In plain words
Speak to them words that gladden them, show them a way that gladdens, and keep serving them. There is nothing else greater than service. Service is foremost. Service is blessed in every way. Service itself gives man courage. Service itself takes one close to God. The best way to love God is to love all and serve. To find fulfilment, there is no use in practising the Name, japa, tapas and the like. You must try to give fitting help to those who have no one. There is no service higher than that, Bangāru. Draw close those who are in such a state, do them fitting good, and give them the joy they need. Take your own share in that joy, and may both of you savour it and happily make life fruitful: with that hope, and with My blessing, I bring My talk to a close.
You know this, Bangāru. Here, in what we call the uplift of the destitute, we have taken in 65 children who have neither mother nor father. How are we doing it for them? It is not a matter of serving them food and saying, ‘Eat.’ While having them work and having them taught, I have had a fixed deposit of one lakh rupees made in the name of each one. When they have grown up, married and go off to live on their own, each can take that lakh of rupees himself. We will give that house too. The help we give must be lasting. Our task is not something done and gone in the moment. There must be a house to live in. There must be food to eat, there must be cloth to wear. Limbs must be sound. Give fitting help so that they make good use of the limbs given. That itself is great service. I ask for no service beyond this. I ask for no property or possessions of any kind. Take close those who have no one, love them, speak words of courage to them and cheer them: with that hope, and with My blessing, I close.
Women and men, all of you, go to the canteen, eat a full meal, and go back happily, Bangāru. I will look after you with kindness. I have arranged meals there for everyone. Eat before you go, Bangāru.