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| Modi explained his idea of India as a place which will accommodate everyone with the help of 18 shlokas and popular sayings drawn from Rig Veda to Manusmriti. |
Noveber 28, 2015, NewsCrunch
Prime Minister Narendra Modi sought to reach out to the Opposition parties on Friday in Parliament by assuming a conciliatory approach.
His speech wrapped up the two-day Parliament session that had been called to celebrate the 125th birth anniversary of Dr Ambedkar.
Modi explained his idea of India as a place, which will accommodate everyone, with the help of 18 shlokas and popular sayings - drawn from various sources, Rig Veda to Manusmriti.
He delivered them by-heart prefixing Idea of India to each one of them promoting the ruling party MPs thump their desk in approval.
Pheroze L. Vincent of The Telegraph notes the 18 Idea of India definitions Modi mentioned, along with their translations and origins.
Idea of India 1:
Satyameva Jayate
Meaning
(Truth alone triumphs)
Origin
Mundaka Upanishad 3.1.6
Idea of India 2:
Ahimsa paramo dharma
Meaning
(Non-violence is the highest duty)
Origin
The Mahabharata 1.11.12
Idea of India 3:
Ekam sad viprah bahudha vadanti
Meaning
(Truth is one, sages call it by various names)
Origin
Rigveda I.164.46
Idea of India 4:
Paudhe mein bhi parmatma hota hai
Meaning
(Even plants have God in them)
Origin
unknown
Idea of India 5:
Vasudhaiva kutumbakam
Meaning
(The whole world is one family)
Origin
Mahopanishad VI.71-73
Idea of India 6:
Sarva pantha samabhava
Meaning
(Same treatment for all sects)
Origin
unknown
Idea of India 7:
Appo deepo bhava
Meaning
(Be a light unto yourself)
Origin
Buddha’s last words
Idea of India 8:
Tena tyaktena bhunjitha
Meaning
(Enjoy through renunciation)
Origin
Isavasya Upanishad
Idea of India 9:
Sarve bhavantu sukhinah/ sarve santuh niramaya/ sarve bhadrani pashyantu/ ma kaschin dukh bhag bhavet
Meaning
(Everyone should be happy and healthy/ everyone should see only the good/ and no one should suffer from misery or diseases)
Origin
Adi Shankara’s prayer (Inspired by the Brihadaranyaka Upanishad)
Idea of India 10:
Na tvaham kaamaye rajyam, na moksham na punarbhavam/ Kaamaye dukh taptanam, praninam artinaashanam
Meaning
(I desire not kingdom nor salvation nor rebirth/ I desire only an end to the sufferings of living beings)
Rantidev, a mythological king
Origin
(In Bhagavata Purana)
Idea of India 11:
Vaishnava jana toh, tene kahiye je peed paraayee jaane re
Meaning
(He is a Vaishnav who feels the pain of others)
Origin
Narsinh Mehta’s bhajan (The 15th-century bhajan was popularised by Mahatma Gandhi)
Idea of India 12:
Jan seva hi prabhu seva
Meaning
(Service of people is service of God)
Origin
Swami Vivekananda
Idea of India 13:
Saha navavatu/ Saha nau bhunaktu/ Saha veeryam karvaavahai
Meaning
(May God protect us both [teacher and student]/ May God nourish us both/ May we work together with energy and vigour)
Origin
Katha Upanishad
Idea of India 14:
Nar karani kare toh Narayan ho jaaye
Meaning
(Man can become God through his deeds)
Origin
unknown
Idea of India 15:
Nari tu Narayani
Meaning
(All women are goddesses)
Origin
unknown
Idea of India 16:
Yatra naryastu pujyante, ramante tatra devata
Meaning
(Where women are honoured, divinity blossoms there)
Origin
Manusmriti
Idea of India 17:
Aano bhadra krtavo yantu vishwatah
Meaning
(Let noble thoughts come to me from all directions)
Origin
Rig Veda
Idea of India 18:
Janani janmabhoom ishcha swargadapi gariyasi
Meaning
(Mother and motherland are superior to heaven)
Origin
Valmiki’s Ramayana