Meanings
- Satyameva Jayate; national motto of India, meaning "truth alone triumphs"
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सत्यमेव जयते नानृतं सत्येन पन्था विततो देवयानः। येनाक्रमन्त्यृषयो ह्याप्तकामा यत्र तत् सत्यस्य परमं निधानम्॥ Truth alone triumphs, not falsehood; by truth is the path spread out, the way of the gods, by which the self-controlled seers attain that supreme abode of Truth, where there is the greatest treasure.
Mundaka Upanishad 3.1.6
Origin
- Sanskritसत्यमेव जयते
- EnglishSatyameva Jayate
Borrowed from Sanskrit सत्यमेव जयते (satyameva jayate).
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Chinese Mandarin 唯真理得勝 /唯真理得胜
- 唯真理得勝 /唯真理得胜 (wéi zhēnlǐ déshèng)Truth alone Triumphs
Hindi सत्यमेव जयते
- सत्यमेव जयते (satyamev jayte)Truth alone Triumphs
Japanese サティヤメーヴァ・ジャヤテー
- サティヤメーヴァ・ジャヤテー (satiyamēva jayatē)Truth alone Triumphs
Korean 사티야메바 자야테
- 사티야메바 자야테 (satiyameba jayate)Truth alone Triumphs
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