पृथ्वीमधें लोक सकळ । येक संपन्न येक दुर्बळ । येक निर्मळ येक वोंगळ । काय निमित्य ॥ १ ॥
या पृथ्वीवर असंख्य माणसें आहेत. त्यांपैकी कांहीं गरीब तर कांहीं श्रीमंत आहेत. कांहीं घाणेरडी तर कांहीं निर्मळ, स्वच्छ आहेत. असा फरक असण्याचे कारण काय ?
"Within this gross elemental earth there is this world of the `all'. What is the reason for one being endowed with this great wealth of the `all' and the other being powerless due to body consciousness? What is the reason that one is pure and the other is impure?" (There are these two worlds. The world of the `all' and the world of the `many'. And within these two worlds there is that One atma)