In plain words
must learn. Muhammad Ghorī marched against Pṛthvīrāj seventeen times. But all those seventeen times Ghorī met only with defeat. Pṛthvīrāj was large-hearted, a man of pure feelings. Forbearance was his nature. Though Ghorī fell into his hands those seventeen times, he forgave him and let him go. But Ghorī showed no gratitude for this and turned ungrateful. Man does not even know what gratitude is. Because it sinks into selfishness and self-interest, humanness has had to fall into so many kinds of trouble. There must be a limit to this selfishness. There must be a limit to self-interest. But Ghorī could not recognise forbearance of this kind. Allied with Jayacandra, he marched once more against Pṛthvīrāj and defeated him. But, showing no gratitude to Pṛthvīrāj, who had forgiven him seventeen times, he had Pṛthvīrāj's eyes put out. Do you see! With a cruel man, we must keep this forbearance within some limit. Forbearance is good, but with people who go beyond all bounds this forbearance does no good at all.
You may learn every branch of learning and win in the assembly; you may be a hero and fight in battle; you may be born a king of kings and rule a kingdom; you may give gifts of gold and cattle; you may count the stars in the sky; you may tell the names of all living beings; but, restraining the body, the senses and the rest, holding the mind still and turning it inward, ever steady of mind, men cannot stand firm in discipline.
Control of the senses is essential. Through the feeling of offering to God we can develop this forbearance. Without the feeling of offering to God, without God's grace, without love for God, we cannot develop this quality of forbearance.
Forbearance is God. Satya is God. Prema is God. When we attain the principle of Prema,