📅 Hindi Lesson – Murli of 17 May 2026

📅 Murli sentence of 17 May 2026

📜 Hindi

इसका यादगार भक्ति में भी शिवरात्रि मनाते हैं तो साथ में शालिग्रामों की भी पूजा होती है।

🔤 Transliteration

Iskā yādgār bhakti meṃ bhī Śivarātri manāte haiṃ to sāth meṃ Śāligrāmoṃ kī bhī pūjā hotī hai.

💬 Translation

“As a memorial of this, even in the path of devotion people celebrate Shivratri, and together with Shiva they also worship the shaligrams.”

Or in a more BK-oriented interpretation:
👉 “This reality also has its memorial in bhakti: Shivratri is celebrated, and the shaligrams are worshipped along with Shiva.”

📚 Vocabulary

🔹 इसका यादगार

iskā yādgār

• iskā = “of this”, “its”
• yādgār = memorial, remembrance, commemoration

The word यादगार (yādgār) comes from:

• yād = memory, remembrance
• Persian suffix -gār = something that preserves or produces.

In BK language, yādgār often refers to:
👉 a religious ritual, image, or festival that is considered a symbolic remembrance of an original spiritual truth.

🔹 भक्ति

bhakti

= devotion, worship, the devotional path.

In BK terminology:

• भक्ति मार्ग (bhakti mārg) = the path of devotion,
• contrasted with:
  • ज्ञान मार्ग (jñān mārg) = the path of spiritual knowledge.

The Sanskrit root bhaj- means:

• to share,
• to partake,
• to serve,
• to worship.

🔹 शिवरात्रि

Śivarātri

= “the Night of Shiva”

Maha Shivaratri

Breakdown:

• Śiva = Shiva
• rātri = night

In Hinduism:

• it is a major festival dedicated to Shiva,
• involving fasting, night vigil, mantras, and worship of the śiva-liṅga.

In BK interpretation:
👉 Shivratri symbolizes the descent of Shiv Baba into the world at the end of the cycle.

🔹 शालिग्राम

Śāligrām / Śāligrāma

Shaligrams are sacred black stones worshipped in certain Hindu traditions, especially associated with Vishnu.

In BK symbolic language:

• Shiva represents the one Supreme Soul,
• shaligrams represent the many souls.

Thus:
👉 Shiva together with the shaligrams symbolizes God together with His soul-children.

The murli therefore gives a spiritual interpretation to a religious symbol.

🔹 पूजा होती है

pūjā hotī hai

= “worship takes place”, “worship is performed”

• pūjā = worship, adoration
• honā = to be, to happen

A very common Hindi construction:

• action noun + honā

Example:

• पूजा होती है
  (pūjā hotī hai)
  = “worship is performed”

️ ⚙️ Grammar

🔹 साथ में ... भी

sāth meṃ ... bhī

= “together with ... also”

• sāth meṃ = together with
• bhī = also

Example:

• शालिग्रामों की भी पूजा होती है
  (Śāligrāmoṃ kī bhī pūjā hotī hai)
  = “the shaligrams are also worshipped”

🔹 Oblique plural: शालिग्रामों

Śāligrāmoṃ

This is the oblique plural form of:

• शालिग्राम (Śāligrām)

The ending:

• -ों (-oṃ)

commonly appears before postpositions or in connected grammatical constructions.

🔹 The connector तो

to

In:

• मनाते हैं तो साथ में...
  (manāte haiṃ to sāth meṃ...)

to creates a logical continuation:

• “then”
• “so”
• “and in that case”

The tone is explanatory:
👉 “When Shivratri is celebrated, then the shaligrams are worshipped as well.”

🌙 Religious Meaning and BK Meaning

🛕 Usual Hindu Meaning

In mainstream Hinduism:

• Shivratri is mainly centered on Shiva,
• shaligrams are more commonly associated with Vishnu.

So worshipping shaligrams specifically during Shivratri is not necessarily universal or central everywhere.

✨ BK Interpretation

The murli is not merely describing a historical ritual.

It interprets religious symbols as spiritual memorials:

• Shiva = the Supreme Soul,
• shaligrams = the souls,
• Shivratri = God’s descent into the world.

Thus:
👉 the worship of Shiva together with the shaligrams becomes a symbolic remembrance of the relationship between God and souls.

💡 Simple Reformulation

👉 “Even in the devotional path, there is a memorial of this spiritual truth: Shivratri is celebrated, and Shiva is worshipped together with the souls symbolized by the shaligrams.”

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