In plain words
One day I left that school.
Know for certain that I am Sai; give up attachment, give up efforts; the outer bond with you is now gone; no one, however great, can hold me:
so I declared. Everyone was astonished. “Rāju! Rāju!” they cried, and came after me. I gave no one an answer. I went into Anjaneyulu's garden and sat on a boulder. To all who came I kept teaching, “Mānasa bhajare guru caraṇaṃ dustara bhavasāgara taraṇaṃ”. After I left the school, all those teachers held a meeting. “From today Rāju is not coming to our school. Why should I stay in a school without Rāju?” said the Telugu teacher, and resigned. “All this while Rāju was here, so I spent my days happily, looking on him. There is no more work for me here”, said Mehboob Khan, and he too resigned. The next day they stood a Muslim boy up for the prayer. That boy went up on the stage. But he did not sing the song. Thinking of Swami, he could only weep! Everyone wept.
Teachers and children must share Prema with one another. With Prema, children can win over any guru; gurus too can win over the children. Only when there is Prema in us do others love us. Teachers must understand well the children's conduct and their love. The chief message that the culture of Bhārata gives is: “Speak the truth; walk in Dharma.” We must put this into practice. In those days the teachers understood my nature well. I too was very humble. Even now I tell the children the same: You cannot always oblige, but you can speak always obligingly. Good words melt anyone's heart. But on certain occasions one has to speak sternly. When needed I am harder than a diamond; in Prema, though, I am softer than butter.