निश्चय बुद्धि विजयन्ति, संशयबुद्धि विनश्यन्ति niśhchay buddhi vijayanti sanśhaybuddhi vinaśhyanti

Hindi is also shown in Latin characters, using an adapted form of ISO 15919 transliteration.

How to read the transliteration

This site uses transliteration based on ISO 15919, with a few adaptations to make reading easier: h is added after c, ś and ṣ, and i after the vowel r̥. These adaptations bring it closer to the Hunterian system used in India while retaining the distinctive marks of ISO 15919.

Adaptations used on this site
ISO 15919On this site
cch
śśh
ṣṣh
r̥r̥i

A few reading pointers:

  • ā, ī, ū: the line above the letter indicates a long vowel.
  • ṭ, ḍ, ṇ: the dot below distinguishes retroflex consonants from t, d, n.
  • A tilde above a vowel indicates nasalisation.

sa · prop.

Earlier definition

Definition

Those whose mind are resolute are victorious, those whose mind are hesitant perish.

Usual translation

  1. an intellect with faith leads to victory and an intellect with doubt leads to destruction

Origin of the definition

निश्चयबुद्धि विजयन्ति, संशय बुद्धि विनशयन्ति. An intellect with faith is led to victory, an intellect full of doubt is led to destruction ie., they will be defeated.

निश्चयबुद्धि niśhchaybuddhi (sanskrit)

Determined mind, assured mind, decided mind, certain mind, resolute mind.

विजय vijay (sanskrit)

Conquest, victory, triumph.

विजयन्ती vijayantī (sanskrit)

Seront victorieux (par analogie avec vinaśantī).

विनाश vināśh (sanskrit)

Utter destruction, disappearance, destruction, utter loss, ruin, death, annihilation.
(in particular) The destruction of the old world.

Created
Monday 8 May 2023
Updated
Tuesday 28 November 2023