Passage 9

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In plain words

If you put amṛta in your mouth, you can gain a deathless Ānanda. But if you pour it into your … , thinking it is amṛta after all, your life goes. Amṛta is to be enjoyed with the very limb with which it is meant to be enjoyed … ; a good friend, only so far, and no further. Hello hello how are you How are you goodbye … . We must see that bad company does not come near us at all. Only then can we develop our life into a fine ideal… … life. Do not go near bad people. Bad words, from now on, do not … them. Do not dwell on bad people. For you have no need to dwell on them. … are not in the least worthy of renown in the world. You se… a small example in the Rāmāyaṇa itself … … was very good, poor woman. She had supreme love for Rāma. She loved Rāma as her own life. She did not bring up her … son Bharata so fondly. But by listening to the evil counsel of the ceḍikatte Mantharā, … … . Do you see! Though she was the queen, she listened to a servant's words and ruined everything. She did not follow her conscience at all. She followed what others felt.

Kīcaka saw the wife of the Pāṇḍavas, who was living in disguise in Virāṭa's house. That Kīcaka was Virā…'s brother-in-law. His gaze was always on Draupadī alone. Through casting this evil look, … it became death to him. He fell prey to Bhīma's mace. He cut him to pieces. Does any man take the name of Kīcaka, who had such an evil … ? An evil look is not good. Then thinking of evil …s. Whatever comes, we must make the effort fit to drive it off at once. Whenever you looked, … wishing: when will the Pāṇḍavas perish, when will the Pāṇḍavas waste away, when will they, with no support, … both … ? So Duryodhana kept on thinking. Through always thinking only of harm to others … , Duryodhana in the end perished. How did he perish? He di… horribly … ; what man takes that name of Duryodhana? That is why speaking bad words, hearing bad … , thinking bad and seeing bad: these four are greatly sinful for man. From tomorrow you are entering the … world. So be very careful. This is the year named Pra… … . It is very dangerous. Children, stay fine and ideal, ideal… … , spend your time as ideal people, bring a good name to your mothers and fathers, and come back for the summer … . Then the shower of Prema will pour down on all of you. Only when you have grown like that will I give you badges as fine summer school students. Otherwise they do what is called a metal test. If in that test… … , I shall send it back. If it comes pure, this magnet draws it close, and well.