In plain words
So, describing and meditating on the form of Īśvara, they experience great Ānanda among themselves. In this way the Sankrānti festival brings great cheer and zest to all: children and elders, farmers, brāhmaṇas and everyone else. Not only that; at this Sankrānti they decorate cows and bulls, name them Sītā and Rāma, and marry them. They name the gangireddu bulls Rāma and Bhīma. They call the cows by names like Sītā, Lakṣmī and Gaurī. They put saris and dhotis on them as decoration and lead them in procession through the streets.
Sankrānti brings joy and delight not only to human beings but to beasts, birds and animals too. By evening the birds, singing in their own tongues with great joy, return to their nests. The herds of cattle come home in great haste for their young. Their young too run eagerly to their mothers, calling ‘ambā’. These sights fill the heart with delight.
Modern man behaves worse than the beasts
Today beasts, birds and animals follow the ways of their kind and pass their time in joy. But man alone has lost morality and integrity and has no share in joy. Under the influence of modern education, humanness has declined in man. He acquires a modern education, wears modern dress, and behaves worse than the beasts.
Today the beasts look better than human beings. Wherever you go, whatever road you take, whatever hill you go to, whatever house you go to, wherever you look, it is money, money!