In plain words
Hardships alone make the worth in men, the feeling of divinity, shine out. Humanness is nothing but the oneness of these two. The pleasure is an interval between two pains. That is why, even when hardships come to us at some time or other, we must remember that they have come to bring us some joy.
The satsaṅga that changed Māṇikya Vācikar
In the Tamil land, the land called Pāṇḍya was a country of great renown. Now this Pāṇḍya king wished to increase his horses. Then he sent the man who was his minister: he put some soldiers with that minister, gave him money, and sent him off, telling him to bring back good horses. To fetch these horses, the minister set out with the soldiers. He halted at a village called Perundarai. There was there at that time a devotee, purely a sādhaka, called Yogīśvara. The minister kept listening to all his teachings. This minister was very young. Though he was a young man, such sacred feelings of Bhakti kept growing in him. Wishing to develop this Bhakti and surrender, he forgot everything and sat down right there. The soldiers too stayed on right there. All the money they had taken was being spent. Some way off there was also a Śiva temple. This Śiva temple had fallen badly into ruin. He noticed it, repaired it, and went on with the building of the temple. News of this reached the Pāṇḍya king. It seemed to the king that the minister, who had come to fetch horses, had entered on this spiritual path and, serving gurus and having temples built, was wasting all the money he had taken. That Pāṇḍya king sent for him; this minister went. He went happily. He had no sorrow at all. Why sorrow? One who has done wrong has sorrow, but why should troubles come to one who spends his time in a sacred way, remembering God?