In plain words
When asked how many sons Daśaratha had, a scientist said he had only one son. When he was asked who, he gave the name of Rāma. He did not know the names of Lakṣmaṇa, Bharata and Śatrughna. When someone said, ‘You are so eminent a man, and you cannot give the names of Daśaratha's sons!’, he said, ‘What do these names matter?’ Yet for himself he hoped to win a great name. Today's education, instead of raising man to a higher level, drags him down to a low one. Man wins a name as a great scientist, but he behaves without ‘sense’. “For happiness here, the learning that wins gold; for happiness hereafter, Brahmavidyā.” One who has learned Brahmavidyā gains everything. In daily life he does the work he has to do; he sees the sights he has to see; he enjoys the joy he has to enjoy. He recognises the Satya that even the ant is the very form of Brahman, and that the power that is in the atom is the very same power that is in the Paramātma too.
‘Learn the learning that knows no death’
Students today study hard for jobs and gain many degrees. But however hard you study, however many examinations you pass, at the final hour that degree certificate will not help you in the least. ‘Why study every kind of learning, only to die? Learn the learning that knows no death.’ Along with material studies, you must also take up spiritual learning. Material learning is negative. Spiritual learning is positive. That is what matters most. All material learning is like bulbs. Spiritual learning is the very current that makes them shine. The fan that gives a breeze, the stove we cook on: for all of these, is it not the current that matters most? Without current none of them can work. In the same way, without spiritual learning all worldly learning becomes useless. In every person there is a current, the principle of the Ātma. To recognise this Satya and live by it is true education. Still, I am not telling you not to study worldly subjects. Along with them you must also study the inward learning of the Ātma. Only then will the studies you have done bear fruit. Only after you have read about a subject in a book can you answer a question on it.