In plain words
Man today does not experience such feelings at all. This world, gross and subtle in form, Māyā in form, and the mind are only things that delude. We must enter the principle of the Ātma, the great cause. Only then do Ānanda and Śānti come to us. So we must make a fitting effort to understand humanness well today. Today people are in a state where they cannot understand what humanness is.
Nara Means the Very Embodiment of the Ātma
This one is a nara. What does nara mean? The name nara belongs to the Ātma itself. Nara means the very embodiment of the Ātma. The source of this Ātma is space. These five elements are nothing but the reflections of this space. At one time the gopikās kept praising Kṛṣṇa with this very thing, saying, “Klīṃ kṛṣṇāya govindāya gopījana vallabhāya svāhā.” What does that mean? Klīṃ is the earth itself. Kṛṣṇāya is water, Govindāya fire, Gopījana vallabhāya air, Svāhā space. The very form of these five elements is present in this humanness. Nowhere in the world can you see a place without the five elements, or a life without the five elements. Earth, water, fire, air and space: these five elements pervade everywhere. From this they concluded that God is the one who pervades everywhere. Such a one, all-pervading, all-knowing, all-powerful, is God. Making good use of these five elements is itself man's chief duty. Fire: there are lamps. People today misuse them. Misusing fire is itself misusing God. Misusing water is itself misusing God. We are misusing the earth too. That itself is misusing God. Space: this space is the very foundation of everything. We do not believe at all in this principle of space, which is the foundation. Man believes only in this body of the five elements, made up of the five elements, and offers up his life for its pleasures, for its joys, for its comforts.