In plain words
Without Satya, Dharma, Prema and Śānti, the worth of mastering every branch of learning is nil; Without Satya, Dharma, Prema and Śānti, the meaning of charity and good works is nil; Without Satya, Dharma, Prema and Śānti, the fruit of holding high office is nil; Without Satya, Dharma, Prema and Śānti, the gain of many good deeds is nil. For this mansion of Sanātana Dharma to stand, these four virtues, dear ones, are its foundations; what else beyond this could I make known, O members of this gathering, esteemed for gentleness and noble virtues!
Embodiments of Prema! All of you are forgetting what you came here for. Wherever we go, “Where have we come from? Where have we come to? What have we come for?”: these things we must never forget. On the cover we drop into the post box, if both the ‘from address’ and the ‘to address’ are missing, it ends up in the ‘dead letter box’. Now you have come and dropped into this world without knowing the ‘from address’ or the ‘to address’. “Where have we come from? Where are we going? Where are we?” Of these three, you must recognise at least one address. If you cannot recognise even one of them, your very life goes to waste.