In plain words
Every person must take part in the path of showing sympathy to fellow men, to the brother men born in the country along with him, teaching the spirit of forbearance, and fostering good character. Pleasure and pain follow human life closely, as a pair. Saying "Sukhaduḥkha samānasya lābhō lābha jayāt", we must learn the evenness of regarding both pleasure and pain with equanimity.
Śrī Rāmacandra made ready for the coronation the moment the sun rose. But it was not that he did not know this coronation would not take place for him. Though he knew it, with the feeling that he must carry out his father's word and must not grieve the father who begot him or the mothers who bore him, he went on, practising it and following it. Because time, karma, cause and duty came together, his effort too failed. If Śrī Rāmacandra, who was to have His coronation at seven o'clock, were to go into the forest at that same seven o'clock, it would be a very painful matter for any person with humanness. It would be an unbearable pain. But Śrī Rāmacandra never gave room to any such disturbance, and with the very smile with which He came for the coronation He made ready to go to the forest. This itself is the true mark of equanimity.
In the world, a person endowed with the equanimity of these two, individual character and national character, apart from the Divine alone; among other men there is some difference, more or less. To take just such ones as our ideal is the best path. And where national character is present but individual character is lacking, at many times, in a given situation, divisions and differences keep arising. Every man, keeping national character in view, we must first of all wish for the country's prosperity. We must understand this. What does "country" mean? For whom was this country formed. Because of whom is it called a country. What are the qualities a country must have? Who are the people who must acquire those qualities. So only when we recognise the nature of the people who must foster these qualities does this take shape as national character. A small example. When one gives an example from just the things you all know, you understand it well.
After coming from South Africa, Gāndhī resolved that equality must be brought about in social life without differences of caste and creed. He resolved that, in whatever way, he must save India from bondage and keep the westerners away. He gathered many people and took part in uprisings. The one who was then a judge of the High Court in Allahabad was Nehrū's father, Motīlāl. With the intention that it would be some help if he took into this movement people of wealth like this, people with some name and standing, Gāndhī consulted Motīlāl.