ज्ञान अंजन सतगुरू दिया, अज्ञान अंधेर विनाश gyān añjan satgurū diyā, agyān andhēr vināśhh

Hindi is also shown in Latin characters, using an adapted form of ISO 15919 transliteration.

How to read the transliteration

This site uses transliteration based on ISO 15919, with a few adaptations to make reading easier: h is added after c, ś and ṣ, and i after the vowel r̥. These adaptations bring it closer to the Hunterian system used in India while retaining the distinctive marks of ISO 15919.

Adaptations used on this site
ISO 15919On this site
cch
śśh
ṣṣh
r̥r̥i

A few reading pointers:

  • ā, ī, ū: the line above the letter indicates a long vowel.
  • ṭ, ḍ, ṇ: the dot below distinguishes retroflex consonants from t, d, n.
  • A tilde above a vowel indicates nasalisation.

Hindi · prop.

Earlier definition

Definition

When the Satguru gives the collyrium of Knowledge, the darkness of ignorance disappears.

Usual translation

  1. When the Satguru gives the ointment of knowledge, the darkness of ignorance is dispelled

Origin of the definition

अज्ञान agyān (sanskrit)

Ignorance, paucity of knowledge.

अन्धेर andhēr (hindi)

Darkness, gloom.
Violence, outrage, wrong, injustice, iniquity.
Tyranny, oppression.
Lawlessness, misrule, anarchy.

देना dēnā (hindi)

To give.

ज्ञान अंजन gyān añjan (sanskrit)

Collyrium of Gyān, collyrium of Knowledge (which allows the third eye of wisdom to open, to see things well).

ज्ञान अंजन सगतुरु दिया, अज्ञान अंधेरा विनाश. When the Satguru (Shiv Baba) gives you the ointment of Knowledge, the darkness of ignorance will get destroyed

सतगुरू satgurū (hindi)

The good spiritual guide, the true spiritual guide, God.

विनाश vināśh (sanskrit)

Utter destruction, disappearance, destruction, utter loss, ruin, death, annihilation.
(in particular) The destruction of the old world.

Created
Saturday 10 August 2024
Updated
Saturday 10 August 2024