Independence Day Sanskrit Greetings and Quotes | 15 August

Join Cultural Samvaad’s WhatsApp Community

Shloka from the Vishnu Purana – गायन्ति देवाः किल | Blessed to be born in Bharat

Shloka from the Vishnu Purana – उत्तरं यत्समुद्रस्य | Geography of India

Shloka from the Vishnu Purana – अत्र जन्मसहस्त्राणां | One has to accumulate merit to be born in India

Quote from the Ramayana  – जननी जन्मभूमिश्च स्वर्गादपि गरीयसी

Sanskrit Verse from the Rig Veda  – गच्छध्वं संवदध्वं  –  May we move in harmony

Sanskrit Verse from the Atharva Veda  – जनं बिभ्रती बहुधा  –  There is unity in Diversity in India

Sanskrit Quote from Yajur Veda – वयं राष्ट्रे जागृयाम पुरोहिताः | Let us remain vigilant for our nation

Vande Mataram – India’s National Song –  वन्दे मातरम् 

I am an Indian – मैं भारतीय हूँ   

Watch Film on India@75

Independence Day Thought  – Keep Moving | कदम कदम बढ़ाये जा 

जय हिन्द | Jai Hind

Freedom – Rabindranath’s Famous Poem | Where the mind is without fear

Editor’s Note: India, that is Bharat (भारत), celebrates her Independence Day (स्वतंत्रता दिवस) on the 15th of August every year. It is the day a nation comes together not only to celebrate freedom from the clutches of colonial rule on August, 15, 1947, but also to reflect on the journey thus far and the way forward… In the images above, we have curated some of the loftiest quotes in Sanskrit and other languages from India on the motherland and nation building. Please feel to use them to wish each other on Independence Day. Jai Hind! जय हिन्द!