In plain words
Look on your very mother as God, look on your very father as God. That is the best path.
Rise to divinity; do not sink to wretchedness
Marriage is like a Mirage. In a mirage it looks just as though there is water. But if you run after it, when will your thirst be quenched? The result of marriage too is just this! Only after you marry do you say, “She is my wife.” Before that, who was she? Who were you? Only after you are born do you say, “She is my mother.” Before that, who was the mother? Who was the child? All these relationships come and go like clouds drifting by. But moral strength is not something that comes and goes. Once it comes, it grows. For it, control of the senses is most important.
But man today, losing control of his senses, has become weak; instead of reaching divinity he has sunk to wretchedness. He grows angry over petty matters, he grows sorrowful. How then will the principle of God become clear to such a man? You must keep an even mind towards hardship and happiness. A son was born: you were glad. The son died: you grieve. Who was it that came? Who was it that went? Do not worry about the things that come and go in between. Do your own duty.
Regard the doing of your duty as the worship of God. “This is my household work, that is office work, that is God's work”: do not divide it up so. Whatever work you do, regard it as God's work. That is the right path.
Jñāna, ignorance and the principle of the Ātma
There are just three things man must chiefly recognise: the first, once it comes, does not go; the second, once it goes, does not come; the third does not come and does not go. The first is Jñāna. Once it comes, it does not go. The second is ignorance. Once it goes, it does not come. The third is the Ātma principle. It does not come, it does not go. It stays steady and pure for ever; it does not change.