In plain words
Though he reads every learning there is and grows very discerning, the dull-witted man still does not know himself; however much learning he learns, in whatever way he lives, he cannot give up the nature of a base man.
Study after close study gives only argument and debate; he never gains full Jñāna. Why study and study and study, only to die? One must study the learning that has no death.
You must not take on pride, saying 'I have learned the branches of learning'; that learning you have, what is it worth! For learning, humility alone is its true form...
That humility must come into students. It is only for want of that humility and obedience that pride goes to the head. Through these prides of money, of learning and of youth, man simply forgets his humanness. They are nothing but evil qualities that by degrees hide humanness; they are not sacred qualities that make humanness blossom.
When money grows, pride grows; when pride grows, wickedness grows without ceasing; when money goes, pride goes; when pride goes, wickedness leaves off.
Prides of this kind are what have covered over the mirror called the Manas. So if we want to take off this thick cloth, we must foster Prema. This Prema alone is the chief thing. It is Paramātma before our eyes. Through this sacred Prema alone we can unite all people alike. Except for the one bond of Prema, there is no other way to bring all together in unity. Here is a small example of this. We have put a candle light below. We have covered it with a vessel and punched holes all over it. Though there is only one light, it seems through those holes as if there were many lights. Over that we have thrown a thick cloth. No light at all shows from it. So if we take off this thick Turkish towel and put it aside, it then appears as many lights. If we break the vessel that makes it look many, it appears as one light only.