In plain words
Vidyāsāgar had the hospital built too. His mother was filled with joy. The people praised him greatly. His name and fame went on growing day by day. After some more time his mother turned to him: “My son! The draw-wells in our village have dried up. When the little children tie ropes to their pots and let them down into the well, not a single drop of water comes up. So try to put an end to the shortage of water in our village,” she told him. As his mother wished, Vidyāsāgar provided drinking water for the people of his village. Full of joy, that mother took her son's hands: “My son! I am so proud to have borne a son like you, with the good mind to help society,” she said.
The Decline in the Practice of Dharma Is the Root of the Water Shortage
What is the cause of the shortage of water? Water in the earth dwindles only when the practice of Dharma declines among the people. If the people follow Satya and Dharma, there will be no shortage of water at all. The rains are falling, the rivers are flowing. And still, how can there be a shortage of water! All the flowing rivers are merging into the sea. People lay the blame on the times, saying the rains do not fall as they should because the times have changed; they say water is not to be had because God has grown angry. This is nothing but propaganda of Asatya. Above all, it is precisely because compassion and Prema have dwindled in the heart of man that the shortage of water has come. Its root cause is the evil minds of the people, not the anger of God.
Today in Bhārata there are rich men in plenty, educated men in plenty, scholars in plenty. But there is no unity among them. Let one educated man see another, and he is envious; let one rich man see another, and he is envious. What good is it, however rich a man with such evil qualities may be; what good is it, however educated he may be; in Bhārata there are so many multimillionaires. But through their greed to earn still more, they come to a bad end. They put what they have earned in foreign lands, and close their eyes in death. Why should they not help the people in their own land? Why should they not toil for the progress of society? Their words, at least, they speak sweetly. Look at the words: sweet; look at the deeds: bitter!