In plain words
Bhārata is by no means a poor country
If we truly enquire and see, there are no beggars at all in Bhārata. There is no room for any. Some people regard every other person as smaller than themselves, as less than themselves. This is merely their own weakness, nothing more. Because this kind of feeling had spread among the people, foreigners went on thinking that Bhārata was a very poor country and that everyone in this country was a beggar. This is a great mistake. Bhārata is by no means a poor country. Bhārata is a supremely prosperous country. Everyone must live with the firm conviction that here no one is a beggar. So many there are who praise God: they voice their desires, ‘O God! Grant me this, grant me that,’ and when these are fulfilled they describe Him, ‘You are great, You are like this, You are like that.’ You know: whatever temple you go to, beggars gather there. God is not poor. None of the people God created is poor. It is only men who, of their own accord, regard some people as poor, and so all this goes on: giving them alms, or pushing them away. So we must give up these mad habits, little by little. Many ask Lord Veṅkaṭeśvara of Tirupati, ‘Give us that, give us this,’ and pay their vowed offerings to have those desires fulfilled; in this way they drag God Himself down to the level of beggars. We must regard God as our own father. We must foster love for God and love for man. Regarding our fellow men as beggars, not letting them come near, spurning them with disgust: we must not do such things. When you see those who are in hardship, those who are suffering, love them, feel pity for them. You must foster love for God and fear of sin. You must not spurn a man and regard him as a beggar, thinking that he is good for nothing, that he has come to beg for something. Only when we go on making such changes in our conduct will God's grace come to us. A fellow man is our brother, not a beggar. We must regard every one as our brothers and sisters. To think yourself superior, that he is a beggar and you are the one who gives alms, is a great mistake.