📅 Hindi Lesson – Murli of 11 March 2026

📅 Murli sentence of 11 March 2026

📜 Hindi

ब्रह्मा देवताए नमः, विष्णु देवताए नमः, फिर कहते शिव परमात्माए नमः क्योंकि वह है ऊंच ते ऊंच।

🔤 Transliteration

brahmā devatāe namaḥ, viṣṇu devatāe namaḥ, phir kahte śiv paramātmāe namaḥ kyoṅki vah hai ūñc te ūñc.

💬 Translation

“Salutations to the deity Brahmā, salutations to the deity Vishnu; then it is said: salutations to Shiva, the Supreme Soul, because He is the Highest of all.”

📚 Vocabulary

⚙️ Grammar

1️⃣ The formula नमः (namaḥ)

The word नमः (namaḥ) comes from Sanskrit and means:

In classical Sanskrit mantras, नमः (namaḥ) is normally followed by the dative case.

Examples:

In these examples:

These are Sanskrit grammatical forms.

2️⃣ The unusual forms देवताए (devatāe) and परमात्माए (paramātmāe)

In the sentence we read:

These forms are neither correct classical Sanskrit nor standard Hindi.

In proper Sanskrit one would say for example:

In normal Hindi the structure would be:

The forms देवताए / परमात्माए therefore represent a hybrid style:

This kind of construction often appears in modern spiritual discourse.

3️⃣ The structure फिर कहते (phir kahte)

Thus:

फिर कहते (phir kahte)
means:

“then it is said” or “then people say”.

The subject is implicit: people, devotees, or tradition.

4️⃣ The expression ऊंच ते ऊंच (ūñc te ūñc)

This expression means:

“the highest of all.”

It is composed of:

So literally:

ऊंच ते ऊंच (ūñc te ūñc)
= “the highest among the high”.

This expression is common in spiritual Hindi discourse, especially in BK teachings.

🔱 How Shiva is usually addressed in Hinduism

In traditional Hindu practice, the most common salutation to Shiva is:

Main mantra

ॐ नमः शिवाय
oṃ namaḥ śivāya

“Salutations to Shiva.”

This is the most famous mantra of Shiva.

Other common invocations

You may also hear:

In these expressions Shiva is called:

🧘 Meaning in BK teachings

In BK knowledge this sentence expresses an important distinction.

1️⃣ The देवता (devatā)

The देवता (devatā) are divine beings of the Golden Age.

Examples:

They are pure and elevated, but they are still souls.

2️⃣ Shiva is परमात्मा (paramātmā)

In BK understanding:

शिव परमात्मा (śiv paramātmā)
means Shiva, the Supreme Soul.

Shiva is not a devatā but God Himself.

3️⃣ Why?

The sentence explains:

क्योंकि वह है ऊंच ते ऊंच
kyoṅki vah hai ūñc te ūñc

“because He is the Highest of all.”

So:

🌟 Overall meaning of the sentence

The sentence establishes a spiritual hierarchy:

1️⃣ ब्रह्मा (brahmā) – a deity
2️⃣ विष्णु (viṣṇu) – a deity
3️⃣ शिव (śiv) – the Supreme Soul.

Therefore Shiva is:

ऊंच ते ऊंच (ūñc te ūñc)
the highest of all.

✅ Main idea

The deities are revered, but Shiva, the Supreme Soul, is above all deities.

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Definitions

ब्रह्मा brahmā (sanskrit)

(Hinduism) Brahmā or the Supreme Being regarded as a person, the first deity of the Hindū triad and the Creator of the World.
(Bābā) The first human being in which the Supreme Being descends to give the knowledge allowing us to free ourselves from our bonds of karma.

ब्रह्मा देवताए नमः brahmā dēvtāē namaḥ (sanskrit)

Salutations to the deity Brahmā.

देवता dēvtā (sanskrit)

A god, deity, divine being. (does not apply to God)

होना hōnā (hindi)

To be.
To happen, to occur.
To exist.
To be born.

कहना kahnā (hindi)

Say.

क्योंकि kyōṅki (hindi)

Because, since.

नमः namaḥ (sanskrit)

A bow, salutation, reverential salutation, paying honour (by gesture or words); adoration, obeisance (performed by joining the palms and inclining the head; — often used in connection with the name of a deity in the S. dat., e.g. Gaṇeśāya namas, 'salutation or reverence to Ganeś)

परमात्मा paramātmā (sanskrit)

Supreme Soul : Śiv and not Brahmā.

फिर phir (hindi)

Then, again, afterwards, thereafter, in future, a second time.

से sē (hindi)

से is used for denoting :

शिव śhiv (sanskrit)

Beneficial, favorable, auspicious, salutary.
Well-being, prosperity, happiness.
(Hinduism) Confused with Śhaṅkar. Name of the third god of the Hindū triad, the Deity in the character of producer or destroyer (Śhiv's most distinctive function is to preside over the dissolution of the world at the end of each aeon in order that it may be created anew), or Time personified.
(Hinduism) The phallic or pillar emblem of Śhiv.
(Bābā) The name of the Supreme Being The Auspicious, the Good, the Well-being, etc. who does his work of Creation, Sustainment and Destruction of the World through the trimūrti Brahmā, Viṣhṇu and Śhaṅkar three subtle deities created by God in the subtle world.
(Bābā) The Seed of the Human World Tree.
(Bābā) The Point. He is the Supreme Soul and therefore has the shape of a point like any soul. As He is incorporeal, it was represented with the shape of a pillar or, more anciently, an egg. The degradation of devotion has led Hindus to see it as a phallic representation symbolizing the Creator role of God and others to transgress the rules of Hindu conduct (left path tantra) where sexuality is permitted and revered as a divine activity.

शिव परमात्माए नमः śhiv paramātmāē namaḥ (sanskrit)

Salutations to the Supreme Soul Śhiv.

ऊंच ūñch (hindi)

High, lofty, tall, raised, elevated, exalted, eminent.

ऊंच ते ऊंच ūñch tē ūñch (hindi)

The most elevated, the loftiest, the highest, the most eminent.

वह vah (hindi)

Third person personal pronoun: he, she, it (and also they).
Distant demonstrative pronoun and adjective: that (and also those).

विष्णु viṣhṇu (sanskrit)

The Preserver of the world who adds himself to the Creator Brahmā and the Destroyer Śaṅkar (confused with Śiv the Supreme Being in Hinduism) to form the trimūrti.
(Bābā) Four-armed deity. A symbol of harmony of masculine and feminine qualities in a perfect person. A symbol of pure family path, a symbol of perfect couple.

विष्णु देवताए नमः viṣhṇu dēvtāē namaḥ (sanskrit)

Salutations to the deity Viṣhṇu.

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