On 12.01.2008, India Post released a special cover in order to celebrate the Youth Day organised by the Ramakrishna Mission Vidyalaya, Narendrapur, Kolkata.
The cover portrays Swami Vivekananda with his famous quotation on education. It contained the word "perfection" too. But see the perfection in the cancellation. A phrase as shown below in Sanskrit is engraved --
असतो मा सद्गमय
asato mā sadgamaya
"From the unreal lead me to the Real"
A phrase "From darkness lead to light" is shown beneath. the postmark. It is not the translation of the above quoted Sanskrit phrase. "tamaso mā jyotir gamaya" should have been given as the original phrase in Sanskrit.
The authorities may say:- we have two different mottos.
Anyway both these quotes are from the Bṛhadāraṇyaka-upaniṣad (1.3.28) of the Śukḷa-yajurveda (Vājasaneya-śākhā)
On top left corner of the cover the emblem of Sri Ramakrishna Mission is given in which also is quoted a Sanskrit motto. See Swami Vivekananda in this Blog.
(Picture courtesy: Ashwin Ramesh)
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