In plain words
The Purāṇas too have been teaching this very Satya and Dharma. Satyaṃ nāsti paro dharmaḥ. Dharma rests on Satya. There is nothing higher than this. And the Bhāgavatam, teaching in many ways: is there a sin greater than speaking and then lying, is there a sin greater than our saying a thing and then going back on it? That is, it has been showing that Satya alone is what matters most. So it is Satya itself that keeps protecting this world. Dharma itself is what takes refuge in this Satya. Satya and Dharma, the two, are inseparably bound; each rests on the other.
Young women and young men, sons and daughters of Bhārata! What matters most is the path of Satya. You must believe in that very path as the form of God, and honour it.
Though he has read all the books and become very wise, the dull-witted one never turns back to know himself. However much he has read, whatever state he is in, the base one cannot give up his bad qualities.
Read and read again, and all you get is argument; never do you gain full Jñāna. Why read and read and read, only to die? Study the learning that knows no death.
That alone is the education of Satya. That alone is the education of Dharma. That Dharma and Satya stay close to the good. Satya dwells in the very presence of those who keep on seeking Satya, who are vowed to Satya, in whom good qualities shine. That is why another name for the Ātma is Satya. Because this Ātma is eternal, they have been calling the Ātma Satya. What is in all beings is that One alone. All the rest, every one of them, are subject to change. A person, a matter of the senses, a substance: all are only passing clouds. This does not mean you must not study worldly subjects. Along with these studies, you must make the effort that is needed to study that learning as well. How many people have studied how many subjects! What great name and fame have they not won! But how long do all these last? All of them pass in a moment. The body itself is unsteady. Yet even when the body perishes, our saṃskāras live on forever.
Students! Know that we must live for an ideal, not for food.