In plain words
He is one born out of Ānanda. So he longs for his own home. The fish is born in water. If you take a fish from the water and put it in a golden cup set with diamonds, cat's-eyes, hessonites and topazes, it gets no Ānanda at all. There may be diamonds, there may be cat's-eyes. There may be hessonite. There may be gold. It grieves greatly that there is no water. Take it and release it into the water: it enjoys Ānanda. In the same way, man today is one born from Ānanda; Ānanda itself is his own home. Until he reaches his own home, he yearns for Ānanda in many ways. If the world truly held only Ānanda, why this anguish? The Bhagavad Gītā has said: “This world is impermanent and joyless.” It is not permanent. Somehow, to feed our stomach, to live, you have landed in this world. We may do the work that earns a living. Do your jobs. Do your business. But keep your mind on God. Only then will you gain Śānti and happiness. However much you have, what use is it? Śānti is not found in the things of the world. Śānti is found only in the thought of God. Truly, no one knows that Ānanda. Having eagerly drunk honey, would bitterness taste good? If you had truly eaten this very Ānanda, how could the mind go after the things of this world? You have not experienced it, so its Ānanda does not come to you. So experience this Ānanda. For Ānanda you need not go anywhere. Ānanda is there, filling your heart. You have come forth from Ānanda itself. Ānanda itself is your own home. Ānanda itself is your life, Ānanda itself is your breath. Ānanda itself is your heart. There is no other Ānanda greater than this. That itself has come to us from God. Win victory in everything. Know your divinity. Success be gets successes. You will always gain nothing but victory.