In plain words
There is no disease like greed; there is no enemy like anger; there is no sorrow like poverty; there is no happiness higher than Jñāna.
Students!
Nāsti lobhasamo vyādhiḥ. There is no other disease to equal greed. Nāsti krodhasamo ripuḥ. There is no other enemy to match anger. Nāsti duḥkha dāridryavat: there is no other sorrow greater than poverty. Nāsti jñānātparaṃ sukham. No other happiness higher than Jñāna is to be found. But man is going very far away from such sacred Jñāna.
The believing mind is gone, the Dharma of right conduct has utterly faded; the unbelieving mind has grown; at the very word 'guru' śraddhā is gone; to Bhakti farewell, and farewell to the ancient learning: such a time has come; honour beyond compare and regard have come down to the ground and to uproar in education.
I am in the light; I myself am the light; the light is within me; the light am I. One who holds this feeling fast in the heart, such a knower becomes one with Brahman.
In this world the most ancient literature is the literature of the Veda. It is a treasury of Vijñāna. It is this Veda that brings about man's growth on every side. The very first textbook of man's history is the Veda. This Veda is the birthplace that is the very root of man's culture and of the power of the word. 'Sarvaṃ vedāvaśiṣyate,' said Manu. That is, every branch of learning, all of them, emerged from these Vedas. All the virtues and all the Dharmas emerged from the Veda itself. 'Anantovai vedāḥ': this Veda is endless. It is fathomless.