In plain words
The student's life is like the root of a tree
Today's students know nothing at all of their own culture. It is the teachers who help them come to know such culture. The life of students is like a lovely creeper in bloom. Only when it climbs along the right way does it shine in all its beauty. The student's life is like the root of a tree. That is why it must be put right, so that it bears fruit and is sacred.
Once upon a time a great king set up an exhibition. It was a wonderful exhibition, and it drew people. Everyone who came was free to take away whatever things they liked. Under this rule every visitor would look round the exhibition and take away all the things they fancied in it. A beautiful woman came into it. She came in, looked at everything, and was going back empty-handed. The king noticed this. “My dear lady! Do you not like this exhibition? Are there no things you like in this exhibition?” he asked. To this the woman: “Mahārāja! Your exhibition is very beautiful. It is not that the things I need are missing from it. But once I am drawn to some one thing and set my liking on it, my desire will go on growing day by day. So I am not taking these things, to hold this liking in check. To hold my desires in check I have taken up this vow,” she said. “Then is there anything here that you like?” the king asked again. “What good is it for me to want it? I am weighing whether it is within my reach,” said the woman. Then the king said, “Tell me what you wish for, and I will surely give you that thing.” The woman was delighted. “King! Is this truly your word?