In plain words
Without hearing and without reading, you cannot say anything. Can the learning you have studied move even a small ant? ‘Why this pride, saying, I have mastered learning?’ Do not waste your time thinking that such learning is what matters.
No one can describe the principle of God
First of all, put your five senses to right use. Then there is no one greater than you; there is no God other than you. Inquire deeply into the nature of the senses, and try to recognise your own true form. When you go to a temple, you stand before the image of the deity, close your eyes and do dhyāna. What is the inner meaning of this? Divinity is within you yourself. It is seen only by the inner vision. Everything is within man himself. This whole universe is the very form of God. The universe itself is the cosmic form of God. One who cannot recognise this Satya may do any amount of tapas, any amount of japa, any number of yāgas; all of it is useless. Many people describe God in many ways. But all these descriptions are only the imaginings of their own minds; they have nothing to do with God. No one can describe the principle of God, saying, ‘It is like this, it is like that.’ Tyāgarāja too said, “From the atom to the immense, it is You who fill all! Who is able to find out such a principle as Yours, Lord! Who is able to know Your power! Who is able to describe Your qualities, Lord! Who is able to find out Your glory!” One who has gone into the water up to the throat can still say something, but one who has gone fully under cannot speak at all. In the same way, one who has fully recognised the principle of God cannot say anything. Rather than trying to understand the principle of God, it is far easier to experience it and delight in it. There is no easier path than that in this world.