Communal Relations - Conflicting Narratives

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Asatoma Ma Sadgamaya
tamaso ma jyotirgamaya
mrtyorma amrtam gamaya

(lead me from the asat to the sat
lead me from darkness to light
lead me from death to immortality)
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Lakhs of kids in Kendiriya Vidyalayas (Central Scools) sing this after the Ode-to-Knowledge (Daya kar daan, Vidya kaa..) in the daily Morning Assembly.

We knew the meaning (transaltion), but not the source of this.

I am glad that KVs have so far been free of controversies regarding the 'Hindu/Sanskritic' origin of the prayers, which for all purposes, are secular.
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(Brhadaranyaka Upanishad — I.iii.28)