शोक वाटिका śhōk vāṭikā

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.

Hindi · n. · f.

Earlier definition

Definition

Garden of sorrow, grief, sadness.
When Sītā comes out of the circle of protection drawn by Rām, the demon Rāvaṇ captures her. The garden where Sītā is imprisoned is called in the scriptures aśhōk vāṭikā "garden without sorrow". But since it is in fact a garden where sorrow is found, Baba gives it the name śhōk vāṭikā "garden of sorrow".

Usual translation

cottage of sorrow

Origin of the definition

Shok vatika. Cottage of sorrow (iron age).

Shokvaateeka शोकवाटिका. Cottage of sorrow.

सीता sītā. Sita, the spouse of Rama. In His murlis Baba says, “All of you are Sitas, that is My brides. You were enslaved by Ravan, the five vices, and I, Rama, come here in order to liberate you and take you to your home and your kingdom. Sita is symbolic of faithfulness and purity but on the other hand she is a reminder that any disobedience of shrimat, the advice of the Supreme Father, takes the soul to Shok Vatika (the cottage of sorrow).

शोक śhōk (sanskrit)

Sorrow, grief, sadness.

वाटिका vāṭikā (sanskrit)

A small garden.