In plain words
We must get rid of that weakness. All the sādhanas we do today are not for knowing the Ātma. The Ātma is everywhere. You yourself are the embodiment of the Ātma. You do sādhana only to remove the non-Ātma. We must recognise this truth.
There is a towel. You gave it to the washerman. Dirt had got into it. So you gave it to have the dirt removed. He brought it back white. You thought the washerman had made it white. The washerman only took out the dirt in it and brought it back, that is all. Whiteness is its own nature. In the same way, your citta must be eternal, true and pure. The washerman called sādhana removes its dirt. All sādhanas are cittasya śuddhaye karmaḥ: all the karmas we do, we do for the purity of the citta. Not for the attainment of Jñāna. When the citta is pure, the attainment of Jñāna follows. So first of all we must try to wipe away the dirt that has gathered in us. We must drive away the attachment and hatred that have gathered in us. As long as they remain, we will be like Rāvaṇa and his demons. All comforts and conveniences, name and fame are there. All strengths are there, but not the strength of the Ātma. What use are all these strengths? Without the strength of the Ātma, a man is truly weak. There must be faith in the Self. That is self confidence. After Self confidence, self satisfaction. Then self sacrifice. Only when Self sacrifice is made is there self realisation. What sacrifice are we making? None. We must serve society. What has our body come for? The body has come only to do karma. That is precisely why: śarīram ādyaṃ khalu dharma-sādhanam. We must practise Dharma with this body. To satisfy your conscience is your Dharma. If, instead, you want to enjoy some bodily pleasure, that is the Dharma of the beast. Even a beast has its limits. Today man has no such limits. Born as men, we live as men without recognising humanity and without knowing the meaning of humanity. That is no fulfilment. Mā-nava. Nava means new. Mā means not. It means: I am not new. We have been coming for many births. We are old ones. Stale ones. Recognising this truth, we must try to live afresh, so that our life does not turn old again and does not turn stale.
Students! You are very fortunate. First of all, since you have joined this college, I hope you will learn humility and obedience, offer an ideal life to society, make your parents happy, and live in an ideal way in every respect. In our educational institutions, education is only an instrument. We started the colleges keeping education as the instrument, and not as a field of business. The young people in the country today will be the heroes of Bhārat in the future. So you must give guidance.