National Anthem of India

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The song Jana Gana Mana, composed by Rabindranath Tagore, was adopted by the Constituent Assembly as the National Anthem of lndia on 24 January 1950. It was first sung on 27 December 1911 at the Calcutta session of the Indian National Congress. The complete song consists of five stanzas. The first stanza consists of the full version of the national anthem. It reads:

Jana-gana-mana-adhinayaka, jaya he

Bharata-bhagya-vidhata  

Punjab-Sindhu-Gujarata-Maratha-      

Dravida-Utkala-Banga           

Vindhya-Himachala-Yamuna-Ganga  

Uchchala-Jaladhi-taranga   

Tava shubha name jage  

Tava shubha ashish maange   

Gahe tava jaya-gatha  

Jana-gana-mangala-dayaka jaya he  

Bharata-bhagya-vidhata    

Jaya he, jaya he, jaya he  

Jaya jaya jaya, jaya he !     

         Playing time of the full version of the National Anthem is approximately 52 seconds. A short version consisting of first and last lines of the stanza (playing time approx. 20 seconds) is also played on certain occasions. The following is Tagore's English rendering of this stanza:

Thou art the rulers of the minds of all people,

dispenser of India's destiny.       

Thy name rouses the hearts of Punjab, Sind, Gujarat and Maratha,       

Of the Dravida and Orissa and Bengal;                 

It echoes in the hills of the Vindhyas and Himalayas, mingles in the music of Yamuna and Ganga

and is chanted by the waves of the Indian Sea.       

They pray for thy blessings and sing thy praise.                 

The saving of all people waits in thy hand,       

thou dispenser of India's destiny,                  

Victory, victory, victory to thee.

 

The song Vande Mataram, composed by Bankimchandra Chatterji, was a source of inspiration to the people in their struggles for freedom. It has a similar status with jana-gana-mana. The first political session when it was sung was the 1896 session of the Indian National congress.

Vande Mataram!

Sujalam suphalam

Malayaja sheetalam

Sasya shyamalam Mataram!

Shubhra jyotsana pulakitayamineem

Phullakusumita drumadala shobhineem

Suhasineem sumadhura bhasneem

Sukhadam, varadam Mataram!

Koti koti kantha kalakala ninadakarale

Koti koti bhujairdhrutakharakaravale

Ke bale ma tumi abale

Bahubala dharineem

Namami tarineem

Ripudala varineem

Mataram!

Tumi vidya tumi dharma

Tumi hridi tumi marma

Twam hi pranah shareere

Bahute tumi ma shakti

Hridaye tumi ma bhakti

Tomarayi pratima gadi

Mandire mandire!

Twam hi Durga dashapraharana dharinee

Kamala kamaladala viharinee

Vani vidyadayinee

Namami twam

Namami kamalam

Amalam atulam

Sujalam suphalam

Mataram

Vande Mataram!

Shyamalam saralam

Susmitam bhushitam

Dharaneem bharaneem

Mataram!

The following is the English translation of the stanza rendered by Sri Aurobindo in prose.

I bow to thee, mother,       

richly-watered, richly-fruited,       

cool with the winds of the south, dark with the       

crops of the harvests, the Mother!       

Her nights rejoicing in the glory of the       

moonlight, her lands clothed beautifully with her trees in       

flowering bloom, sweet of laughter, sweet of speech,       

the Mother, giver of boons, giver of bliss.

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