Poem 503

In plain words

Where there is true learning, refinement comes of itself; where there is refinement, that itself is birth; where there is true learning, well-being is gained; from well-being alone comes Śānti; where there is true learning, good company comes; where there is good company, that itself is Śānti; where there is true learning, birth is fulfilled; through birth fulfilled comes Mukti. Only when one studies the learning that is true and eternal does one, in the ocean of worldly life that has no substance, without sinking and rising again, soon attain Mokṣa; so come, set out for learning such as this.