Ramayana · attributed to Ramayana
जननी जन्मभूमिश्च स्वर्गादपि गरीयसी
jananī janmabhūmiś ca svargād api garīyasī
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“Mother and motherland are greater than heaven.”
मूल Original
जननी जन्मभूमिश्च स्वर्गादपि गरीयसी
Sanskrit, in its own script.
उच्चारण How it sounds
jananī janmabhūmiś ca svargād api garīyasī
Read it aloud — IAST transliteration.
अर्थ What it means
Mother and motherland are greater than heaven.
A thought about home.
स्रोत Where it comes from
Traditional (attributed to Ramayana)
Valmiki's epic of Rama — exile, loyalty and the long road home.
Public domain · Ancient / pre-1960 text
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