सत्यमेव जयते

satyam eva jayate

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“Truth alone triumphs. (Mundaka Upanishad 3.1.6; national motto)”

मूल Original

सत्यमेव जयते

Sanskrit, in its own script.

उच्चारण How it sounds

satyam eva jayate

Read it aloud — IAST transliteration.

अर्थ What it means

Truth alone triumphs. (Mundaka Upanishad 3.1.6; national motto)

A thought about truth.

स्रोत Where it comes from

Vyasa (Mahabharata)

Vyasa's vast epic of a family at war, and what dharma asks of us.

Public domain · Ancient / pre-1960 text

When someone asks, “What does your T-shirt say?”

It's from Mahabharata, in Sanskrit. It means: “Truth alone triumphs. (Mundaka Upanishad 3.1.6; national motto)”

That's the whole idea. One line, and a conversation about something that has mattered for a thousand years.

If this stayed with you

अहिंसा परमो धर्मः

“Non-violence is the highest duty.”

धर्मो रक्षति रक्षितः

“Dharma protects those who protect it.”

असतो मा सद्गमय

“Lead me from the unreal to the real.”