The parrot talk, "Service to Man is Service to God" (Manava seva is Madhava seva) does not extend to all men; those who reel off this axiom do not inquire who are the men to be served. They are eager only to fill their own stomachs; for this purpose they restrict their mental horizons to the uplift of their own people. Thus, they lay waste the valuable education they have received. Man forgets the fact that God is in perceptible form in all beings. Service rendered to any being is service offered to God. This has to be the chief goal of the educated.

Nara is Narayana. Man is God. Every single act of Man has to be elevated as an act of service to God. But students today do not know what exactly is Narayana and what exactly is Nara. How can a person claim to be educated when he cannot identify the Nara-Narayana Principle? They are the entities denoted by the Upanishads as 'thwam' and 'thath', "you" and "that". He who has not become aware of these two cannot claim to have known himself. And the education that does not reveal oneself to one, of what use can it be to reveal anything else? But, to our misfortune, the educated who are the educators, are engaged not in promoting our best interests and serving us, but in doing great disservice as much as they need. It is highly strange. For, the educated persons must not only serve those who helps them but also those who harm them. This attitude makes the service doubly holy. Serving those who do service to us is but a natural reaction. Serving those who harm us is the greater virtue. For, this latter course of action involves deeper understanding of one's best interests and an alert sense of time, place and circumstance. Education must confer and cultivate these qualities.

While dealing with uncultured folk, one has to exercise caution. So too, with ungrateful fellows who forget the good done to them. The law is the instrument the Government uses to punish those who do wrong. But the educated person and the student should not condemn them outright. He must manifest his natural virtue of detachment and practise his characteristic attitude of helpfulness.