Poem 48

He spoke it in these talks (18)

21 June 1973The Closing Message of the Summer Classes
11 October 1986God belongs to all
28 December 1986The students are the nation's wealth and riches
22 June 1987Human birth finds its meaning only when the principle of the Ātma is recognised
24 June 1989Foster Prema and Share It
3 October 1989Honour the Vedas
8 October 1989Be Pure in Thought, Word and Deed
3 September 1990Devotion and self-sacrifice
20 May 1991The End Of Education Is Character
23 May 1991Thath Twam Asi - That Thou Art
30 May 1991Taittireya Upanishad
23 November 1992Service of the village becomes service of Rāma!
14 January 1995Prema is like a compass
16 August 1996‘Love all, worship all’
22 November 1996Along with Study, Saṁskāra Too Is Very Necessary
14 January 1998Satya is heaven
22 November 2000That Which Makes Oneness Known Is True Education
2 June 2003That is education which liberates

Poem 48

ఎన్ని విద్యలు నేర్చిన ఏమి ఫలమునొసటి వ్రాతను తప్పింపనెవరి తరముచెడ్డ బుద్ధులు తన తల చేరెనేనిఎండబారును బుద్ధులు బండబారు.

In plain words

However many kinds of learning you master, what is the gain? Who can escape what is written on the brow? If evil notions settle in a man's head, the mind dries up and the intellect turns to stone.