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'''"Satyameva Jayate"''' ({{lang-sa|सत्यमेवजयते}} {{IAST|satyam-
{{Short description|National motto of India}}{{other uses|Satyamev Jayate (disambiguation)}}
a jayate|italic=yes}}; lit. "Truth alone triumphs.") is a ''[[mantra]]'' from the ancient [[Indian religions|Indian]] scripture ''Mundaka Upanishad''.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/music/news-and-interviews/Hindus-laud-Mick-Jagger-for-singing-in-Sanskrit/articleshow/9580267.cms |title=Hindus laud Mick Jagger for singing in Sanskrit - Times Of India |publisher=Timesofindia.indiatimes.com |date=2011-08-12 |accessdate=2012-05-23}}</ref> Upon independence of [[India]], it was adopted as the national motto of India.<ref>{{Cite journal
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[[Image:Emblem of India.svg|thumb|[[National Emblem of India]] contains the phrase ''Satyameva Jayate'']]
 
'''Satyameva Jayate''' ([[Sanskrit]]: [[Devanagari]]: सत्यमेव जयते, [[Eastern Nagari]]: সত্যমেব জয়তে, [[Telugu script|Telugu]]: సత్యమేవ జయతే, {{IPA-sa|s̪ɐt̪jɐ.meːʋɐ ˈd͡ʑɐ.jɐ.t̪eː|pron}}, IAST: ''{{IAST|satyam-eva jayate}}''; lit. "Truth alone triumphs") is a part of a ''[[mantra]]'' from the [[Hindu]] scripture ''[[Mundaka Upanishad]]''.<ref name="iitk">{{cite web|url=https://www.upanishads.iitk.ac.in/mundaka?language=dv&field_chap_value=3&field_sec_value=1&field_mantra_no_value=6&ecsiva=1&etgb=1&etsiva=1&setgb=1&choose=1 |title=Mundaka Upanishad |publisher=IIT Kanpur|access-date=2020-06-04}}</ref> Following the [[independence]] of [[India]], it was adopted as the [[national motto]] of India on 26 January 1950, the day India became a [[Republic Day India|republic]].<ref name="Motto">{{cite web|title=Motto for State Emblem|url=http://pib.nic.in/archive/docs/DVD_38/ACC%20NO%20806-BR/HOM-1949-05-30_393.pdf|website=Press Information Bureau of India - Archive}}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal
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It is inscribed in script at the base of the national emblem. The emblem and the words "Satyameva Jayate" are inscribed on one side of all Indian currency. The emblem is an adaptation of the Lion Capital of Ashoka which was erected around 250 BCE at Sarnath, near [[Varanasi]] in the north Indian state of [[Uttar Pradesh]]. It is inscribed on all currency notes and national documents.
It is inscribed in the [[Devanagari]] script at the base of the [[Lion Capital of Ashoka]] and forms an integral part of the [[State Emblem of India|Indian national emblem]]. The emblem and the words "Satyameva Jayate" are inscribed on one side of all [[Indian currency]] and national documents.
 
==Origin==
The origin of the motto is ''[[mantra]]'' 3.1.6 from the ''[[Mundaka Upanishad]]''. The mantra is as follows:
 
;In Devanāgarī script
<blockquote><poem>
सत्यमेव जयते नानृतं सत्येन पन्था विततो देवयानः ।
येनाक्रमन्त्यृषयो ह्याप्तकामा यत्र तत् सत्यस्य परमं निधानम् ॥<ref name="iitk"/>
</poem>
</blockquote>
 
;In Eastern Nagari script
<blockquote><poem>
সত্যমেব জয়তে নানৃতং সত্যেন পন্থা বিততো দেবয়ানঃ।
যেনাক্ৰমন্ত্যষয়ো হ্যপ্তকামা যত্র তৎ সত্যস্য পরমং নিধানম॥
</poem>
</blockquote>
 
;Transliteration
<blockquote>
<poem>
''satyameva jayate nānṛtaṃ''
''satyena panthā vitato devayānaḥ''
''yenākramantyṛṣayo hyāptakāmā''
''yatra tat satyasya paramaṃ nidhānam''<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.wisdomlib.org/hinduism/book/mundaka-upanishad-shankara-bhashya/d/doc145127.html|title=The Mundaka Upanishad with Shankara’s Commentary|publisher=Wisdom Library}}</ref>
</poem>
</blockquote>
 
;In English:
<blockquote>
<poem>
[[Satya|Truth]] alone triumphs; not [[anṛta|falsehood]].
Through truth the divine path is spread out
by which the sages whose desires have been completely fulfilled,
reach to where is that supreme treasure of Truth.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.swami-krishnananda.org/mundak/mun_3-1.html|author=Swami Krishnananda|title=The Mundaka Upanishad:Third Mundaka, First Khanda}}</ref>
</poem>
</blockquote>
 
==Popular connotations==
Popular connotations also include:
* 'Truth stands Invincible'
* 'Truth alone conquers, not falsehood'
* 'The true prevails, not the untrue'<ref>(Max Muller (SBE 15))</ref>
* 'Veritas Vincit', a direct Latin translation.
* 'Truth alone conquers, not untruth'<ref>(Radhakrishnan, ''[[The Principal Upanishads (book)|The Principal Upanishads]]'') - citations from Mehendale</ref>
* 'Truth Alone Triumphs, not (na) that against Sacred law ([[Rta]])
* Vaymaiye Vellum ([[Tamil language|Tamil]]: வாய்மையே வெல்லும்)
 
The slogan was popularised and brought into the national lexicon by [[Madan Mohan Malaviya|Pandit Madan Mohan Malaviya]] in 1918 when serving his second of four terms as President of the [[Indian National Congress]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://indiaculture.nic.in/indiaculture/pdf/Final%20Minutes_MMM-26july,%202011.pdf|title=Minutes of the first meeting of the National Committee for Commemoration of 150th Birth Anniversary of Mahamana Pandit Madan Mohan Malaviya 26 July 2011 at 6.00 pm - 7, Race Course Road, New Delhi.}}</ref>
 
==See also==
*[[List of Indian state mottos]], for mottos adopted by individual states of India
*[[Truth prevails]], the national motto of [[Czech Republic]] that has the same meaning


==References==
==References==
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Latest revision as of 21:23, 17 October 2022

For other uses, see Satyamev Jayate (disambiguation).

National Emblem of India contains the phrase Satyameva Jayate

Satyameva Jayate (Sanskrit: Devanagari: सत्यमेव जयते, Eastern Nagari: সত্যমেব জয়তে, Telugu: సత్యమేవ జయతే, pronounced [s̪ɐt̪jɐ.meːʋɐ ˈd͡ʑɐ.jɐ.t̪eː], IAST: satyam-eva jayate; lit. "Truth alone triumphs") is a part of a mantra from the Hindu scripture Mundaka Upanishad.[1] Following the independence of India, it was adopted as the national motto of India on 26 January 1950, the day India became a republic.[2][3] It is inscribed in the Devanagari script at the base of the Lion Capital of Ashoka and forms an integral part of the Indian national emblem. The emblem and the words "Satyameva Jayate" are inscribed on one side of all Indian currency and national documents.

Origin[edit]

The origin of the motto is mantra 3.1.6 from the Mundaka Upanishad. The mantra is as follows:

In Devanāgarī script

सत्यमेव जयते नानृतं सत्येन पन्था विततो देवयानः ।
येनाक्रमन्त्यृषयो ह्याप्तकामा यत्र तत् सत्यस्य परमं निधानम् ॥[1]

In Eastern Nagari script

সত্যমেব জয়তে নানৃতং সত্যেন পন্থা বিততো দেবয়ানঃ।
যেনাক্ৰমন্ত্যষয়ো হ্যপ্তকামা যত্র তৎ সত্যস্য পরমং নিধানম॥

Transliteration

satyameva jayate nānṛtaṃ
satyena panthā vitato devayānaḥ
yenākramantyṛṣayo hyāptakāmā
yatra tat satyasya paramaṃ nidhānam[4]

In English

Truth alone triumphs; not falsehood.
Through truth the divine path is spread out
by which the sages whose desires have been completely fulfilled,
reach to where is that supreme treasure of Truth.[5]

Popular connotations[edit]

Popular connotations also include:

  • 'Truth stands Invincible'
  • 'Truth alone conquers, not falsehood'
  • 'The true prevails, not the untrue'[6]
  • 'Veritas Vincit', a direct Latin translation.
  • 'Truth alone conquers, not untruth'[7]
  • 'Truth Alone Triumphs, not (na) that against Sacred law (Rta)
  • Vaymaiye Vellum (Tamil: வாய்மையே வெல்லும்)

The slogan was popularised and brought into the national lexicon by Pandit Madan Mohan Malaviya in 1918 when serving his second of four terms as President of the Indian National Congress.[8]

See also[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Mundaka Upanishad". IIT Kanpur. Retrieved 4 June 2020.
  2. ↑ "Motto for State Emblem" (PDF). Press Information Bureau of India - Archive.
  3. ↑ Department related parliamentary standing committee on home affairs (25 August 2005). "One hundred and sixteenth report on the state emblem of India (Prohibition of improper use) Bill, 2004". New Delhi: Rajya Sabha Secretariat, New Delhi: 6.11.1. Retrieved 26 September 2008. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  4. ↑ "The Mundaka Upanishad with Shankara's Commentary". Wisdom Library.
  5. ↑ Swami Krishnananda. "The Mundaka Upanishad:Third Mundaka, First Khanda".
  6. ↑ (Max Muller (SBE 15))
  7. ↑ (Radhakrishnan, The Principal Upanishads) - citations from Mehendale
  8. ↑ "Minutes of the first meeting of the National Committee for Commemoration of 150th Birth Anniversary of Mahamana Pandit Madan Mohan Malaviya 26 July 2011 at 6.00 pm - 7, Race Course Road, New Delhi" (PDF).
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