Satyameva Jayate (; ) is a part of a mantra from the Hindu scripture Mundaka Upanishad. Following the independence of India, it was adopted as the national motto of India on 26 January 1950, the day India became a republic. In the national emblem of India, it is inscribed in the Devanagari script below the Lion Capital of Ashoka and forms an integral part of the emblem. The emblem, including "Satyameva Jayate", is inscribed on one side of all Indian currency and national documents.
The origin of the motto is the mantra 3.1.6 from the Mundaka Upanishad, which reads:
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The phrase is composed of the words satyam ("truth"), ' (emphatic particle, ~"indeed"), and ("conquers").
Popular connotations also include:
The slogan was popularized and brought into the national lexicon by Pandit Madan Mohan Malaviya in 1918 when serving his second of four terms as president of the Indian National Congress.