In plain words
When he knew that what his elder brother had done was wrong, he tried hard to talk him round. When the other would not agree, in the end he gave up even his elder brother and held Rāma's feet. Whoever shows up our wrong is the true guru. But children do not like that. If anyone points out any of our faults, they go ‘Buss!’ with a hiss. They sit right at the back. They do not come forward. If they keep sitting further and further back, their guilty conscience surely shows. It is because there are great faults in them that they behave that way.
The one who keeps his word is the true man
Besides this: what is the reason Swami does not speak with them? They do not even inquire into that. They never conduct themselves with discipline. Well then, do they at least keep the word they gave? Not that either. Those who spoil their word like that are no better than the dumb! What am I to speak with such a one? I do not wish to waste My words. The one who keeps his word is the true man. The one who cannot keep his word can only be called a beast. Even a beast is better. For if we give a dog a little food, even if we forget, the moment that dog sees us it comes up to us wagging its tail. Here, when you are given food, clothes, learning, everything, and the children are brought up with more care than their parents give, if they have no gratitude, what is the learning for? Will you call this learning, or ignorance? They toil only to fill their bellies; they do not toil for an ideal life.
Even a donkey and a dog have done service to their master. A small example. In a washerman's house there lived a donkey and a dog. For the washerman brings everyone's clothes and puts them there in the house. To guard them there is a dog. How does it guard them? If anyone comes, it barks. Then the washerman can come out. And the donkey? He cannot carry all these clothes himself. He loads them on the donkey and takes them to the washing place.