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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।

अप्यपर्वणि भज्येत न नमत्वेव कस्यचित्॥ pic.twitter.com/J3RmJqQXun

— Narendra Modi (@narendramodi) August 18, 2026