Now, Sir, coming to the real meaning of this word religion’, I assert that `Dharma’ in the most comprehensive sense should be interpreted to mean the true values of religion or of the spirit. `Dharma’, which we have adopted in the crest or the seal of our Constituent Assembly and which you will find on the printed proceedings of our debates: (“Dharma Chakra pravartanaya”)–that spirit, Sir, to my mind, should be inculcated in the citizens of the Indian Union. If honourable Members will care to go just outside this Assembly hall and look at the dome above, they will see a sloka in Sanskrit: “Na sa Sabha yatra na santi vriddha Vriddha na te ye na vadanti dharmam.” That `Dharma’, Sir, must be our religion. `Dharma’ of which the poet has said. Yenedam dharyate jagat (that by which this world is supported.)
