In plain words
to break through its secrets and lay them open. Along that path, the mighty intellectual splendor of this wondrous race would have achieved strange results that the world, even now, could not imagine even in a dream. They entered into that matter proclaimed with ringing clarity in the Vedas: that the very thing that makes known to us the Changeless One is the best of all forms of learning. The science that reveals the true nature of Prakṛti — ever changing and ever disappearing — may indeed be an excellent one. But the teaching of the ancient Bharatiyas was that the science which reveals the true nature of the Supreme Being — who is beyond all change, who is the very form of unsurpassed bliss, in whom alone peace makes its stable dwelling, in whom alone life is infinite — is the supremely excellent science that surpasses all others. The secrets of natural science can furnish us only with food and clothing. Had they wished, they could have effortlessly discovered the secrets of physical science too — the kind that teach how to defeat and rule over others, that grind down the weak, and that instruct the powerful. But by God's grace, Bharatiyas promptly took up the other path, and understood that this was not a distinctive trait for our nation. This alone is what brought lustre to the Bharatiya race. This distinction found among Bharatiyas is not even within others' reach to touch. Like Prahlada, they emerged unscathed from the flames of fire. They did not regard as true Bharatiyas those Bharatiyas who lack the spiritual outlook. The true Bharatiyas of that day were pathfinders in the eyes of mankind in other lands. One may stand for political affairs, in which case only a small portion of oneself inclines toward spiritual sentiments. But in Bharat, to lead a spiritual life is the very first duty. Beyond that, if further opportunity presents itself, that it is most essential to gather all the spiritual powers they possess toward the Veda