In plain words
From time without beginning, man has mistaken impermanent, untrue things for eternal and true, and he is drawn to them. We must try to recognise the permanent principle that is in such impermanent things.
‘Daivaṃ mānuṣa rūpeṇa’
In the Bhagavad Gītā Kṛṣṇa said, “Mamaivāṃśo jīvaloke jīvabhūtas sanātanaḥ”: “Every living being, every human being, is a part of Me,” he said. So it is not right to think that man is transient and impermanent. Our ancients, in the faith that God is everywhere, went on thinking of God and worshipping Him. They believed that God is the embodiment of the three crores of deities. Who are the three crores of deities? Are there so many deities? What is the inner meaning of this? In those days there were three crores of people in the world. They said it in that way in the feeling that every person is the very embodiment of God. Before that it was said, “Sahasraśīrṣā puruṣaḥ...” (God has thousands of heads). At that time the world's population numbered some thousands. Today it has grown to about six hundred crores. Who are all these? They are embodiments of God! All the heads are God's own! In form you may be human beings, but every one of you is an incarnation of God! So do not think that God is somewhere apart. Believe that every person, every living being, is the very form of God. The one Ātma is reflected in all living beings.
If you ask, ‘Where is God?’ some will say, ‘He is in my heart.’ That is not the right answer. When I say, ‘This handkerchief is in my hand,’ does it not mean that my hand is bigger than this handkerchief? In the same way, God who is in your heart would have to be smaller than you; He could not be bigger, could He! So to say God is in you is a mistake. You yourself are God. Everything is in you. All are in God. “Sarvataḥ pāṇi pādaṃ...”