In plain words
Satya must dance upon the tongue. Before you say anything, you must inquire, ‘Is this Satya, or not?’ Satya is only one. Truth is one, not two. What is twofold is nothing but untruth; it can never be Satya. Whatever Satya has sprung forth from the heart, that alone we must speak. Satya alone is the true form of the world. Everything moves within it, and within it alone.
The clouds that move across the sky now and then come in the way of the sun. We cannot push them away. Nor is it possible to pick a quarrel with them. Just as they came, so they must go. The very moment those clouds clear away, the sun shows itself to us. In the same way, only when the clouds of saṅkalpa and vikalpa, gathered thick in the sky of our heart, clear away does Satya reveal itself.
In this world the five elements arose naturally. They are natural to Prakṛti. In the same way, Satya, Dharma, Śānti, Prema and Ahiṃsā are naturally present in the heart of man. Man must bring them forth and lead a natural life. They must come from the ‘source’; they are not things that come by ‘force’. Satya, Prema and the rest must spring forth from us naturally. Satya is spotless. Prema is selfless. So we must live selflessly. That is the true principle of Prema. This Prema does not crave one thing; it does not push another away. Selfishness troubles man in many ways. It is a great deceiver. You must not let it come near. Selfishness cannot ‘touch’ one who has Prema. So develop Prema. That itself is God for you. Once Prema comes, Ahiṃsā arrives of its own accord, uncalled. Where there is Prema, not even the shadow of violence is to be seen. Thus, when man achieves Satya, Dharma, Śānti, Prema and Ahiṃsā, then alone does the right path dawn on him and the right Buddhi settle in him.
One's own karma, once it is ordained, comes circling round; into whatever state it puts you, there is no escaping it until you live it out just as it puts you. Feet uppermost, out of spite, ‘Hang there!’, did anyone at all tie them head downward to that tree? It is nothing but the karma that came to the bats, O man!
Bats hang from the branches of trees with their heads down and their feet up. They long for darkness alone. Their whole life goes on in that way. Did anyone, out of dislike for bats, tie them upside down like that? It is not something anyone tied; it is God's own līlā. In the same way, every human being has no choice but to follow his karma. In the time one undergoes that karma, some changes take place. At times karma appears in many strange and wondrous forms. Once Viṣṇu questioned Nārada: ‘Nārada! What is this world like?’ ‘Lord!
Wondrous, holy to the three worlds, sickles to the creepers of worldly existence, true friends, a springtime to the forest of the sages: such are the stories of Lord Viṣṇu.’
he said. Karma makes man dance in many ways. When a death occurs, people grieve. When a birth takes place, they laugh.