Ayam Nijah Paro Veti (Vasudhaiva Kutumbakam) — Complete Lyrics
अयं निजः परो वेति
Sanskrit text with English transliteration and translation
अयं निजः परो वेति गणना लघुचेतसाम्।
उदारचरितानां तु वसुधैव कुटुम्बकम्॥
ayaṁ nijaḥ paro veti gaṇanā laghu-cetasām।
udāra-caritānāṁ tu vasudhaiva kuṭumbakam॥
"This one is my own and that one is a stranger" — such calculation belongs to the small-minded; but for the noble-hearted, the whole world is one family. The verse contrasts the narrow reckoning of pettiness with the magnanimous vision that embraces all of humanity as kin.
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