In plain words
The boy worked on with determination and gave everyone joy with his performance.
He who recognises the mind is the great jñānī
Today in the world, children and elders alike are able to achieve many great things with firm resolve. But even after so long, not a single one can recognise the relation between mind and matter. From the time he rises in the morning until he lies down at night, man's life is bound up with these two alone. But ask anyone today, however learned, What is mind? and he says, It does not matter. He argues that nothing comes of knowing about it. Well then, ask him What is matter? and he says Never mind; he says there is no need to know. One may well say that he who does not recognise the mind is a fool. He who recognises the mind is the great jñānī. What is the nature of the mind? Where did it arise from? What is its work? What is its power? This we must enquire into. We must recognise the nature of mind and matter. Without mind there is no matter; without matter there is no mind. This is a rose. It is matter. But if there were no mind, this rose would not be seen. The power of the mind is made up of ‘reflection, reaction, resound’. People think that a gathering of thoughts is the form of the mind. But where do those thoughts arise from? They arise from the Ātma itself.
Manas, Buddhi, saṃskāra
The Ātma has three kinds of power. The first is Manas, the second Buddhi, the third saṃskāra. The Ātma is the very form of Manas, Buddhi and saṃskāra. Manas has arisen from the Ātma itself. The vastness of Manas cannot be described. If it so wills, it travels any distance in a moment.