In plain words
Nothing is seen. ‘Who am I? Who am I?’: only that question is heard. Then you come to know, “I am not the body.” All these forms and names undergo change; they are not lasting.
The body came into being to toil and work. Without hardship, pleasure itself does not come to us. So even if there is no hardship, we must bring it on ourselves. Pleasure is an interval between two pains. Only between two pains is a pleasure found. Where hardship has come to us, right there pleasure comes. Hardship lasts only a short while; it does not stay long. If we would gain more pleasure, we must undergo at least a little hardship.
Trust the principle of the Ātma, and that itself will protect you
Once, Purandaradāsa said, “Rāma! Who put the colours on the peacock's feather? Who gave the green parrot a red beak and shaped it so beautifully? Who built a basin round the tree born on the hilltop and watered it? Who gives food to the frog born in the rock? You alone are the support of all. Divinity itself is the direct onlooker of humanity. So You must protect all. You must protect them, dwelling within all. You are in all as the embodiment of the Ātma. O God! Grant everyone the right understanding to grasp this truth.” We must trust the principle of the Ātma. The Ātma has no name or form whatever. Even so, if you trust the principle of the Ātma, that itself will be your protection in every way. What protects the Ātma is the Ātma alone, nothing else. The Ātma itself is God made manifest. “With hands and feet everywhere …” Only the principle of the Ātma in all beings is true and eternal. The Ātma alone is present in all things. The Ātma cannot be divided. Though the bulbs are different, the current flowing in them is one! If you cut the wire at one point, all the bulbs that were shining go out. In the same way, though the bulbs called bodies are separate, there is not the slightest difference in the current called the Ātma that flows in them.