In plain words
One who has no feeling of ‘This is my country, my language, my faith’ is no better than a corpse, though he lives. That must be there. As you love your own country as yours, so you must look on other countries too. The people of all countries must live in unity. The whole world must become one family. It is Sankrānti that brings about such a change. With this Sankrānti we must gain a great Śānti. We must increase Śānti. We must draw others to it. Do not share your personal discontent with the world. Do not let your discontent and agitation enter others at all. If any unrest comes, suppress it within yourself. Do not try to hurt anyone else because of it. You may get angry even with those at home. But you must hold it down. You must develop that kind of patience. That is what Tyāgarāja said: ‘Without Śānti there is no happiness, O lotus-eyed One.’ Without Śānti there is no happiness. Who needs this Śānti? The one who has mastered his senses and the knower of Vedānta alike! It is such Śānti that the Veda taught from the very first. The Veda has always taught unity. The scholars of today do not try to tell this secret. That is not their fault. They do not know it themselves, poor fellows; what can they do? From the very first, the Veda began with unity. ‘Saha nāvavatu, saha nau bhunaktu, saha vīryaṃ karavāvahai....’ All must live together in harmony. For that:
Together, in harmony, let us move; together, in harmony, let us grow; together, in harmony, let us nourish the understanding we have gained; together, in harmony, let us increase wealth, friendship, strength and virtue; together, in harmony, with our wealth, let us live as friends:
so the Veda taught from the very first. All must live together in harmony.