In plain words
It was because he behaved without any rules that so many humiliations befell him. The one who misused his strength and his powers is Duryōdhana. Every man too is a Duryōdhana and a Duśśāsana. In our life there are certain rules. Only when we follow them do we gain true peace and order. What are the rules and regulations in our Institute? What are the rules and regulations of our hostel? Only when we recognise them well and live by them do we become students. When we set about misusing our strength and our powers, we become weak. We turn into wicked men.
What are we misusing? We are misusing our sight. We are misusing our tongue. We are misusing our hearing. We are misusing our heart. We are misusing our hands. What does this misuse mean? To misuse the divine power in man, that is, the energy, is misuse. We commit this misuse through hearing and through actions. By misusing it in this way, people become Duryōdhanas. What was the fruit that came to this Duryōdhana and Duśśāsana? Defeat! Failure! Sorrow. That is what befell them. So we must not misuse any power at all in this world. By misusing it in this way, we become people who have misused the power of God. There is the ocean. In this ocean many waves keep rising. In the wave, foam arises. This foam is joined with the waves. The waves are joined with the ocean. These three are not separate from one another. In just the same way the sattva, rajas and tamas guṇas arise in man. For all of these, the Ātma itself is the chief root and source. Where is this Ātma? What should we believe to be the Ātma? It is natural for this doubt to arise in every man. Here is a fine proof of it.
Today is Sunday. We say, “It is the second of October.” Who said so? Does it come along carrying a board on which it has written, “I am the second of October”? Well, we rely on a calendar or a pañcāṅga that some almanac maker has written, and follow it. Relying on that, we lead our lives. We cannot throw all this away, saying, “It is no authority.” In the same way the Veda and the śāstras have been teaching the people, “This is Brahman, this is the Ātma.” As much as we trust the calendar for the month and the date, so much must we trust the Veda and the śāstras for Brahman and for the Ātma.