In plain words
"Yes, Swami! I have certainly conquered calm," he said calmly. Again Nārāyaṇa: "Nārada! Have you attained calm?" He asked. "Yes, Swami! I have attained it," he said. "Nārada! Have you attained calm?" He said again. "I said I have attained it," he answered, a little angrily. As He went on asking him over and over, "Have you attained it? Have you attained it?", his calm left him. It went, and a kind of agitation came. Then Nārāyaṇa: "Nārada! Is this what you attained by a hundred years of tapas? No. No. On every occasion, at every time, in every circumstance, one must remain calm," He taught. The learning of those days was taught blended with the general knowledge and common sense of daily life. But today people study only some one subject and concentrate on that subject alone. They pay no attention at all to what is needed in daily life. This kind of learning is not what our daily life needs; it serves only for earning a living. There are many kinds of learning about daily life that we need to learn. If one gets remarks in them and marks in class, what is the use of it?
All the chemistry teachers say, "Hydrogen and oxygen, mixed together, become water." But when the student sits down to his meal, does he mix hydrogen and oxygen because his teacher told him so? No! He brings natural water and drinks it. So what we learn in class is one thing; recognising its truth and living it naturally in daily life is another. In the outer world there are many things we must know and see. We must certainly learn these. But taking them as a base, we must try to live them naturally. So while telling our students about their subject, we must also teach them what general knowledge to gain in the things daily life needs, and to what morality and honesty we must dedicate our lives.