In plain words
Though he be one who has gathered up all the śāstras and Purāṇas, a man of learning who knows Vedānta, or one who, with pleasure brimming over, in lovely mansions takes his delight, a moon among kings, or one who, his foes routed on the field of battle, shines as the one hero of the world, or one who languishes under the favour of the goddess of poverty, a servant, a lord of ill fortune: if he has no Bhakti, he is of no use at all. Than that lord of the world who has no Bhakti, the servant given to Bhakti is the nobler one. What more than this can I make known, O members of this gathering, eminent in goodness and noble virtues!
able to teach lessons to the ancient ṛṣis, minds that hold the essence of Vedānta; able to make lifeless stones dance, minds that have the skill and mastery of the arts; tossing the heads of enemy warriors like balls, keen men able so to sport; ruling the whole round earth, leaders able to guide it on: there are many such in the land of Bhārata today. What fruit is there in their being? Will not even one of them the cry of anguish that sounds day after day think to heed, O noble ones?