In plain words
Man is not a beast; he is not made of clay. He is made of Consciousness; he is the embodiment of Cidānanda. But, taking beastly traits into himself, he is falling into disgrace. First of all, he must control his own senses. Nine kinds of path have been laid down for controlling the senses.
Hearing and singing of Viṣṇu, remembering Him, serving His feet, salutation, worship, service, friendship and the offering of the self.
To leave such royal roads and roam about in the ‘forest’, feeding the traits of beasts, is not humanness. Only when he puts the traits of beasts far from him does man have the chance to become Mādhava.
Good and bad are only man's own reflections!
We hear of so many things in this world, we see so many sights. But all these are only our own inner reflections. ‘Reflection, reaction, resound’... Man goes on living his life in this world through these three alone. If you see some object outside, that object has come from you! If someone hates you, that is hatred that came from you. Your own hatred takes on that form and hates you. Blame and praise, contempt and honour, good and bad: all these are only man's reflections! Every object we see has come from us, not from outside. What is the world? Only a gathering of objects! Every object is impermanent! How can an impermanent object give us lasting Ānanda? Neither Ānanda nor sorrow is in the world. All these are reflections and echoes that came from us! In truth, man has no sorrow at all. He makes up sorrow for himself and then suffers that sorrow through the person in front of him. No being higher than man, no being holier, is to be found in this world. That is why it was said, ‘Among all creatures, a human birth is hard to come by’. But, because he is sunk in delusion, man cannot recognise this truth.