Passage 1

daivādhīnaṁ jagatsarvaṁ satyādhīnantu daivatam

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satyambunanduṇḍi sarvambu sṛṣṭiñce

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In plain words

Daivādhīnaṃ jagat sarvaṃ, satyādhīnaṃ tu daivatam; tat satyam uttamādhīnaṃ, uttamaḥ paradevatā.

Embodiments of the divine Ātma! Embodiments of Prema!

This whole world is subject to God. That God is the support of Satya. That Satya rests in the keeping of a sacred home. The man of today must become an embodiment of Satya. He must bring Satya under his own command.

From Satya all creation was brought forth; in Satya all creation is dissolved; search as you may, where is the place without the glory of Satya? This is pure sattva: come and see.

Every man has come forth from Satya. He lives by Satya. In Satya itself he merges. He himself is the embodiment of Satya. When every individual recognises this Satya, the whole world will turn into heaven. What the man of today should long for is not happiness. He must bring under his own command the place from which both happiness and sorrow arise. It is sorrow, more than happiness, that has taught man Jñāna. Whichever great soul's life we look at, it was in sorrow that they attained the highest Jñāna. Without sorrow, Jñāna does not come to us. Sorrow teaches man boundless Jñāna. Unable to recognise this truth, man hopes only for happiness: happiness, happiness, happiness. Happiness too is needed. When does happiness come to us? Happiness comes only when sorrow is overcome. So, in the same way as every man welcomes happiness, he must welcome sorrow too.