In plain words
Today they have forgotten this Satya. Dharma, they think, means behaving just as they like; that is what they take Dharma to be. So in the gurukulas of those days, when the pupils had finished their full course of learning and were leaving to enter the householder's life, the gurus drew them close and taught them the way of the good and the way of the pleasant; and then, unable to part with the children, unable to part with them, the gurus sent them home with tears streaming from their eyes. So close was the bond between gurus and disciples. But today the gurus show no such affection, and the disciples show no feeling for the guru, nor the feeling one has for a father. That is why today all the educational institutions keep hoping, "When will the children go out?" Today it has come to this: the teachers must fear when they see the students, but the students have no fear at all when they see the teachers. How will right education come to such students? To teach what is for their good is the guru's chief duty. To serve the guru and carry out the guru's command is the disciple's chief aim. Today neither of the two is seen at all. The number of students in those days was very small. The system of education was very great. But today, as the number of students grows, the system of education keeps declining. For quality to decline in this way is only natural. "The more people there are, the thinner the buttermilk," they say. Today the system of education stands very low. In those days the students were five or six to a class. In today's system of education they make three or four sections for each class. They put sixty or eighty into each section. Even the Government does not try to see what good the world will gain from education of this kind. They keep issuing orders to admit whoever comes. There is no way to tell how many in it study and how many do not. The Government is not giving proper care to this system of education. Poor souls, they too have no time to spare. Fighting to keep their positions takes up all their time. Today a vast change must come within the system of education. We must try to have them study right education. It is through such education that the country too will prosper; but if education keeps dwindling like this day by day, the country's progress cannot be imagined at all.
Students! First of all, honour your parents. Enter society, and give some measure of care to service. We must regard the country as our body. You must think of it as though you were studying for the sake of the country.