In plain words
This is the way to God. We must start with nothing but Prema. Through Prema alone we must become pure. We must end with Prema alone. We must do everything with Prema alone. Prema never diminishes at all. It only grows, moment by moment. The more you foster Prema, the more it grows. How should you foster it? You must go on giving this Prema to the people around you. If you go on sharing what you have, it runs empty. But Prema you can go on filling up. It never diminishes. It is full of nectar. The eternal principle of Prema. Prema is sweeter even than nectar. Nārada asked, ‘Is there anything sweeter than nectar, Nārāyaṇa?’ O foolish one! Prema is far sweeter than everything. We think it is nectar. As you go on drinking nectar you may grow weary of it, but as you go on experiencing Prema, it grows. We must remove the impurity in it.
We Must Remove the Impurity within Us
Tell Me how much an animal does. The very moment her young one is born, she licks away all the impurity on that young one. After she has licked it, the young one gets up. She brings the young one, now on its feet, to her milk. By the time she has fed it, it is trying to run. You see! If even an animal protects her young with such Prema, why would Paśupati not protect? What does this mean? All the faults in them must be removed. That impurity must be wiped away. Purity must be increased; divinity must be added. We must live as divinity. If we go on understanding such a principle of Prema well, there is no language for it, however much we describe it. Prema has no language. ‘Prema is beyond words,’ said Nārada. It cannot be told in speech. Nārada is the one who proclaimed such a principle of Prema. Nara, Nārada, Nārāyaṇa: what brought together the oneness of these three is divinity. So the one who made nara and Nārāyaṇa one is Nārada. We think Nārada means one who loves quarrels. A great mistake. He is no lover of quarrels at all. In earlier times he was a lover of quarrels. Later, practising tapas, he recognised his faults himself, and after he had atoned for his faults he became a great teacher. Nārada is a teacher of Jñāna. Nārada is the destroyer of Ajñāna. Nārada is the one who brought the ending of sorrow and the gaining of Ānanda.