📅 Hindi Lesson – Murli of 02 September 2026
📅 Murli sentence of 02 September 2026
📜 Hindi
बाप को याद करेंगे तब ही तुम अपने को राजाई का तिलक देंगे अर्थात् राजाई के अधिकारी बनेंगे।
🔤 Transliteration
bāp ko yād kareṅge tab hī tum apne ko rājāī kā tilak deṅge arthāt rājāī ke adhikārī baneṅge.
💬 Translation
Only by remembering the Father will you give yourselves the tilak of sovereignty, that is, you will become worthy of the kingdom.
Another possible translation of राजाई के अधिकारी (rājāī ke adhikārī) is:
“those who have a right to sovereignty” or “those who are qualified for the kingdom.”
📚 Vocabulary
- बाप (bāp) — father; here, the Father
- याद करना (yād karnā) — to remember, to keep in remembrance
- तब ही (tab hī) — only then, only at that point
- अपने को (apne ko) — oneself / to oneself
- राजाई (rājāī) — kingship, sovereignty, royal rule
- तिलक (tilak) — a mark placed on the forehead; here, a symbol of royal investiture
- देना (denā) — to give
- अर्थात् (arthāt) — that is, in other words
- अधिकारी (adhikārī) — entitled, qualified, worthy, having a right to
- बनना (bannā) — to become
⚙️ ️Grammar
1. बाप को याद करना
bāp ko yād karnā
With याद करना (yād karnā), the person who is remembered is normally marked by को (ko):
बाप को याद करना
bāp ko yād karnā
= “to remember the Father”
2. तब ही — “only then”
tab hī
ही (hī) adds an exclusive or emphatic meaning:
तब (tab) = then
तब ही (tab hī) = only then / only at that point
So the sentence expresses a strong condition:
बाप को याद करेंगे → तब ही...
bāp ko yād kareṅge → tab hī...
“By remembering the Father → only then…”
3. अपने को राजाई का तिलक देंगे
apne ko rājāī kā tilak deṅge
Literally:
अपने को (apne ko) — to yourselves
राजाई का तिलक (rājāī kā tilak) — the tilak of sovereignty
देंगे (deṅge) — you will give
So:
अपने को राजाई का तिलक देंगे
apne ko rājāī kā tilak deṅge
= “you will give yourselves the tilak of sovereignty.”
This wording is significant: it is not simply someone else who externally crowns you. Through याद (yād) — remembrance — you yourselves become qualified for sovereignty.
👑 राजाई का तिलक
rājāī kā tilak
तिलक (tilak) is traditionally a mark applied to the forehead. It may have religious, auspicious, or ceremonial significance.
In a royal context, a tilak can symbolize investiture, the conferring of royal authority, or accession to sovereignty.
So:
राजाई का तिलक
rājāī kā tilak
literally means:
“the tilak of sovereignty”
and figuratively:
the mark of royal investiture, showing that one is becoming a sovereign.
🌟 Meaning in the BK context
The sentence establishes a direct connection between:
याद (yād) — remembrance
and
राजाई (rājāī) — sovereignty.
The Father does not simply place an external crown on the child. Through remembrance of the Father, the soul transforms itself and gradually acquires the qualities necessary to become:
राजाई के अधिकारी
rājāī ke adhikārī
= “entitled to sovereignty,” “qualified for the kingdom,” or “worthy of ruling.”
The expression:
अपने को राजाई का तिलक देंगे
apne ko rājāī kā tilak deṅge
therefore emphasizes personal responsibility and:
पुरुषार्थ (puruṣārtha) — spiritual effort or personal endeavour.
Through its own practice of याद (yād), the soul prepares itself for its future royal status.
The idea can be summarized as:
बाप की याद → आत्म-परिवर्तन → राजाई का अधिकार
bāp kī yād → ātma-parivartan → rājāī kā adhikār
Remembrance of the Father → self-transformation → the right to sovereignty.
(content generated with the help of ChatGPT, copied and validated by me)
Definitions
Governor, ruler, minister, functionary, official, officer, (and generally) one invested with power or authority.
Proprietor, owner, master, heir.
Agent, deputy; one who possesses a right, title, or privilege.
Reflexive possessive pronoun and adjective : my, mine, myself, your, yours, yourself, etc.
That is, that is to say, namely (viz.).
To become, be, change, belong (with a possessive pronoun or a noun in the genitive case).
Father.
To give.
Emphatic particle with a sense of exclusion : only.
का denotes one of the under-mentioned relations between a Noun or a Pronoun and another Noun which follows the former. If the Noun that follows is Feminine (singular or plural), का changes to की; if it is Masculine and Plural, or has an oblique form, का changes to के.
- Possession and relationship.
- Material or composition.
- Worth and measure (space or time).
- Source, origin, cause.
- Subject (doer of an act).
- Object (of an activity).
- Part of a whole.
- Purpose.
- Characteristic.
(A Basic Grammar of Modern Hindi)
To do.
Also used after a transitive English verb to conjugate.
को is used for denoting:
- A Person who 'does' something involuntarily (such as—like, dislike, remember, be injured, be offended, suffer, feel, enjoy, receive, happen, to have, to meet, to know, to see or to hear, or to do something under compulsion, requirement, necessity, obligation, etc.).
- An Animate Object, provided it denotes a particular being.
- The object of a Verb in the Neutral Construction.
- Every Secondary Object (which is usually animate).
- The Object of a Verb requiring a predicative word (referring to the object).
- Nouns denoting time when used adverbially.
(A Basic Grammar of Modern Hindi)
Kingship, royalty, rank or function of a king, sovereignty, princedom, kingly dignity or authority, supremacy, government, sway, rule, reign.
Then, at that time, afterwards, thereupon, therefore, hence.
An ornamental or religious mark over the forehead (signifying installation on the throne or engagement etc.).
A vermilion or sandal mark over the forehead.
The most eminent member (of a class, clan, dynasty, etc.).
Commentary of a text.
(Bābā) A red colour mark in the centre of the forehead; a symbol of victory, of sovereignty; a symbol of soul. When we realize ourselves to be souls, points of light, conscious energy in the centre of the forehead, we are self sovereigns, we are victorious over maya, we wear a real tilak.
You (between equals).
Remembrance, recollection, memory.