In plain words
Hariścandra, who ruled the earth in the full strength of unfailing truth: did he not leave this earth and go?
For the sake of Satya he sold even his wife. For Satya he lost his own son. In the end he himself stood as keeper of the cremation ground. “I do not want the kingdom, I do not want my wife, I do not want my son; what I need is Satya; Satya is God,” said Hariścandra.
Did the glorious King Nala, who ruled all the worlds in splendour, take the earth with him when he went! Did Māndhātā, who adorned the Kṛta Yuga, bundle up his riches and take them when he went? Did Śrī Rāma of old, who lived on leaves and roots, take Dharma with him when he went?
Rāma kept teaching Dharma to the people. So they said, “Rāma is Dharma embodied.” Such great souls, embodiments of Dharma, kept teaching Dharma alone. Men who were embodiments of Satya kept teaching Satya alone. Today Satya, Dharma, Prema, Śānti and Ahiṃsā, all of them, are being taught. Only through samyak dṛṣṭi is Śānti established.
Embodiments of Prema!
Today is New Years Day. What is this new year? Everyone has a new year. A new year. In Sanskrit a year is called saṃvatsara. God has the name Saṃvatsara. Think of it not as a new year but as the very form of God. New divinity. If we leave that divinity aside and, thinking it a new year, make any number of decorations and festive sweets, this is not a new year. The new year has not come only for eating.