स्मृति smr̥iti

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 15919	On this site
c	ch
ś	śh
ṣ	ṣh
r̥	r̥i

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.

sa · n. · f.

Documented definition

Usual or cultural meaning

Memory, the faculty of retaining and recalling what has been learned or experienced; a recollection present in the mind. In Hindu tradition, Smṛti also denotes texts of the transmitted tradition, including certain religious and legal codes.

BK meaning

In the murlis, a recollection or knowledge brought back to mind, particularly through the Father’s teaching. The word also denotes the awareness one maintains of being a soul, of the Father and of the drama, to guide one’s inner state and conduct. This awareness is meant to become lived experience and a capacity to act, beyond intellectual recall alone.

Murli examples

A recollection returning to mind

आज सभी के दिल में स्मृतियां आ रही हैं .

Published translation
Today, there are memories emerging in everyone’s heart.

Murli · daily · 2024-08-04 · hi2

Knowledge recalled through the Father

बाप आकर स्मृति दिला रहे हैं कि बच्चे तुम देवता थे .

Published translation
The Father comes and reminds you: Children, you were deities.

Murli · daily · 2022-10-24 · hi115

Awareness of oneself and the Father

याद अर्थात् स्मृति-मैं कौन , बाप कौन  ?

Published translation
Remembrance means the awareness of “Who am I? and, “Who is the Father?”

Murli · daily · 2022-01-30 · hi40

Maintained awareness and inner state

जिन्हें यह तीनों स्मृतियां सदा हैं उनकी स्थिति भी श्रेष्ठ है .

Published translation
Those who are constantly aware of these three types of awareness have an elevated stage.

Murli · daily · 2024-11-03 · hi250

Application: the Day of Remembrance

तो स्मृति दिवस अर्थात् सर्व स्मृतियों के रूहानी नशे का अनुभव करना .

Published translation
The Day of Remembrance means experiencing the spiritual intoxication of all types of awareness.

Murli · daily · 2022-05-15 · hi44

Usual translation

memory
remembrance
awareness

Proposed translations

remembrance
awareness
memory
recollection

Origin of the definition

Smriti. Memory; awareness.

Smriti स्मृति. Awareness/consciousness.

स्मृति smr̥ti. Smriti, consciousness, awareness, memory.

स्मृति smṛti smriti (nf) memory, remembrance; books of traditional code of Hindu law (as मनुस्मृति, याज्ञवल्क्य-स्मृति etc.) said to be 18 in number; ~कार author of Smriti (as मनु, याज्ञवल्क्य etc.); -चिह्न a souvenir; -पत्र a reminder; ~भ्रंश/लोप amnesia, loss of memory; ~विद् well-versed in the code of law defined in the Smritis; -शास्त्र the science of Hindu code of law as given in the Smritis; ~शास्त्रज्ञ well-versed in the Smritis; ~शेष living only in memory, late; ~सम्मत approved by or enjoined in the Smritis; ~हीन oblivious, forgetful; ~हीनता amnesia; obliviousness, forgetfulness.

S سمرتي स्मृति smr̤iti , s.f. Remembrance, recollection, memory; the body of law as delivered originally by tradition, memorial law; a law-book; law, tradition; a code of laws; — didactic poems.