In plain words
The waves are many, but the water is one. In the same way, whatever anyone may think, “the one Ātma, the inner Ātma of all beings”: God dwells equally in all. “Truth is one; the wise call it by many names”: Satya is one. Those who strive for that Satya are the true devotees. What establishes that form of Satya is the essence of all the Vedas. Yet those who have recognised that Satya are nowhere to be seen. We must never give up Satya. When Satya and Dharma come together, Śānti is born. Not only that. The oneness of Satya and Dharma is the principle of Prema. “Satya alone, without a second, is Brahman.” Satya is the basis of everything.
Embodiments of Prema! This Prema has not come from somewhere outside. It has arisen from man’s own heart. Man cannot live without Prema. Prema takes many forms. For example, the Prema between husband and wife, the Prema between mother and child, the Prema that is between friends. Yet in whomever you look, Prema is one and the same. Where is God? He is in all, as the embodiment of Prema. That principle of Prema is the oneness that is in all. The life that flows in that principle of Prema is the true life. A life without Prema is no life at all. All the other values are merged in Prema.
The resolve of Īśvara is hard as diamond
Once Pārvatī, to Īśvara: “Īśvara! We have no house to live in. Many ṛṣis keep coming for your darśan. So if we have a small house built, it will be convenient for them too,” she said. Then Īśvara: “Pārvatī! The hour you have chosen is not right. However big a mansion you build, the Fire god will come and burn it to ash,” he said. But Pārvatī did not give up her insistence. “Īśvara! The Fire god too is your servant, is he not! So command Agni not to burn the house I am having built,” she pleaded. At her pressing, Īśvara set out to go to Agni.