In plain words
Though they study and are M.A.s and B.A.s, though they are elders of great renown, though they are rich and generous in charity, though they are men of merit who have won fame on earth, though they have long life and health without fail, though they are men of complete strength, though they do japa constantly and in plenty, though they are brāhmaṇas who teach the Vedas, they can never equal the devotees.
In daily life we must use our learning in a way that is of use to others. God gave us the body not to eat and roam about. ‘Paropakārārtham idaṃ śarīram.’ The wealth, the learning, the intelligence and the skill of mind God has given us are all for use for others, not for selfishness and self-interest. Forgetting this truth, man labours to learn some new thing or other. But he has not, so far, learnt what humanness is. Though he has good intelligence, he does not put it to good use; he grows the demonic nature in himself and sinks down into wretchedness. Whatever feeling arises in him: “What is this? Why has it come from me? Is it worthy of humanness?” So he must enquire. Whatever he receives, he must regard it as prasāda given by God. Samaṣṭi is divinity. Vyaṣṭi is humanness. When we know the principle of samaṣṭi, the principle of vyaṣṭi is easily understood.
Without equal-mindedness we cannot know divinity
Embodiments of Prema! However much learning you have studied and however many things you have come to know, there is a great deal to be learnt today from the beasts and birds. Teachers cannot teach this truth. Those teachers too do not know it themselves, and forget the divinity within them.