In plain words
too one can make verdant with crops. The educated person must display his own discerning intellect and show his discriminative knowledge precisely in such matters. Turning the great discovery he himself has made not toward evil, turmoil or total destruction, but toward good, human welfare and increased production — this alone is what they call 'vivēka-jñānam.'
One who possesses such discerning-discriminative knowledge is respected by everyone, and even worshipped, even if he is devoid of wealth or of authority. One who lacks discerning-discriminative knowledge — even if he is a scholar, even if he is exceedingly wealthy, or an eminent scientist — does not shine forth at all. One devoid of discerning-discriminative knowledge cannot even discover what Dharma is, or what adharma is. Therefore, not content with scriptural knowledge alone, every student must acquire discerning-discriminative knowledge and experiential knowledge without fail. One must develop farsightedness joined with discrimination, and put it to use for the progress of society.
One must not be content with experiential and discerning knowledge alone; every person needs worldly knowledge too. This alone is called 'world-knowledge.' This knowledge is not obtainable merely through books. If one has the desire to acquire or obtain it, one must travel widely through the country. For that very reason, the ancients, desiring to obtain the sight, touch and conversation of great persons, continued to undertake sacred pilgrimages and visits to holy sites. Not only that: seeing the wonders and marvels within divine creation in the world, they used to acquire many kinds of knowledge from them. In nature there exist however many precious matters that teach many kinds of knowledge. One must learn the origin and background of each of them. One must understand history, civilization and culture, and bring it into propagation. The person who desires to undertake this kind of