In plain words
Sūradāsa said it: “Having eyes they are blind, unable to behold Your auspicious form,” he said. Every man has eyes. But not everyone sees God. It would be better for such people to be born blind, he said.
Having ears they are deaf, unable to listen to Your most enchanting song; though the Paramātma is in the lotus of their hand, they long for this wretched worldly life.
What is this life? Is it to enjoy these petty senses? Even the senses must be enjoyed on the right path. They must be enjoyed with true divinity. If you enjoy them as dogs and jackals do, what use is it that you were born a man? What use is it for such a man to study any amount of learning? It is learning studied only to earn money. Through it we will never gain Jñāna. If we want Jñāna, we must purify the senses. Of all the senses, the eyes are the most important. Look at sacred divinity. Or, if that divinity is not there, close your eyes and paint good feelings within you. Go on growing such feelings. You can earn any amount of money. But it will never go with you. The Kauravas filled their treasury with all the wealth they wanted. The Pāṇḍavas had not a single coin in hand. They went into the forest and wandered, living on leaves and roots. What happened in the end? The Pāṇḍavas gained Kṛṣṇa. For the Kauravas only sin bore fruit. What use is any amount of wealth? But though he lay on wealth, for Dhṛtarāṣṭra it was like lying on fire. He lay on a bed of swan's down, but it turned into a mountain of fire. The Pāṇḍavas lived in the forest. They passed their life happily. What was the happy life? The Name of Kṛṣṇa itself is the happy life. So you must recognise the difference between the Kauravas and the Pāṇḍavas. The Pāṇḍavas: first God, next world, last I. The Pāṇḍavas put selfishness and self-interest last. The Kauravas were not so: first I, next world, last God. That is why they were ruined in every way.