In plain words
All these are like clouds passing across the world. Why should we weep for such a life?
So whatever work we do, we must regard it as good work. This good work alone is the root cause of God's grace.
Those who do good work will not come to bad; those who do bad work cannot reach good; planting the neem, will one gain the mango fruit? Planting the mango, will one gather neem fruit?
So the good and bad we ourselves have done are the root cause of our sufferings; we think that someone has brought these sufferings about, that someone will hurt me. This is a great mistake; we ourselves are the root cause of both good and bad. That is why, ‘mana eva manuṣyāṇāṃ kāraṇaṃ bandha-mokṣayoḥ’: the very form of our mental feelings is the root of the causes of our bondage. So first of all we must see that bad feelings do not come up in us. Only when bad feelings come does it take shape as a bad mind. When you check the bad feeling, the bad mind has no room. That is why we must watch our resolves constantly, moment by moment. Is it good or bad? Is it right or wrong? We must put such questions to ourselves. When you know that it is not right, do not follow it in the least. This itself is the principle of consciousness.
Bhūḥ, bhuvaḥ, suvaḥ: body, mind, Ātma
That consciousness is in us ourselves. But through attachment to the body, we fail to know this conscience. What is this body? Only materialization. That is why, when we recite the Gāyatrī mantra: ‘Oṃ bhūr bhuvaḥ suvaḥ’. ‘Bhūr’: the body, Materialization of body. ‘Bhuvaḥ’: that is the vibration of the mind. ‘Suvaḥ’: this is the Radiation of Jñāna.