In plain words
Of Bhārata, rich in noble feelings, the tattva of its divine culture, to know it, the Bhāratīyas have not been able to make the effort. What misfortune could be greater than this? Brahman is the form of Prema, filled with Prema; to join Prema with Prema becomes the rule; so one who holds Prema in full becomes worthy to attain the One without a second.
Embodiments of Prema!
Satyaṃ vada, dharmaṃ cara. ‘Speak the truth, practise Dharma’: the authority for this is the Vedas, the Śāstras and the Upaniṣads, the chief … of the Bhāratīyas. This Satya and Dharma are the highest steps to the welfare of man. … the Purāṇas too: Satyameva jayate; Satya alone brings victory. Satya alone … victory. ‘Satyaṃnāsti parodharmaḥ’: that there is no Dharma higher than Satya, the Purāṇas have gone on proclaiming … . Satya is the very form of God. So it is madness to forget this form of Satya and follow paths of many kinds in our life, labouring for the grace of God. The Bhāgavatam has followed a still sterner path. ‘Is there a sin greater than lying to one's lord?’ he said. The Bhāgavatam shows how, at one time, Bhūdevī wept. ‘O …! However great the sin, I can bear it; but the one without truth I cannot bear’: so she wept and …. For Satya, the Veda, the Śāstra, the Itihāsa, the Purāṇas, the Bhārata, the Bhāgavatam, all these sacred writings have gone on giving it entarō value. The Upaniṣads too explain… the very form of Satya. ‘Satyānna pramadhitavyaṃ dharmānna pramaditavyaṃ.’ So it has declared. Whatever hardships come, whatever dreadful … come, only do not let go of Satya. ‘Through that very Satya master your hardships’: so, in the … Upaniṣad, it has taught Satya itself. To give up kingdom, wife and children for the sake of Satya and … at the very last to be a keeper of the burning ground: this itself is the proof of Satya. Viśvāmitra, having … in many ways, at the very last came to see Hariścandra's Satya clearly.