In plain words
But it is right within you. This world looks like the ignorant man who forgets the glasses on his own nose and searches, “Where are my glasses?” Though Śānti is our very form, today we scramble after Śānti. Today, what is the root cause of man falling into many hardships, sorrows and worries? He forgets his own true form, believes in a principle that is not himself, and longs for it. Every human being asks, “I want Śānti, I want Śānti.” Where is Śānti to be had? What ignorance it is, when one bears the very form of Śānti oneself, to ask for Śānti! Human beings offer many prayers for the sake of Śānti. Śaṅkarācārya was on his way to bathe in the Gaṅgā with thirteen disciples when a man sitting under a tree was reciting a rule of grammar over and over, “Ḍukṛñ karaṇe”, “ḍukṛñ karaṇe”. This is from Pāṇini's grammar. By reciting Pāṇini's grammar over and over, he hoped to become a scholar. Seeing this, Śaṅkarācārya asked him, “What fruit will you gain from this learning?” “Swami! With this learning I can reach the presence of kings. Kings will admire my learning and give me gifts of many kinds,” he replied. Śaṅkara asked again, “How long can you keep these gifts?” “As long as I live, I shall fulfil my desires,” the man replied. Then Śaṅkarācārya, in his turn: “After death, will all these things stay in memory? Foolish one! While you are here, while you enjoy, and after you have gone, in all three times, try to recognise the principle that is not forgotten,” and teaching him so,
Worship Govinda, worship Govinda, worship Govinda, O foolish mind! When the appointed time has drawn near, no, no, ‘ḍukṛñ karaṇe’ will not save you,