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{{Short description|National motto of India}}{{other uses|Satyamev Jayate (disambiguation)}}
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{{other uses|Satyamev Jayate (disambiguation)}}
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{{Infobox Hindu term|en='''Truth Alone Triumphs'''|sa=सत्यमेव जयते|sa-Latn=Satyameva jayate|bho=𑂮𑂞𑂹𑂨𑂧𑂵𑂫 𑂔𑂨𑂞𑂵|bn=সত্যমেব জয়তে|as=সত্যমেৱ জয়তে|gu=સત્યમેવ જયતે|hi=सत्यमेव जयते|kn=ಸತ್ಯಮೇವ ಜಯತೇ|magahi=𑀲𑀢𑁆𑀬𑀫𑁂𑀯 𑀚𑀬𑀢𑁂|mai=सत्यमेव
 
जयते|mr=सत्यमेव जयते|or=ସତ୍ୟମେବ ଜୟତେ|ta=வாய்மையே வெல்லும்|ta-Latn=Vāymaiyē vellum|ml=സത്യമേവ ജയതേ|te=సత్యమేవ జయతే|pa=ਸੱਤਿਆਮੇਵ ਜਯਤੇ|ur=ستیمیو جئیتے|Maithili=सत्यमेव जयते|mni=ꯁꯇ꯭ꯌꯃꯦꯋ ꯖꯌꯇꯦ|ks-Shrd=𑆱𑆠𑇀𑆪𑆩𑆼𑆮 𑆘𑆪𑆠𑆼|ks=𑆱𑆠𑇀𑆪𑆩𑆼𑆮 𑆘𑆪𑆠𑆼}}
'''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
'''Satyameva Jayate''' ({{IPA|sa|sɐt̪jɐmeːʋɐ d͡ʒɐjɐt̪eː|link=yes}}; {{lit|'''Truth Alone Triumphs'''}}) is a part of a ''[[mantra]]'' from the [[Hindu texts|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 |archive-date=4 June 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200604085550/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 |url-status=dead}}</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|access-date=8 August 2017|archive-date=8 August 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170808194446/http://pib.nic.in/archive/docs/DVD_38/ACC%20NO%20806-BR/HOM-1949-05-30_393.pdf|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal
| last = Department related parliamentary standing committee on home affairs
  | publication-date = 2005-08-25
  | publication-date =2005-08-25
  | title = One hundred and sixteenth report on the state emblem of India (Prohibition of improper use) Bill, 2004
  | title = One hundred and sixteenth report on the state emblem of India (Prohibition of improper use) Bill, 2004
  | publication-place = New Delhi
  | publication-place = New Delhi
  | publisher = Rajya Sabha Secretariat, New Delhi
  | publisher = Rajya Sabha Secretariat
  | page =6.11.1
| location = New Delhi
  | page = 6.11.1
| journal = Government of India
  | url = http://164.100.47.5/book2/reports/home_aff/116threport.htm
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  | access-date = 2008-09-26
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  | archive-date = 3 July 2011
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.
| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20110703134243/http://164.100.47.5/book2/reports/home_aff/116threport.htm
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In the [[State Emblem of India|national emblem of India]], it is inscribed in the [[Devanagari]] script below the [[Lion Capital of Ashoka]] and forms an integral part of the emblem. The emblem, including "Satyameva Jayate", is inscribed on one side of all [[Indian currency]] and national documents.
[[File:Satyamev Jayate.jpg|thumb|The inscription of the "Satyamev Jayate" at the premises of the [[Mumbai Central railway station|Mumbai Central Railway Terminus]] in India. Photo captured by [[commons:User:Sntshkumar750|Santosh Chaudhary]] ]]
[[File:Emblem of India.svg|thumb|185px|[[State Emblem of India]] contains the phrase ''Satyameva Jayate''.]]


==Origin==
== Origin ==
The origin of the motto is ''[[mantra]]'' 3.1.6 from the ''[[Mundaka Upanishad]]''. The mantra is as follows:
The origin of the [[motto]] is the [[mantra]] 3.1.6 from the ''[[Mundaka Upanishad]]'', which reads:


;In Devanāgarī script
;In the Devanāgarī script
<blockquote><poem>
<blockquote><poem>{{lang|sa|
सत्यमेव जयते नानृतं सत्येन पन्था विततो देवयानः ।
'''सत्यमेव जयते''' नानृतं सत्येन पन्था विततो देवयानः।
येनाक्रमन्त्यृषयो ह्याप्तकामा यत्र तत् सत्यस्य परमं निधानम् ॥<ref name="iitk"/>
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>
</poem>
</blockquote>
</blockquote>
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<blockquote>
<blockquote>
<poem>
<poem>
''satyameva jayate nānṛtaṃ''
'''''satyameva jayate''' nānṛtaṃ''
''satyena panthā vitato devayānaḥ''
''satyena panthā vitato devayānaḥ''
''yenākramantyṛṣayo hyāptakāmā''
''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>
''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|date=21 February 2016|publisher=Wisdom Library|access-date=12 December 2017|archive-date=26 June 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200626171356/https://www.wisdomlib.org/hinduism/book/mundaka-upanishad-shankara-bhashya/d/doc145127.html|url-status=live}}</ref>
</poem>
</poem>
</blockquote>
</blockquote>
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<blockquote>
<blockquote>
<poem>
<poem>
[[Satya|Truth]] alone triumphs; not [[anṛta|falsehood]].
'''Truth Alone Triumphs'''; not falsehood.
Through truth the divine path is spread out
Through truth the divine path is spread out
by which the sages whose desires have been completely fulfilled,
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>
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|website=swami-krishnananda.org|access-date=8 September 2014|archive-date=21 December 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101221053512/http://swami-krishnananda.org/mundak/mun_3-1.html|url-status=live}}</ref>
</poem>
</poem>
</blockquote>
</blockquote>


==Popular connotations==
The phrase is composed of the words ''[[Satya|satyam]]'' ("truth"), ''[[wikt:एव|eva]]'' (emphatic particle, ~"indeed"), and [[wikt:जयते|jayate]] ("conquers").
 
== Popular connotations ==
Popular connotations also include:
Popular connotations also include:
* 'Truth stands Invincible'
* 'Truth stands Invincible'
* 'Truth alone conquers, not falsehood'
* 'Truth alone conquers, not falsehood'
* 'The true prevails, not the untrue'<ref>(Max Muller (SBE 15))</ref>
* 'The true prevails, not the untrue'<ref>(Max Muller (SBE 15))</ref>
* 'Veritas Vincit', a direct Latin translation.  
* '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 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]])
* 'Truth Alone Triumphs, not that against Sacred law ([[Rta]])
* Vaymaiye Vellum ([[Tamil language|Tamil]]: வாய்மையே வெல்லும்)
* 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>
The slogan was popularized 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.|access-date=8 September 2014|archive-date=13 March 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130313071122/http://indiaculture.nic.in/indiaculture/pdf/Final%20Minutes_MMM-26july,%202011.pdf|url-status=live}}</ref>


==See also==
==See also==
*[[List of Indian state mottos]], for mottos adopted by individual states of India
* [[Veritas vincit]], the national motto of the [[Czech Republic]] that has the same meaning.
*[[Truth prevails]], the national motto of [[Czech Republic]] that has the same meaning


==References==
== References ==
{{reflist}}
{{reflist}}


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For other uses, see Satyamev Jayate (disambiguation).

Template:Infobox Hindu term Satyameva Jayate (sa; 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] In the national emblem of India, it is inscribed in the Devanagari script below the Lion Capital of Ashoka and forms an integral part of the emblem. The emblem, including "Satyameva Jayate", is inscribed on one side of all Indian currency and national documents.

The inscription of the "Satyamev Jayate" at the premises of the Mumbai Central Railway Terminus in India. Photo captured by Santosh Chaudhary
State Emblem of India contains the phrase Satyameva Jayate.

Origin[edit | edit source]

The origin of the motto is the mantra 3.1.6 from the Mundaka Upanishad, which reads:

In the Devanāgarī script


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

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]

The phrase is composed of the words satyam ("truth"), eva (emphatic particle, ~"indeed"), and jayate ("conquers").

Popular connotations[edit | edit source]

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 that against Sacred law (Rta)
  • Vaymaiye Vellum (Tamil: வாய்மையே வெல்லும்)

The slogan was popularized 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 | edit source]

References[edit | edit source]

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Mundaka Upanishad". IIT Kanpur. Archived from the original on 4 June 2020. Retrieved 4 June 2020.
  2. ↑ "Motto for State Emblem" (PDF). Press Information Bureau of India–Archive. Archived (PDF) from the original on 8 August 2017. Retrieved 8 August 2017.
  3. ↑ "One hundred and sixteenth report on the state emblem of India (Prohibition of improper use) Bill, 2004". Government of India. New Delhi: Rajya Sabha Secretariat: 6.11.1. 25 August 2005. Archived from the original on 3 July 2011. Retrieved 26 September 2008.
  4. ↑ "The Mundaka Upanishad with Shankara's Commentary". Wisdom Library. 21 February 2016. Archived from the original on 26 June 2020. Retrieved 12 December 2017.
  5. ↑ Swami Krishnananda. "The Mundaka Upanishad:Third Mundaka, First Khanda". swami-krishnananda.org. Archived from the original on 21 December 2010. Retrieved 8 September 2014.
  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). Archived (PDF) from the original on 13 March 2013. Retrieved 8 September 2014.
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