Modi's Idea of India
Prime Minister Narendra Modi concluded his 70-plus-minute speech in the Lok Sabha by defining the “Idea of India” 18 times through a series of shlokas and maxims (mostly in Sanskrit but not all). Pheroze L. Vincent of The Telegraph reproduces below the 18 definitions Modi mentioned, their translations and origins. Modi prefixed each saying with the phrase “Idea of India” Idea of India: Satyameva Jayate (Truth alone triumphs) Mundaka Upanishad 3.1.6 Idea of India: Ahimsa paramo dharma (Non-violence is the highest duty) The Mahabharata 1.11.12 Idea of India: Ekam sad viprah bahudha vadanti (Truth is one, sages call it by various names) Rigveda I.164.46 Idea of India: Paudhe mein bhi parmatma hota hai (Even plants have God in them) Origin unknown Idea of India: Vasudhaiva kutumbakam (The whole world is one family) Mahopanishad VI.71-73 Idea of India: Sarva pantha samabhava (Same treatment for all sects) Origin unknown