Sanskrit is Alive! Sanskrit will Never die!!!
Compiled by London Swaminathan
Post No.1146; Dated 3rd July 2014.

Famous educational institutions around the world have their mottos in Sanskrit. It shows that Sanskrit is ever alive. It shows that Sanskrit is not only Deva Bhasa (Language of the Gods), but also the Bhasa of the educated scholars. As it is always associated with great scholars like Yajnavalkya, Maitreyi, Gargi, Kalidasa, Panini and Patanjali, even now we see only Sanskrit mottos in the scholarly institutions. World class scholars, scientists, engineers and doctors are produced by these educational institutions.
Many blogs have already listed most of the mottos listed below. What I have done ‘new’ is reproducing them subject wise so that it would be useful to quote them in articles, posts and blogs.

WORK
Most popular motto:
EXCELLENCE IN WORK IS YOGA.
Following institutes have this motto:

IIT Kharagpur-Indian Institute of Management Kozhikode –Gujarat University, Ahmedabad – Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University, Hyderabad –Madan Mohan Malaviya University of Technology, Gorakhpur–Management Development Institute, Samrat Ashok Technological Institute , Uttar Pradesh Technical University – Visvesvaraya National Institute of Technology, Nagpur , Vanavani Matriculation and Higher Secondary School, Chennai

योगः कर्मसु कौशलम् yogaH karmasu kaushalam
Excellence in work is (true) yoga.
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Kurukshetra University – yogastha kuru karmāṇi /
योगस्थ कुरु कर्माणि /
Do while steadfast in yoga
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IIT BHU (Varanasi)
कर्म ही पूजा है
Work Is Worship
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IIT Roorkee
श्रमं विना न किमपि साध्यम्
Nothing Is Possible without Hard Work
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Motilal Nehru National Institute of Technology, Allahabad –
siddhirbhavati karmajā / सिद्धिर्भवति कर्मजा /
Success is born of action
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National Institute of Technology, Durgapur –
udyogah purushasya lakshanam / उद्योगः पुरुषस्य लक्षणं
Industry is man’s objective.
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National Institute of Technology, Hamirpur –
Udyamena hi siddhayānti kāryāṇi na manorathaiḥ / उद्यमेन हि सिद्धयान्ति कार्याणि न मनोरथैः /
A goal is achieved through labour, not by desire only (from Nīti Śatakaḥ by Bhartṛhari).
Full text: Udyamena hi siddhayānti kāryāṇi na manorathaiḥ| na hī suptasya simhasya mukhe praviśanti mṛgaḥ|| (A goal is achieved through labour, not by desire only. As a deer by himself wouldn’t enter the mouth of a sleeping lion.
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National Institute of Technology, Kurukshetra –
śramonavarata ceṣṭā ca / श्रमोनवरत चेष्टा च
Tireless effort and attempt
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College of Engineering, Trivandrum –
karma jyayoghya karmanah
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All India Institute of Medical Sciences –
śarīramādyaṃ khalu dharmasādhanam / शरीरमाद्यं खलु धर्मसाधनम् /
Body alone is the instrument of doing all duties/deeds, Kumarsambhavam
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KNOWLEDGE & WISDOM
IIT Bombay
ज्ञानं परमं ध्येयम् GYaanaM paramaM dhyeyam

Knowledge is the Supreme Goal.
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IIT Guwahati
ज्ञान ही शक्ति है jñān hee shakti hai
Knowledge Is Power.
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IIT Indore
ज्ञानम् सर्वजनहिताय
Knowledge is for the well-being of everyone.
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IIT Patna
विद्यार्थी लभते विद्याम vidyarthi labhate vidyam
One who aspires wisdom, attains it.
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IIT Jodhpur
त्वं ज्ञानमयो विज्ञानमयो असि
You are the entire knowledge and science.
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Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad –
vidyā viniyogāt vikāsaḥ / विद्या विनियोगात् विकासः /
Progress comes from proper application of knowledge.
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Indian Institute of Management Bangalore –
tejasvi nāvadhītamastu / तेजस्वि नावधीतमस्तु /
May our knowledge become brilliant.

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Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham –
śraddhāvān labhate jñānam / श्रद्धावान् लभते ज्ञानम्
Reverent attains wisdom– Rigveda
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Andhra University and Veer Bahadur Singh Purvanchal University-
tejasvi nāvadhītamastu / तेजस्वि नावधीतमस्तु
May our knowledge become brilliant.
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Banaras Hindu University –
vidyayā amṛtaṃ aśnute / विद्ययाऽमृतमश्नुते
Eat nectar through knowledge, i.e. be immortal through knowledge
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Indian Institute of Information Technology and Management Gwalior – viśvajīvanāmṛtam jñānam / विश्वजीवनामृतम् ज्ञानम्
Knowledge is the nectar of Life.
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Banasthali Vidyapith & Birla Institute of Technology, Mesra, Ranchi , Sandipani School ,Nagpur
sā vidyā yā vimuktaye / सा विद्या या विमुक्तये
That is knowledge which liberates

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Birla Institute of Technology and Science, Pilani –
jñānaṃ paramaṃ balam / ज्ञानं परमं बलम्
Knowledge is the supreme power
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Jamnabai Narsee School Mumbai –
vidyā paramaṃ balam / विद्या परमं बलम्
Knowledge is the supreme power.
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Sainik School Rewa –
vidyaiva balam / विद्यैव बलम् /
Knowledge is Power.
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Jawahar Navodaya Vidyalaya –
prajñānam brahma / प्रज्ञानम ब्रह्म
Knowledge is the Soul.
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Manipal University –
pragyānam brahm / प्रज्ञानं ब्रह्म
Knowledge is the attainment of God.
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Cochin University of Science and Technology –
tejasvi nāvadhītamastu / तेजस्वि नावधीतमस्तु
May our knowledge become brilliant.
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Rajkumar College Raipur –
swadeshe pujyate raja vidvan sarvatra pujyate
स्वदेशे पूज्यते राजा विद्वान् सर्वत्र पूज्यते
A ruler is revered only in his kingdom, A learned man all over the world.
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University of Mysore –
Nahi Jnanena Sadrusham (Nothing is Equal to Knowledge)
Sathyamevoddharamyaham (I uphold only the truth)
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University of Moratuwa – vidyaiva sarvadhanam / विद्यैव सर्वधनम्
Knowledge is the greatest wealth.
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SUCCESS
IIT Madras
सिद्धिर्भवति कर्मजा
Effort Yields Success
Alternative translation: siddhirbhavati karmajA
success is born of action
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Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee –
śramam vinā na kimapi sādhyam / श्रमम् विना न किमपि साध्यम् /
Without effort nothing is possible
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TRUTH / Sathya
Republic of India
‘सत्यमेव जयते’ Satyameva Jayate “Truth alone triumphs”

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Acharya Nagarjuna University –
satye sarvaṃ pratiṣṭhitam / सत्ये सर्वं प्रतिष्ठितम्
Everything is established in truth.
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Sri Sathya Sai Institute of Higher Learning
satyaṃ vada dharmaṃ cara / सत्यं वद धर्मं चर
Speak the Truth, Walk the Righteous Path.
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Doordarshan :
‘सत्‍यं शिवम सुंदरम’ Satyam Shivam Sundaram
“Truth is God and God is beautiful”

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Bengal Engineering and Science University, Shibpur –
uttiṣṭha jāgrata prāpya varānnibodhata / उत्तिष्ठ जाग्रत प्राप्य वरान्निबोधत /
Arise, awake, obtaining worthy (teachers), Know (the truth))

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Delhi University –
niṣṭhā dhṛtiḥ satyam / निष्ठा धृतिः सत्यम्
Reverent dedication grasps truth.
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Kendriya Vidyalaya – tattvaṃ pūṣanapāvṛṇu / तत्त्वं पूषनपावृणु
(Lord) Remove Thou the Covering (that the Seeker may see the Truth
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The Maharaja Sayajirao University of Baroda, Vadodara
satyaṃ śivaṃ sundaram / सत्यं शिवं सुन्दरम्
Ttruth, auspiciousness, beauty.
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PRAYER FOR GUIDANCE
IIT Ropar
धीयो यो नः प्रचोदयात
Guide In The Right Direction
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IIT Kanpur–G.B. Pant Engg College (GBPEC) Pauri –Hans Raj College –Hooghly Collegiate School –Central Board of Secondary Education –Osmania University

तमसो मा ज्योतिर्गमय tamaso mā jyotirgamaya
Lead me from darkness to light
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Chaitanya Bharathi Institute of Technology –
swayam tejaswin bhava
Be self-enlightened
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Devi Ahilya Vishwavidyalaya –
dhiyo yo naḥ pracodayāt / धियो यो नः प्रचोदयात् /
May the divine savitA propel our intellect

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Indian Institute of Management Lucknow –
suprabandhe rashtra samriddhi/सुप्रबन्धे राष्ट्र समृद्धि/
Better Management for a Better Nation.
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Gujarat National Law University – Makhanlal Chaturvedi National University of Journalism and Communication –Netaji Subhas Institute of Technology, Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan.
ā no bhadrāḥ kratavo yantu viśvataḥ (1.89.1 rigveda)
आ नो भद्राः क्रतवो यन्तु विश्वतः
Let good (thoughts) come from everywhere, from all the world
– आ नो भद्राः क्रत वो यन्तु विश्वतः
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National Institute of Technology,Raipur – नित्यं यातो शुभोदयं / Nityam Yato Shubhodayam/Let the rise of goodness happen every day.
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Ramakrishna Mission – ātmano mokṣārthaṃ jagadhitāya ca / आत्मनो मोक्षार्थं जगधिताय च / Atmano mokShArthaM jagadhitAya cha
For one’s own salvation, and for the welfare of the world.
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HUMILITY
Gayatri Vidyapeeth, Shantikunj, Haridwar –
vidyā dadāti vinayam / विद्या ददाति विनयम्
Knowledge generates humility
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Rajhans Vidyalaya –
vidyā vinayena śobhate / विद्या विनयेन शोभते
Knowledge graces by humility.
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Madura College, Madurai, Tamil Nadu
Vidhya Vinayanna Sampathe
Knowledge is gained by humility

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DHARMA
National Law School of India University
dharmo rakṣati rakṣitaḥ / धर्मो रक्षति रक्षितः
Values protect the protector (of values)
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RAW: Research and Analysis Wing :
Template:धर्मो रक्षति रक्षित:’
dharmo rakhshati rakshta
Dharma protects one who protects Dharma.
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Supreme Court of India:
‘यतो धर्मस्ततो जयः’
Yato Dharmastato Jayaha
“Whence dharma, thence victory”
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Hidayatullah National Law University
Dharma Sansthapanartham
For the sake of establishing the primacy of the laws of eternal value.
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OTHER TOPICS
Indian School of Mines Dhanbad
– uttiṣṭha jāgrata prāpya varānnibodhata
उत्तिष्ठ जाग्रत प्राप्य वरान्निबोधत
Arise, Awake and Stop not till the Goal is reached (Learn by approaching excellent teachers.)
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Indian Statistical Institute
bhinneṣvaikyasya darśanam / भिन्नेष्वैक्यस्य दर्शनम्
Even in differences, see the unity “bhinneShu eva ekyasya darshanam”

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Modern School, New Delhi – “”Naimatma Balheenien Labhya””
Perfection can only be achieved by the strong /The weak cannot achieve perfection.
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Naval Construction Wing, IIT Delhi – Kritih Vishwatishayani
((May what we create be the best in the world))
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St. Xavier’s School, Bokaro –
roopāntarikaraneeyam / रूपांतरीकरणीयं
Towards self-transformation
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Sainik School, Chittorgarh
na dainyaṃ na palāyanam / न दैन्यं न पलायनम्
No misery, no running away (For a soldier, one should not seek mercy nor one should run away from the battlefield)
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Sampurnanand Sanskrit University
Sśrutam me gopāya / श्रुतम् मे गोपाय
Let my learning be safe, i.e. let it be fruitful, let me not forget my learning.
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University of Hyderabad – Sa Vidhya Ya Vimukthaye
(Education results in liberation)
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University of Peradeniya – sarvasya locanaṃ śāstram / सर्वस्य लोचनं शास्त्रम् / sarvasya lochanaM shAstram (Science is the eye of all)
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University of Pune – य: क्रियावान् स पण्डितः
yaH kriyAwAn sa paNDitaH
Learned is the one who is industrious.
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Vidya Mandir Senior Secondary School
सह वीर्यं करवावहै / saha vIryam karavAvahai
Let the teacher and student together perform great acts of strength.
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West Bengal National University of Juridical Sciences
Yuktiheena Vicharetu Dharmahnih Prajayate
Judgement Devoid of Logic Destroys Dharma.
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Arya Samaj School –
Krinvanto Vishwam Aryam / कृण्वन्तो विश्वमार्यम्
Let us make this world a noble place to live in.
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Income Tax Department- Kosh Moolo Dandah
Treasury is the root of administration.
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M. J. P. Rohilkhand University-
Charaiveti-Charaiveti / चरैवेति-चरैवेति
Keep moving, keep moving.
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Uttar Pradesh Police
Paritranaya sadhunam vinashaya cha dushkritam
For the upliftment of the good and virtuous, for the destruction of evil.
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Kingdom of Mysore” ‘न बिभॆति कदाचन’
na bibheti kadaachana “Never be terrified”
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Goa: ‘सर्वे भद्राणि पश्यन्तु मा कश्चिद्दुःखभाग्‌भवेत्’
Sarve Bhadrāni Paśyantu Mā Kaścid Duhkhabhāg bhavet
“May all perceive good, may not anyone attain unhappiness”
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Life Insurance Corporation of India:
‘योगक्षेमं वहाम्यहम्’, Yogakshemam Vahāmyaham
“I shall take care of welfare”
(taken from the Bhagavad Gita)]
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Indian Navy: ‘शं नो वरुणः’ Shanno Varuna
“May Varuna be peaceful to us”
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Indian Air Force: ‘नभःस्पृशं दीप्तम्’
Nabhaḥ-Spṛśaṃ Dīptam “Touching the Sky with Glory”
(from Bhagavad Gita: XI, Verse 24)
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Mumbai Police: ‘सद्रक्षणाय खलनिग्रहणाय’
Sadrakshanaaya Khalanigrahanaaya
“For protection of the good and control of the wicked”

Indian Coast Guard: ‘वयं रक्षामः’
Vayam Rakshāmaha “We protect”
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All India Radio: ‘बहुजनहिताय बहुजन‍सुखाय‌’
Bahujana-hitāya bahujana-sukhāya
“For the benefit of all, for the comfort of all”
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Rajputana Rifles: ‘वीरभोग्या वसुन्धरा’
Veerabhogya Vasundhara
“The earth is fit to be ruled by the brave”
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India Meteorological Department:
‘आदित्यात् जायते वृष्टिः’ Adityat Jayate Vrishtihi
“The Sun Gives Rainfall”
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Intelligence bureau :
‘जागृतं अहर्निशं’
jagratam aharnisham
Wide awake day and night
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Mottos from Foreign Countries
Nepal: ‘जननी जन्मभूमिश्च स्वर्गादपि गरीयसी’
Janani Janmabhūmisca Svargādapi garīyasi
“Mother and motherland are greater than heaven”
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Indonesian Navy: ‘जलेष्वेव जयामहे’
Jalesveva Jayamahe “On the sea we are victorious”

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Aceh Province:
‘पञ्चचित’ Pancacita “Five Goals

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