In plain words
Embodiments of Prema!
From ancient times Bhārata has been bringing lasting peace and security to every nation through its spiritual riches. Whatever Satya there is that does not change with time, does not fade with history, does not wane in the deluge and does not grow with creation, the very embodiment of that Satya is the culture of Bhārata. The reflection of this culture is Sanātana Dharma. The outward form of this Sanātana Dharma is morality. Man must go on sustaining his kind with this morality, and this alone, as his foundation. Only when mankind grows morally will the ideals called equality, brotherhood and freedom come into practice.
The resources of nature must not be misused
Far vaster than mankind is this creation. To recognise the secret of this creation well and to act by it is man's chief duty. As children drink their mother's milk, as bees drink the nectar in a flower, man has the right to enjoy all the riches of nature. But man thinks this nature was made only for his own enjoyment, and he misuses nature's resources. This creation was not made for man's enjoyment. God asked that its resources be enjoyed in a measured way. But man tries to enjoy it beyond all limits. This alone has become the root cause of the floods, the droughts and famines, the excess of rain, the lack of rain and the other upsets of nature that occur today. This nature is held in a balance. It is a globe. On whichever side the weight grows greater, it turns to that side. Because man enjoys the forces of nature beyond all limits, this balance is being lost.
Rights and duty
Today in every field man stretches out his neck, crying “Rights, rights!” In truth man has no such thing as a right at all. Only when duty is done well does a right come into being. Only when rain falls do the streams flow. If you say, ‘I do not need the rain, I only want the streams,’ how will they come? That cannot be. In the same way, if man forgets his duty and fights for his rights, there is nothing he will gain. Unrest alone is what he will gain. As the Chief Minister said, whatever work we do must be an example to the people. Instead of that, just to be born, to eat, to die: If life is limited to these alone, what worth is there any longer in being human? Today we hope for the fruit of merit, but we do not step forward to meritorious deeds; we push away the fruit of sin, saying we do not want it, but we step forward to sinful deeds.