In plain words
If even at death you have not found out who you are, what is the use? Since at birth you said ‘Kohaṃ’, at death you must know ‘Sohaṃ’.
The culture of Bhārata was shaped by lofty ideals
What worldly love is like, here is an example: when a newly married wife and husband are strolling in a park and a thorn shows on the path, the husband cries ‘A thorn!’ and pushes his wife aside. Six months later, as they stroll in the park again and a thorn shows: ‘Careful! There's a thorn there,’ he says. A year later, as they stroll in that same park and a thorn shows, the husband: ‘What! Can't your eyes see? There's a thorn there,’ he shouts. That is how worldly loves go. In former times people married those who had humility and obedience, and so their lives passed in peace. They married after looking at a person's qualities. So households were kept with great discretion and ran peacefully. Today people look with an outward eye. Today they look at degrees. Here is an example of this. A mother and father had one son, just one. They saw him well through higher studies. He got a job too, and they thought of getting him married. The son said, ‘If it is a girl who has studied for a degree I will marry; otherwise I won't marry.’ The mother said, ‘Not an educated girl; if we bring home a girl from a traditional family, it will be respectable.’ In the course of time, the days went by. The parents, afraid that their son might fall in love with some other girl, looked for a girl who had studied for a degree. The boy saw the girl. Feeling that his life was a happy one, he said thanks to his parents in his heart. Within fifteen days the wedding took place. He came to his parents and said he wanted a separate house. They set up house in a rented home. One day, early in the morning, the husband got up: ‘My dear! Coffee,’ he said. ‘I have studied for a degree; you have studied for a degree.