📅 Hindi Lesson – Murli of August 17, 2025

📅 Murli sentence of August 17, 2025

📜 Hindi

कब शब्द है आलस्य, अब शब्द है तुरत दान महापुण्य।

🔤 Transliteration

Kab shabd hai ālasy, ab shabd hai turat dān mahāpuṇya.

💬 Translation

The word "when" is laziness; the word "now" is immediate charity and great virtue.

📚 Vocabulary

Hindi Word	Transliteration	English Meaning
कब	kab	when
शब्द	shabd	word
है	hai	is
आलस्य	ālasy	laziness
अब	ab	now
तुरत	turat	immediately, right away
दान	dān	donation, act of giving
महापुण्य	mahāpuṇya	great spiritual merit

⚙️ Grammar

1. Parallel Construction

This proverb uses two parallel phrases to contrast procrastination vs. prompt action:

• "Kab shabd hai ālasy" → "The word 'kab' (when) is laziness"
  • The word "kab" is metaphorically used to represent delay or procrastination.
  • Saying “When will I do it?” implies postponement.
• "Ab shabd hai turat dān mahāpuṇya" → "The word 'ab' (now) is immediate charity and great virtue"
  • The word "ab" represents immediate action.
  • When a good deed (like giving) is done right away, it becomes highly virtuous.

2. Metaphorical Use of "शब्द (shabd)" – “Word”

• Here, "kab" and "ab" are not just time indicators, but symbols of attitudes:
  • "Kab shabd" → attitude of delaying
  • "Ab shabd" → attitude of acting now

3. Compound Words

• "Turat dān" → "Immediate giving"
  • Turat = instantly
  • Dān = donation, generosity
• "Mahāpuṇya" → "Great virtue"
  • Mahā = great
  • Puṇya = spiritual merit or virtue

💡 Deeper Meaning / Moral

This proverb teaches an ethical lesson:

• When someone delays doing a good deed by saying "I'll do it later", that's laziness.
• But if someone acts immediately, especially in giving, it becomes a highly virtuous act.

⏱️ Acting promptly (especially in charity, kindness, or helping others) is far better than procrastinating with excuses.

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