Vasudhaiva Kutumbakam Song

Lyrics:

येषामतिशर्मदा सर्वान् प्रति सर्वदा गर्वाद्यतिदूरगा भान्ती हृदये दया ।
तेषाममलात्मनां याता वसुधाम्बतां पितृतां गतमम्बरं जगदेव कुटुम्बकम् ।।
जात्यादिषु डम्बरं हित्वा विश्वंभरं पश्यन् समवीक्षणः सञ्चर सुविचक्षण ।
चिन्तय हृदि शङ्करं सन्ततमभयङ्करं गतभेदविडम्बकं वसुधैव कुटुंबकम् ।।
जहतामसमानतां जगतां वहतां मुदां हृदये सकलात्मतां स्मरतां चरतां सताम् ।
सततं शुभकारिणां भयशोकनिवारिणां सकलेष्वनुकम्पया जगदेति कुटुम्बताम् ।।

yeshaamatisharmadaa sarvaan prati sarvadaa garvaadyatidooragaa bhaantee hri'daye dayaa .
teshaamamalaatmanaam yaataa vasudhaambataam pitri'taam gatamambaram jagadeva kut'umbakam ..
jaatyaadishu d'ambaram hitvaa vishvambharam pashyan samaveekshanah' sanchara suvichakshana .
chintaya hri'di shankaram santatamabhayankaram gatabhedavid'ambakam vasudhaiva kut'umbakam ..
jahataamasamaanataam jagataam vahataam mudaam hri'daye sakalaatmataam smarataam charataam sataam .
satatam shubhakaarinaam bhayashokanivaarinaam sakaleshvanukampayaa jagadeti kut'umbataam ..

Meaning:

येषामतिशर्मदा सर्वान् प्रति सर्वदा गर्वाद्यतिदूरगा भान्ती हृदये दया ।
तेषाममलात्मनां याता वसुधाम्बतां पितृतां गतमम्बरं जगदेव कुटुम्बकम् ।।

Those whose hearts always shine with compassion toward everyone,
Those who are completely free from pride and ego,
Those whose inner nature is pure and spotless—

For such noble souls, the earth becomes like their mother,
The sky becomes like their father,
And the entire world becomes their family.

जात्यादिषु डम्बरं हित्वा विश्वंभरं पश्यन् समवीक्षणः सञ्चर सुविचक्षण ।
चिन्तय हृदि शङ्करं सन्ततमभयङ्करं गतभेदविडम्बकं वसुधैव कुटुंबकम् ।।

O wise person, abandon the pride of caste, status, and external identity.
See the whole world with equal vision.
Move through life with this understanding.

Meditate in your heart on Shankara, the remover of fear,
Who is beyond all divisions and differences.
Then you will realize that the whole world is truly one family.

जहतामसमानतां जगतां वहतां मुदां हृदये सकलात्मतां स्मरतां चरतां सताम् ।
सततं शुभकारिणां भयशोकनिवारिणां सकलेष्वनुकम्पया जगदेति कुटुम्बताम् ।।

Those who give up the sense of inequality,
Those who spread joy in the world,
Those who constantly remember that the same Self exists in all beings,
Those who live as noble and righteous people—

Those who always do good,
Those who remove fear and sorrow,
Those who show compassion toward everyone—
For them, the whole world truly becomes one family.

Core message of the entire song:
Compassion removes separation.
Ego creates division; humility creates unity.
Seeing the same divine Self in everyone dissolves boundaries.
When the heart expands, the world becomes family.
This is the true meaning of ‘Vasudhaiva Kutumbakam’ — the world is one family.

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