In plain words
The cloth called the body that we wear is also a gift of God's grace.
Ubhayabhāratī was a great jñānī. She was the wife of Maṇḍana Miśra. One day, as she was going to the Gaṅgā with her women disciples, she saw on the way a sannyāsī lying on the sand under a tree. He had renounced every attachment. People used to call him ‘a knower of Brahman’. But, for fear that someone might steal the clay pot he used for drinking water, he lay down with it under his head. Seeing this, Ubhayabhāratī, ‘Alas, poor man! I thought he was a great renunciant. But his attachment to his water pot has not gone yet. So he has not renounced every attachment,’ she said loudly, so that he would hear. Her words made him angry. As they were coming back after bathing in the Gaṅgā, he took that pot and flung it away. Then Ubhayabhāratī, ‘Alas, I thought there was only attachment in him. But there is Ahaṅkāra too,’ she said. Then he saw his mistake, fell at Ubhayabhāratī's feet and said, ‘Mother! Today you have opened my eyes.’ Then Ubhayabhāratī, ‘My son! This whole world is made of nothing but delusion. The many kinds of forms in this world draw man to them. Yet all of them have come from within us; they have not come from somewhere outside. Every single one you create for yourself, by yourself. For a time you love your body. After that you yourself cast your body away. You yourself embrace the body! You yourself cast it off! Embracing and casting off are both delusions! You are fostering the delusion of the body. Cast off the delusion of the body and foster attachment to God. The body is the temple of God. Regard the indweller of the body as the God of gods,’ she taught.
The body is of the five elements; the body must fall some day, without fail; the indweller is untouched by ill; consider well: for the indweller, death and birth and the stamps of the fetters that delusion binds are not there; see the truth: that indweller is the God of gods; consider it in the mind: His form is the Ātma!
All worldly feelings are born of Ajñāna. They are neither Satya nor lasting. As long as there is life, one body loves another body. As long as the body lasts, the husband loves the wife. This love belongs merely to the body. The two bodies did not come together at one time, nor will they go at one time.
Birth again, death again, lying again in a mother's womb; in this saṃsāra, so very hard to cross, by Your grace, to the far shore: protect me, O Murāri. Worship Govinda, worship Govinda, worship Govinda, O deluded mind! When the appointed time draws near, ‘ḍukṛñ karaṇe’ will not, no, will not save you.
Man may be in fine health and content today. But we cannot say how tomorrow will turn. The body is like a car. The steering is the mind itself. When his own mind is not under his control, how can the body be under his control?
Embodiments of Prema! Of the ṛtviks who have gathered here these ten days and taken part in the yajña, each and every one is of a very noble nature. Whatever kinds of feelings they may hold, in the things of God their heart stands unwavering. There are young men among them too. The country has great need of its youth. When I see the youth, I feel great joy. Whatever they need, I will give. After the pūrṇāhuti I will talk with you, fulfil your wishes and share Ānanda with you. Many of you have the feeling of Vairāgya. But, unable to let go of certain bonds, you are in difficulty. I will tell you the right way to leave this bondage behind with great ease. Our chief priest himself is the guide for all of you. Having experienced and enjoyed every single thing himself, he shows you the way. Everything he speaks of he has put into practice and absorbed. When you follow such a teacher, you can easily overcome any obstacle at all and reach the goal. For you, reaching God is very easy. God is your very own. You are God's very own. Whatever bond there is between a father and his child, just such is the bond between you and Me. So pass your time joyfully, bravely and happily. That I am sending you away from here tomorrow is very hard for Me too. I too will come right along with you. We cannot live apart from one another. You must take this bond of kinship to be eternal Satya, and strive to keep it. Tomorrow, at the very break of day, I will come and give you Ānanda.