Satyameva Jayate
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"Satyameva Jayate" (satyam-eva jayate सत्यमेव जयते) (Sanskrit: "Truth Alone Triumphs") is the national motto of India[1]. It is inscribed in Devanagari script at the base of the national emblem, which is an adaptation of the Lion Capital of Asoka at Sarnath, near Varanasi in the north Indian state of Uttar Pradesh. The origin of the motto is a well-known mantra 3.1.6 from the Mundaka Upanishad [1]. Full mantra as follows.
satyameva jayate nānṛtaṁ
satyena panthā vitato devayānaḥ |
yenā kramantyṛṣayo hyāptakāmā
yatra tat satyasya paramaṁ nidhānam ||[2]
In devanāgarī :
सत्यमेव जयते नानृतम् सत्येन पन्था विततो देवयानः । येनाऽऽक्रमन्त्यृषयो ह्याप्तकामा यत्र तत् सत्यस्य परं निधानं ॥
Meaning:
Truth alone triumphs; not falsehood.
Through truth the divine path is spread out by which
the sages whose desires have been completely fulfilled,
reach where that supreme treasure of Truth resides.[3]
Popular connotations also include: (1) 'Truth alone triumphs', or (2) 'Truth alone conquers, not falsehood', or (3) 'The true prevails, not the untrue' (Max Muller (SBE 15), or (4) 'Truth alone conquers, not untruth' (Radhakrishnan, The Principal Upanisads) - citations from Mehendale
,or (5) 'Truth Alone Triumphs ,not(na) that against(ana) Sacred law(Rta)
The motto of the Czech Republic and its predecessor Czechoslovakia, "Pravda vítězí" ("Truth Prevails") has a similar meaning.
[edit] References
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- ^ Sanskrit Documents. "muṇḍakopaniṣat". http://sanskritdocuments.org/doc_upanishhat/mundaka.itx.
- ^ Swami Krishnananda. "The Mundaka Upanishad:Third Mundaka, First Khanda". http://www.swami-krishnananda.org/mundak/mun_3-1.html.
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