In plain words
All the studies of bhukti they study with Bhakti; for the study of Mukti no one comes forward. Can such people come to know all things? Whatever learning they have, what is the fruit?
They are setting …s only on worldly and physical paths. But we are making no fitting effort to recognise the divine, …, ever-new tattva of the Ātma.
Today's learning increases cleverness alone; it will not raise, kāñcemaina, good character; if one has a crore of learnings but no character, what is their worth? what is their fruit?
A head that has read … books is like a big library. Book and head have become one. … becomes … . In the matter of Socrates, a great… …king, who could not truly understand the nature of the boys, sentenced Socrates to death. The young men, who ought to serve the defence of the country, have … taken to mad teachings, calling them spiritual and nothing else. ‘He has ruined the boys in this way; so… death for Socrates,’ he said. Socrates heard this news. He laughed to himself. Life is very …. It is very precious. It has a goal. Rather than end such a holy life at the hands of a … king, I should die in the hands of my devotees, who are pure of heart: so he wished. Then he called a man, sent him to the bazaar, had poison brought, and told them all together to mix it in water. Having lived so divine a life, I must not die at the hands of …s. ‘My… dear devotees, the young men: to … in their hands is supreme peace for me’: so he kindled … … in them, gave everyone an … ideal … on morality, and died.
So what is the inner meaning of this? He gave first place to purity, but not … life… . Today people give purity no importance at all. Nor do they give importance even to life. To what do they give importance? Do they give importance only to the enjoyments of the senses? This comfort of the senses is not real. You think as if you were enjoy… the senses … . This is a great mistake. The senses themselves devour you and are … the mighty one.