Satyameva Jayate
"Satyameva Jayate" (satyam-eva jayate सत्यमेव जयते) (Literally: "Truth Alone Triumphs") is a Hindu mantra from the ancient scripture Mundaka Upanishad.[1] Upon independence of India, it was adopted as the national motto of India.[2] It is inscribed in Devanagari script at the base of the national emblem. The emblem and words 'Satyameva Jayate' are inscribed on one side of all Indian currency. The emblem is an adaptation of the Lion Capital of Asoka which was erected around 250 BC at Sarnath, near Varanasi in the north Indian state of Uttar Pradesh, but does not contain the motto. The origin of the motto is a well-known mantra 3.1.6 from the Mundaka Upanishad.[2] The full mantra as follows:
satyameva jayate nānṛtaṁ
satyena panthā vitato devayānaḥ |
yenākramantyṛṣayo hyāptakāmā
yatra tat satyasya paramaṁ nidhānam ||[3]
In Devanāgarī:
सत्यमेव जयते नानृतम् सत्येन पन्था विततो देवयानः ।
येनाक्रमन्त्यृषयो ह्यात्मकामो यत्र तत् सत्यस्य परमं निधानं ॥
Meaning:
Popular connotations also include:
- 'Truth stands Invincible'
- 'Truth alone triumphs'
- 'Truth alone conquers, not falsehood'
- 'The true prevails, not the untrue' [5]
- 'Truth alone conquers, not untruth' [6]
- '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
- ^ http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/music/news-and-interviews/Hindus-laud-Mick-Jagger-for-singing-in-Sanskrit/articleshow/9580267.cms
- ^ a b Department related parliamentary standing committee on home affairs (2005-08-25). One hundred and sixteenth report on the state emblem of India (Prohibition of improper use) Bill, 2004. New Delhi: Rajya Sabha Secretariat, New Delhi. p. 6.11.1. http://164.100.47.5/book2/reports/home_aff/116threport.htm. Retrieved 2008-09-26
- ^ 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.
- ^ (Max Muller (SBE 15))
- ^ (Radhakrishnan, The Principal Upanishads) - citations from Mehendale
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