He and his mother went insane, etc.: Since she did not yet light the light - as the commandment is with the woman. And it is easy to understand.

Yours will be worse than theirs, etc.: Rashi explained: Because your heart is as wide as a hall, etc. To here are his [words]. And it can also be said it is because you knew best that you had what to learn from me - from that [case] of the gathering of cucumbers, as per that which is later. And it is easy to understand.

Woe to you, my two forearms, as they are, etc.: He compared the thing to his forearms, since the word, forearm, is said every place about potential strength - as in, "and makes flesh his forearm" (Jeremiah 17:5); "Your forearm is with strength" (Psalms 89:14). And he said that his two forearms are like two Torah scrolls that are being rolled up - meaning to say, that he had the potential strength to teach Torah to others. But it did not become actualized to teach them; like a Torah scroll that is rolled up, that has the potential from which to learn Torah, but they have not learned from it. For they left it rolled up. And be precise and you will find it simple.

Like a dog lapping from the sea, etc.: He said this metaphor about himself even though it is a bit of a disgrace. As he compared himself to a dog that is lapping. But about his students, he did not say this metaphor which is a bit of a disgrace, but rather said a different metaphor about them - like a brush in a tube. It is also for this very reason that he exaggerated about himself, that he did not take away from them even like a dog lapping, etc.; but with his students, he did not exaggerate so much about the thing. So he said, "They have only taken away from me like a brush, etc." - which implies that they have taken from me like this amount, which is not so much of a disgrace for his students as [he said] for himself. But according to the commentary of Rashi, it appears that [his] version has the opposite. As he teaches, "only like a dog that is lapping, etc. even like a brush in a tube." But the thing of the change of language requires explanation. And be precise and you will find it simple.

My father, my father, the chariot of Israel and its horsemen, etc.: Elisha said this verse about Eliyahu as a prayer, like the words of the [Targum] and the commentators. But here it appears that it can be explained [as], "My teacher, my teacher, he is the chariot of Israel and the horsemen in the war of the Torah." And he said, "I have coins, etc." - and he compared himself to one with coins and mintage, but who does not know and recognize them. [So] when he gives them to others, who are not money changers, he will certainly lose from [their value]. So too is this thing" As Rabbi Akiva certainly has Torah, but he said that he does not know and recognize it, as fully needed, regarding the questions and the uncertainties that he had. "But I do not have a money changer to sort them," and to answer his uncertainties as is fully needed. And be precise and you will find it simple.