Gandhi holds that there is a close link between truth and satyagraha. Satyagraha is the non-violent resistance to remove injustice from social life and usher in a just system. A true Satyagrahi must remain committed to truth and non-violence. It is truth personified in action in all its purity. Very often Gandhi speaks of Satyagraha as soul-force born out of truth, justice and non-violence. Since truth is considered as the highest moral ideal and Satyagraha is the means to strive for the ideal they are nevertheless intimately connected. Truth is the end and Satyagraha is the means. As end and means are convertible according to Gandhi so too truth and satyagraha as they are the end and the means respectively. Further Gandhi relates truth with non-violence. One cannot be non-violent without remaining truthful. Any act of non-violence is a manifestation of truth. In its immanent form truth is the expression of non-violent action.

Further Gandhi identifies truth with God. There can be unanimity with regard to truth but not with regard to God. The concept of God may be different to different people. Again there are skeptics, agnostics, atheists, naturalists, positivists, materialistic etc., who do not accept any supernatural deity called God. Though they are skeptical about the existence of God, no one will deny truth. For negation of truth is the denial of knowledge, morality and all that is ideal in human life. So denial of truth is not possible. Gandhi initially believed that God is truth. This may be because of his theistic upbringing. But gradually with intellectual maturity he realized that god is a matter of personal belief but not a proven reality. So he changed his version and maintained that “Truth is God”.

Gandhi’s interpretation of truth has multifarious implications. He gives stipulative meanings to truth on different occasions. Instead of using the term in its conventional meaning, he has added various new meanings to it. The term has metaphysical, ontological, moral and mystical significance in Gandhi’s writings. When a term is used equivocally it is likely to create ambiguity and confusion.