things are what You gave! So I am no beggar at all. I am not an orphan. If there is anyone in this world who is an orphan, You alone are the orphan. O Lord, You alone are the orphan. What is the reason? You have no other master. I have a master. You are my Master. So I am not an orphan.’ With what breadth of heart all such sayings have taught us! What are wishes like today? When people come up to the eternal, true Ātmatattva and ask, their wishes are like going up to the wish-fulfilling tree and asking for coffee powder. This is not what we should ask of God. We must ask, ‘Grant me the vision of my own svarūpa.’ We must ask, ‘Give me a citta that drinks the nectar of Your Prema.’ We must be those who feast on the nectar of Ānanda. Setting aside the Ānanda that is Ānanda eternal, the Ānanda of Brahman, the Ānanda of yoga, the supreme Ānanda, the Ānanda of non-duality, we ask for petty, physical joy.
When the wish-fulfilling cow, giver of all you desire, has come, why pay money to buy a cow? When Mount Meru stands there in surpassing splendour, why go searching for silver and gold? When the wish-fulfilling tree, giver of every fruit you wish, is right here, why such fondness for a tree in the backyard? When God, giver of Bhakti and Mukti, is here, why ask for wretched saṃsāra?