In plain words
Humanness is our chief property
God gave man the Manas, the Buddhi and the citta. Whether we set that Manas on the good path or on the bad path depends on man himself. With this in view, Vedānta declared, “Manayeva manuṣyāṇāṃ kāraṇaṃ bandhamokṣayoḥ.” For man’s bondage and liberation, Manas alone is the cause. So we must set the Manas God gave us on the good path. “God in human form.” We must recognise the truth that the God in all human beings is one. We must take upon our heads the command of God who has come down in human form. We must do the deeds that please God. It is not your friend’s word that you must listen to; you must act according to God’s command; you must nourish your humanness; you must be known as ‘a good human being’. Only then will your human birth be fulfilled. If you forget humanness, however many japas, tapas and yajñas you perform, they are of no use. He alone who keeps his humanness is a true human being.
Human birth is most sacred. It is the fruit of the merit of who knows how many births! That is why it was said, ‘Of all creatures, a human birth is hard to win.’ We should not waste such a rare humanness. By speaking untruth, doing injustice and turning to wrongdoing, we become those who have lost their humanness entirely. See good, do good, be good: this is true humanness. But some cast evil looks and yet appear good on the outside. To say one thing and do another is not good. “Manasyekaṃ vacasyekaṃ karmaṇyekaṃ mahātmanāṃ.” Thought, word and deed must become one. Only when there is this ‘unity’ does ‘purity’ come. From ‘purity’ dawns ‘divinity’. Suppose someone has abused us. We must take even that to be for our good. Whatever anyone does, we must take it all to be for our good. All the deeds we do must be such as carry us across.