In plain words
Embodiments of Prema! However many years one does tapas, however many pilgrimages one makes, however many śāstras one studies, however many gifts and charities one gives, none of these can carry man across. Long ago Rāvaṇa studied the four Vedas and the six śāstras. But did he change his mind in any way? No; in place of divinity he fostered the demonic in himself. What do the Vedas teach? What did the śāstras say? Did he conduct himself in any way as the Vedas and śāstras said? He did not. In truth, Rāvaṇa was not born with ten heads. Had he been born with ten heads, his greatness would have become known to the world that very day. The four Vedas, the six śāstras.. When all these came together, they became ten heads. Even though he had these ten heads, they were of no use to him. That is why Rāma cut off his ten heads. However much one studies the Vedas and śāstras, if one does not put their teachings into practice there is no benefit at all. Putting into practice even one thing you have learned is most necessary.
Merely learning the Vedic mantras by heart brings no change in the mind. To give the world this kind of teaching of Jñāna, Rāma cut off Rāvaṇa's ten heads. Whatever God does, whatever He teaches, all of it is for the good of others, not for Himself. At the very last, even Rāvaṇa recognised his faults and repented. He became pure. Putting the divine and glorious teachings of the Vedas into practice is the Dharma of man. In our educational institution not only the senior children but the primary school children too are studying the Vedas. They know all the Vedas. They recite all the mantras. The children also know that if they do not put into practice the Veda they recite, there is no benefit. But the power of the intellect needed to put it into practice is low in them.
As it is said, ‘Ekaṃ sat viprā bahudhā vadanti’, God is only one. ‘What is, for all time, is God alone; the world has become what is not: see this, dear one.’