Question: Dear Modi ji, can you please define secularism? Why is it that the media and the Congress have ‘communalized’ this word?
Name : Rohit Trivedi, (London UK)
The Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi has shared a Sanskrit Subhashitam highlighting the importance of living with self-respect, courage and dignity. He emphasised that true valour and strength lie in remaining steadfast in one’s principles and values, without compromising them under any circumstances.
The Prime Minister shared a Sanskrit Subhashitam-
“उद्यच्छेदेव न नमेदुद्यमो ह्येव पौरुषम्।
अप्यपर्वणि भज्येत न नमत्वेव कस्यचित्॥”
The Subhashitam conveys that a person should always live with self-respect, courage and dignity. True valor and strength lie in never compromising one's principles and values under any circumstances, but remaining steadfast in one's ideals with truth, patience and self-pride.
The Prime Minister wrote on X;
“उद्यच्छेदेव न नमेदुद्यमो ह्येव पौरुषम्।
अप्यपर्वणि भज्येत न नमत्वेव कस्यचित्॥”
उद्यच्छेदेव न नमेदुद्यमो ह्येव पौरुषम्।
— Narendra Modi (@narendramodi) August 18, 2026
अप्यपर्वणि भज्येत न नमत्वेव कस्यचित्॥ pic.twitter.com/J3RmJqQXun
