Word

Satyameva Jayate

Sanskrit

सत्यमेव जयते

In General

Satyameva Jayate is a Sanskrit mantra from the Mundaka Upanishad that translates to "Truth alone triumphs". It serves as the national motto of India and is inscribed on the base of the national emblem and on all Indian currency

Veda

सत्यमेव जयते नानृतं सत्येन पन्था विततो देवयानः।

येनाक्रमन्त्यृषयो ह्याप्तकामा यत्र तत् सत्यस्य परमं निधानम् ॥

It is Truth that conquers and not falsehood; by Truth was stretched out the path of the journey of the gods, by which the sages winning their desire ascend there where Truth has its supreme abode.