In English
The practice of getting up at 4:30 a.m., at the , is also a very good habit. You are young, and if while you are young, while your mind and body are still very sound and sturdy, if you do not start such good practices and get used to them at this age, when you grow a little older, when your body becomes a little more infirm and stiff, it will not be possible for you then to do so. It will be very difficult for you to acquire this practice at a later age. Truly, this age of yours is such that it is quite possible to understand many sacred things. If you grow older and start practices late, you may not be able to get the happiness and benefit out of the practices. There are many people who think that they will do all this after they retire. Before they retire, they always say “duty is God; work is worship” and they go on doing all kinds of work, taking all kinds of jobs either under the Government or under some private agency. But this is not right. It is much better that you should do these things then and there and not go on postponing. This has been told to us in the . When the servants or the attendants of come and pull you with a rope and ask you to move on, when they drag you with their rope and ask you to be quick and go along as your time is over, your own relations will say, “Now there is no hope, put this body outside the house” and your wife and children will simply cry and say, “Now it is all finished, there is no more hope.” Under such conditions, is it possible for you to utter the name of the Lord and offer your devotion to God? So at this young age, I am very hopeful that you will understand the significance of and start and become an ideal example for the rest of the country.