In plain words
He took a vow that it is better to live a single moment for the establishment of Dharma than to live many days against Dharma. For an offence he was ordered to pay a fine of 4 annas. His friends all joined together and begged him to pay the money and be released. ‘I will not pay money to be released,’ he said. ‘I will live by Dharma alone, but I will not live for money,’ he said. Bhārata is a land whose very form is Dharma. It is the land where God took many Avatāras to establish Dharma. The culture of Bhārata is an ideal for other countries. One night he could not sleep, because the vow he had made came to his mind. The third day had begun. Shedding streams of tears: ‘Svāmī! The vow I made took no thought for my own selfish ends. I longed for the protection of my country, that my country should be safe; so bless me that it may be fulfilled,’ he prayed humbly to God. Learning that Scott was coming to a meeting of the police the next day, he resolved to go there and kill him; after that it would not matter if he lost his own life: he must without fail kill the man who had killed Lālā Lajapati Rāy. Feeling, ‘To give up my life for my country is equal to Mokṣa,’ he joined that crowd, took a policeman's gun and killed that Scott. Seeing Scott collapse, he prayed with all his heart to Kāśī Viśveśvara for the fulfilment of his vow, and calmed his mind. By the grace of God, Tivārī, though he was right there, could not be seen by the police. Tivārī was shouting, ‘Āzād, Āzād, Āzād!’ From then on they began to call this Candraśekhara Tivārī ‘Candraśekhara Āzād’. A friend, lured by money, betrayed him and handed Candraśekhara Āzād over to the police, and they took him captive and killed him. He gave up his life for his country and won fame as a heroic son. For Dharma he gave up even his life.