Satyameva Jayate Explained

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Hi:सत्यमेव जयते
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Mr:सत्यमेव जयते
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Maithili:सत्यमेव जयते
Mni:ꯁꯇ꯭ꯌꯃꯦꯋ ꯖꯌꯇꯦ

Satyameva Jayate 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

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 nānṛtaṃsatyena panthā vitato devayānaḥyenākramantyṛṣayo hyāptakāmāyatra tat satyasya paramaṃ nidhānam[4]
In English:
Truth alone triumphs; not falsehood.Through truth the divine path is spread outby 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

Popular connotations also include:

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

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Mundaka Upanishad . IIT Kanpur . 2020-06-04 . 4 June 2020 . 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 . dead .
  2. Web site: Motto for State Emblem. Press Information Bureau of India - Archive. 8 August 2017. 8 August 2017. https://web.archive.org/web/20170808194446/http://pib.nic.in/archive/docs/DVD_38/ACC%20NO%20806-BR/HOM-1949-05-30_393.pdf. live.
  3. 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 . 6.11.1 . 2008-09-26 . 3 July 2011 . https://web.archive.org/web/20110703134243/http://164.100.47.5/book2/reports/home_aff/116threport.htm . live .
  4. Web site: The Mundaka Upanishad with Shankara's Commentary. 21 February 2016. Wisdom Library. 12 December 2017. 26 June 2020. https://web.archive.org/web/20200626171356/https://www.wisdomlib.org/hinduism/book/mundaka-upanishad-shankara-bhashya/d/doc145127.html. live.
  5. Web site: The Mundaka Upanishad:Third Mundaka, First Khanda. Swami Krishnananda. swami-krishnananda.org. 8 September 2014. 21 December 2010. https://web.archive.org/web/20101221053512/http://swami-krishnananda.org/mundak/mun_3-1.html. live.
  6. (Max Muller (SBE 15))
  7. (Radhakrishnan, The Principal Upanishads) - citations from Mehendale
  8. Web site: 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.. 8 September 2014. 13 March 2013. https://web.archive.org/web/20130313071122/http://indiaculture.nic.in/indiaculture/pdf/Final%20Minutes_MMM-26july,%202011.pdf. live.

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