In plain words
That is why:
From good company comes detachment; from detachment, freedom from delusion; from freedom from delusion, the unwavering principle; from the unwavering principle, Jīvanmukti.
Trikaraṇa Śuddhi
Wherever you go, join good company. Make your heart sacred and stainless. Make your whole mind pure through sacred deeds. Fill all your speech with Satya, with Prema, with Śānti. That is why it is said in the Bhagavad Gītā, “Satyaṃ prīti hitaṃca yat.” This Satya must be pleasing. It must not be unpleasing. It must not be harsh. We must not speak harshly, thinking that we are speaking Satya. So it must be sacred words. This alone is the sādhana we must do today.
Some people think, ‘What are we doing all these for, bhajan, japa and dhyāna?’ All these are good deeds. They are deeds that make time sacred. But they are not the deeds that please God. What are the deeds that please God? We must set the body in sacred deeds. We must think sacred thoughts with the mind. We must speak selfless, stainless words with our speech. These alone are the things that please God.
So if you want to please God, speak Satya. Whatever work you do, do deeds that help others. Fill your heart with a stainless feeling. That is why the people of Bhārata called this very thing trikaraṇa śuddhi. What does citta śuddhi mean? Trikaraṇa śuddhi. The three karaṇas. Karaṇas means instruments. Feeling, speech and action: we must make all three of these sacred. This very thing they called ‘the proper study of mankind is man’. Through such deeds we must make our life worthwhile and offer an ideal life: this I teach the students specially. The students who go out from here must vow to transform so many thousands. You must conduct yourselves well and pass goodness on to them. It is not merely teaching with words. You must do it and show it.