The Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi, today unveiled the Trophy for the BRICS U-17 Football Tournament in New Delhi.
The MoS (I/C) for Youth Affairs and Sports, Shri Vijay Goel; and the President of the All India Football Federation, Shri Praful Patel, were present on the occasion. Ambassadors from BRICS countries were also present.
The Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi, shared a Sanskrit Subhashitam highlighting the virtue of selfless service and the noble ideal of working for the welfare of others without expecting anything in return:
"किं चन्द्रमाः प्रत्युपकारलिप्सया करोति गोभिः कुमुदावबोधनम्।
स्वभाव एवोन्नतचेतसां सतां परोपकारव्यसनं हि जीवितम्॥"
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किं चन्द्रमाः प्रत्युपकारलिप्सया करोति गोभिः कुमुदावबोधनम्।
स्वभाव एवोन्नतचेतसां सतां परोपकारव्यसनं हि जीवितम्॥
किं चन्द्रमाः प्रत्युपकारलिप्सया करोति गोभिः कुमुदावबोधनम्।
— Narendra Modi (@narendramodi) August 7, 2026
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