📅 Hindi Lesson – Murli of 08 September 2026

📅 Murli sentence of 08 September 2026

📜 Hindi

बाप को याद करने का उपाय ढूँढना चाहिए।

🔤 Transliteration

bāp ko yād karne kā upāy ḍhū̃ḍhnā cāhiye.

💬 Translation

One should look for a way to remember the Father.

Or, more naturally in context:

One should find a way that helps one remember the Father.

📚 Vocabulary

• बाप — bāp: father; here, the Father
• को — ko: marks here the person who is remembered
• याद — yād: remembrance, memory
• याद करना — yād karnā: to remember, to think of
• करने का — karne kā: “for doing”, “of doing”
• उपाय — upāy: means, method, practical way, device
• ढूँढना — ḍhū̃ḍhnā: to look for, to search for
• चाहिए — cāhiye: should, ought to, one should

⚙️ ️Grammar

1. बाप को याद करना — bāp ko yād karnā

The construction:

X को याद करना — X ko yād karnā

means:

“to remember X / to think of X.”

So:

बाप को याद करना — bāp ko yād karnā
= “to remember the Father.”

याद — yād literally means “memory” or “remembrance”, while करना — karnā means “to do”.

2. याद करने का उपाय — yād karne kā upāy

Before का — kā, the infinitive करना — karnā takes its oblique form:

करना → करने
karnā → karne

So:

याद करना → याद करने का उपाय
yād karnā → yād karne kā upāy

Literally:

“a means of remembering”
or
“a way to remember.”

का — kā agrees here with उपाय — upāy, which is masculine singular.

3. उपाय ढूँढना चाहिए — upāy ḍhū̃ḍhnā cāhiye

The construction:

infinitive + चाहिए — infinitive + cāhiye

expresses recommendation or necessity.

So:

ढूँढना चाहिए — ḍhū̃ḍhnā cāhiye
= “one should look for / one ought to seek.”

The sentence therefore goes further than:

बाप को याद करना चाहिए।
bāp ko yād karnā cāhiye.
= “One should remember the Father.”

It says:

बाप को याद करने का उपाय ढूँढना चाहिए।
bāp ko yād karne kā upāy ḍhū̃ḍhnā cāhiye.
= “One should look for a way to remember the Father.”

🌟 Meaning in the BK context

In this passage, उपाय — upāy has a very practical sense: a concrete method, reminder, or aid that helps sustain remembrance of the Father.

The preceding sentence gives the example of keeping a photo as a reminder of the spiritual aim. So उपाय — upāy does not necessarily mean a formal meditation technique. It can be anything that helps the बुद्धि — buddhi (“intellect”) return to the Father.

The idea is therefore richer than simply:

बाप को याद करो — bāp ko yād karo
“Remember the Father.”

It also means: actively find practical ways that make remembrance easier and help maintain it in daily life.

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