In English
It has become common, these days, to think that women’s ideas are catastrophic and harmful. The have no semblance to the women of these days. Their conduct was such that while fulfilling their daily duties, they always thought of God and surrendered themselves to God. They were looking at their husbands and children as if they, also, were in the form of . While giving food to their husbands, they used to imagine that they were offering food to the Lord. While giving bath to their children, they used to think that they were performing to . This was the elevating feeling they had in them. While cutting vegetables for cooking, they used to think that they were cutting their bad thoughts out of their minds, and that ego, jealousy and anger were being removed with a knife. While boiling their vegetables, they used to think that ’s love was being used as water for boiling the vegetables. Whatever small task they undertook, they did it with a feeling that the work was dedicated to . As I have told you once, “If all the women go and seek employment, who will do the work at home? If the husband and wife both go to an office, where are the mothers to look after the children? If the women go to school to teach other children, who will teach their own children? If the women go about with books in their hand, who is going to look after the work in the kitchen? While you may meet the financial troubles to some extent, several new troubles will come up. The happiness that may come by getting a job will be nothing compared to the unhappiness that will accompany this.” Today, everyone wants employment. If you are able to get “” you can easily get a job. The word “” comes from . What is ? This is to fulfil your task in the correct manner. Since people, who do not have the right kind of ability are holding jobs, the situation of the country is so deplorable. We do not see people who recognise their duty. We only see the exhibitionism that goes with their positions and authority. In the very first instance, we should promote our ability and strength. We should first acquire the strength to get right our homes, our villages, and the community around us. It is, therefore, necessary for the students to read the sacred texts and follow, as examples, the lives of great and exemplary men. The strength of those days was the strength of and righteousness. Today strength is the strength of wealth, money and position. Wealth and money are like passing clouds and can disappear at any moment. The position or authority that we have today may drop at any moment. On the other hand, the strength arising from and the strength arising from God are permanently fixed. We should therefore develop complete faith and know what is permanent. In the earlier days, all the made an attempt to cross the ocean in order to search for . In their attempt to cross a big ocean, they did not lose their courage and ability. Because they attempted to undertake the task with divine strength and with the constant chanting of the name of the Lord, they could successfully make a bridge across even the ocean in a very short time. In which engineering colleges did these monkeys get their degrees? The only degree they had was the grace of . If, in a short while, they could complete a bridge over a deep ocean, can we compare our education to the knowledge they had? All the engineers of today come and prepare a five-year plan or a ten-year plan and the bridge collapses even before it is formally opened. Without spending a single , with faith in God and with divine strength, those monkeys could undertake such a task. Because we depend on material assistance, our entire life has become very artificial. Our life today is such that we cannot move an inch without money. In the earlier days, it was which had the upper hand while now, money has the upper hand. Students, I am hoping that you will take this country, by working in a purposeful and fruitful manner, to its ancient pristine glory.