In plain words
An Indian called Mān Siṅgh yielded to Akbar, the foreign emperor, became his servant, and tried in many ways to bring troubles on India itself. He tormented Rāṇā Pratāp greatly. He caused him endless suffering. He yielded to the wealth, gold, goods and carriages that the emperor Akbar offered. Jai Siṅgh too yielded to Aurangzeb and, in thrall to selfishness and self-interest, set out to make war on Śivājī, who was devoted to his country, devoted to God and a lover of Dharma. Another was Jayacandra. He submitted to Muhammad Ghorī and thereby tormented Pṛthvīrāj greatly. Pṛthvīrāj was a great hero. But he took Jayacandra for a man he could trust. But the very one he trusted set out to betray him. Not only this. Many paṇḍits and priests, men who had reasoned and debated in many ways over all the Vedas, śāstras, epics and Purāṇas and had won, yet submitted to Allāuddīn, the Muslim king, and handed over the temple of Somanātha. They kept carrying gold from India to their own country, as much as some hundreds of elephants could bear. What was the reason for this? It is not that there were no heroes in India. It is not that there were no strong men. It is not that there were no brave men. It is not that there were no valiant men. It is not that there were no paṇḍits. India fell prey to wickedness of this kind only through losing national character. That is why we must recognise the truth that national character too is essential along with individual character.
For this, forbearance is essential. In India there are a great many great souls who toiled in many ways for self-rule. The first among them is Gāndhī. Vallabhbhāī Paṭel, Bāl Gaṅgādhar Tilak, Subhās Candra Bose, Rājā Rām Mohan Roy, Madan Mohan Mālavīya, Lālā Lajpat Rāi, Bipin Candra Pāl, Nehrū. Besides these, there are many more Indians who followed them, sought refuge with them and upheld them, and were ready to sacrifice their lives in this. Even so, though they achieved so much in so many ways, they did develop national character, but because some of them lacked individual character, their name and fame faded away very quickly. We cannot say that all are great persons. In the worldly, the material and the political sense, all of them may be great souls. In the way of the world one may take only these outer deeds as the ideal and believe them to be great souls and ideal men, but in the sight of God, individual character and national character. We must keep the country's welfare too in view on one side. Dēhō dēvālayaprōktō jīvō dēvasanātanaḥ. Just as the body is like a temple for living beings, so the country too is like such a temple for God. So if we fail to recognise the state of so sacred a country, however great a man of character one may be, it will not shine. Through that, it can do the world no good at all.