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GUIDE TO PARLIAMENT HOUSE"

Inscriptions : There are several passages of noble words inscribed at prominent
places in the Parliament House building, which serve as the guiding spirit for the
deliberations in the two Houses of Parliament and do not fail to attract the atten­
tion of the visitors.

Some of these quotations are in Sanskrit, others are in Arabic or Persian. The
location of the quotations and their equivalents in English are given below:—

Above the Speaker's Chair :

For the rotation of the wheel of righteousness.

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On Gate No. i and on the gate of the Lobby of Lok Sabha leading to the Central
Hall'.

Open the door to thy people
And let us see thee
For the obtaining of the
Sovereignty.

On the dome near Lift No. i:

That's not an Assembly
Where there are no eldermen,
Those are not elders,
Who don't speak with righteousness,
That's no righteousness,
Where there is not truth,
That's not the truth,
Which leads one to deceit.

On the dome near Lift No. 2:

One must not either enter an
Assembly Hall or he must speak
there with all the righteousness,
For one who does not speak or
one who speaks falsely,
Does himself in the equal sin involve.

On the dome near Lift No. 3:

Kindness, friendliness to all
Charity and sweet tongue,
Such coincidence has not been
found (in one object) in all
the three worlds.

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