📅 Hindi Lesson – Murli of August 28, 2025

📅 Murli sentence of August 28, 2025

📜 Hindi

कर्म तो आत्मा करती है ना।

🔤 Transliteration

karma to ātmā kartī hai na ?

💬 Translation

It is the soul that performs the action, isn’t it?

📚 Vocabulary

Word	Meaning	Notes
कर्म (karma)	action, deed	In Indian philosophy, karma is not only the act itself but also its consequences.
तो (to)	as for…, indeed, it is…	Emphatic particle. Highlights the preceding word.
आत्मा (ātmā)	soul, self	Feminine noun in Hindi. Distinguished from the body (शरीर / śarīr).
करती है (kartī hai)	does, performs	Verb करना (karna = to do). Here feminine singular, agreeing with आत्मा.
ना (na)	isn’t it?, right?	Soft, conversational ending particle seeking agreement.

⚙️ Grammar

1. Emphasis with तो (to)
   1. "कर्म तो आत्मा करती है" = “It is the soul (not the body) that performs the actions.”
2. Verb agreement
   1. आत्मा is feminine → verb is करती (kartī) instead of करता (kartā).
3. Ending particle ना (na)
   1. Common in spoken Hindi. It makes the statement gentle and engaging: “don’t you agree?”

🪔 Cultural & philosophical background

🌿 In classical Indian philosophy:

• Karma means action (physical, mental, or verbal) and its moral causality.
• The soul (ātman) is often seen as the true doer, while the body is merely an instrument.
• However, some schools (e.g. Sāṃkhya) describe the soul as a witness only, not the actual doer — showing diversity of views.

🧘🏻‍♂️ In the Brahma Kumaris understanding:

• This sentence is almost a spiritual motto.
• They stress:
  • The soul is the actor, the doer of karma.
  • The body is just a vehicle (yantra).
  • Recognizing this helps develop soul-consciousness (ātma-abhimān) instead of body-consciousness (śarīr-abhimān).
• It also emphasizes personal responsibility: every karma (thought, word, deed) comes from the soul, so the soul inherits the fruit (karma-phala).

✅ Summary

• The sentence underlines a profound truth:

👉 It is not the body, but the soul, that truly acts.

• It combines:
  • emphasis (तो / to)
  • proper verb agreement (आत्मा → करती)
  • soft confirmation (ना / na).

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