In plain words
Wealth may be had again, a friend again, a wife again, land again; all this can be had again, but not the body, again and again.
Young women and young men, embodiments of Prema!
Citizens of the world to come!
If wealth is lost, it can be earned again. Even if a friend is gone, another friend can be won. Even if a wife is gone, one can marry again. If land is lost, we can earn it back again. If the body goes, we cannot earn it back again. In the endless universe, among the whole host of living beings, man is the very highest. Man is most excellent. He is endowed with courtesy and good character. If this humanness is lost, it will not come to us again.
Conduct: time, cause, duty and the rest
Young women and young men!
Today the prosperity and the progress of the whole world rest on the conduct of today's young women and young men. Only when the conduct of young women and young men is of the best can this world too enjoy the best ideal. However hard we try, the night that has passed cannot be had again. However much we call it, the river Yamunā, once merged in the endless ocean, will not come back. We cannot take back a fruit we have chewed well and swallowed. But man passes his days in whims, and cannot recognise the truth of what will happen ahead. Just as the sun, through its rays, turns water into vapour and carries it off, so day and night bring man's span of life to its end; man cannot recognise this truth. Life is like a big clock. In it three hands, called years, months and days, are turning steadily. We rejoice that the hands are turning properly, but soon it rings out the hours again, dong, dong. But we cannot recognise this matter of the hours. The days are the second hand. The months are the minute hand. The years are the hour hand. We see these days, months and years turning, but we do not recognise the span of life wearing away in them.
Before this time runs out, we must recognise our duty and act on it. What is the root cause of man's coming down into this world? What is the duty of this man? We must recognise such duty and try to live our life by it. We are not trying to recognise the divinity and the purity that are in humanness. In life, time is of the first importance. But today's young women and young men waste this time beyond measure. They must try not to waste it but to make it fruitful. By wasting time, life too is wasted. We must set time on the right path.
Mind, state, course and wealth.
In man two kinds of nature lie merged. One is animality, the second humanness. But this man, merged in the six inner foes, lust, anger, delusion, pride and envy, does not put to good use the body and the wealth God gave him, does not recognise well the nature of this mind, and misuses state, course, mind and wealth. Through that he is losing his humanness. Falling into bad addictions, given over to bad habits, he falls and wastes away like a beast. This is the chief result of the animality in us. Instead, by putting mind, state, course and wealth to good use, rich in good conduct, nurturing good qualities, and entering the path of Dharma, one has the chance not only to change one's life into humanness but to change it into the divinity of Mādhava. We must put to good use all the things there are in the world. There is a knife. With this knife you can cut vegetables, then cook a curry and eat it happily.