📅 Hindi Lesson – Murli of 14 October 2026
📅 Murli sentence of 14 October 2026
📜 Hindi
बाप की याद में रहने से ही शक्ति मिलती है।
🔤 Transliteration
Bāp kī yād meṃ rahne se hī śakti miltī hai.
💬 Translation
“It is only by remaining in remembrance of the Father that we receive spiritual strength.”
Or, more naturally:
“Spiritual strength comes from constantly remembering the Father.”
The word ही (hī) emphasizes that remembrance of the Father is the essential, even exclusive, source of the strength being described.
📚 Vocabulary
| Hindi | Transliteration | Meaning |
| बाप | bāp | Father |
| की | kī | Of (possessive marker) |
| याद | yād | Remembrance, memory |
| में | meṃ | In |
| रहने | rahne | Remaining, staying (oblique infinitive) |
| से | se | Through, by, because of |
| ही | hī | Only, precisely, indeed |
| शक्ति | śakti | Strength, power, energy |
| मिलती है | miltī hai | Is received, is obtained |
⚙️ ️Grammar
1. बाप की याद (bāp kī yād) — Remembrance of the Father
Hindi uses the possessive markers का / की / के (kā / kī / ke).
Their form depends on the gender and number of the possessed noun, not the possessor.
Here, याद (yād) is feminine singular, so की (kī) is used.
Examples:
- बाप की याद — bāp kī yād — Remembrance of the Father.
- बाप का प्यार — bāp kā pyār — The Father's love.
- बाप के बच्चे — bāp ke bacce — The Father's children.
2. याद में रहना (yād meṃ rahnā) — To Remain in Remembrance
There is an important distinction between two expressions:
- याद करना (yād karnā): To remember someone, to bring someone to mind.
- याद में रहना (yād meṃ rahnā): To remain in remembrance, to maintain an inner state of remembrance.
The second expression emphasizes continuity.
In a spiritual context, it does not simply mean thinking about the Father occasionally. It suggests maintaining an inner connection with Him throughout one's activities.
3. रहने से (rahne se) — By Remaining
This construction combines:
Oblique infinitive + से (se)
It expresses the cause or means through which something happens.
For example:
पढ़ने से ज्ञान मिलता है।
Paṛhne se jñān miltā hai.
“Knowledge is acquired through studying.”
In our sentence:
याद में रहने से शक्ति मिलती है।
Yād meṃ rahne se śakti miltī hai.
“Strength is received by remaining in remembrance.”
The construction emphasizes the connection between the practice and its result.
4. ही (hī) — A Particle of Emphasis
The particle ही emphasizes the word or expression immediately preceding it.
Compare:
बाप की याद में रहने से शक्ति मिलती है।
Bāp kī yād meṃ rahne se śakti miltī hai.
“Strength is received by remaining in remembrance of the Father.”
बाप की याद में रहने से ही शक्ति मिलती है।
Bāp kī yād meṃ rahne se hī śakti miltī hai.
“It is only by remaining in remembrance of the Father that strength is received.”
The second sentence is more emphatic.
The particle ही highlights remembrance as the decisive means of receiving spiritual strength.
5. शक्ति मिलती है (śakti miltī hai) — Strength Is Received
The verb मिलना (milnā) can mean “to be obtained,” “to be received,” “to be found,” or “to meet,” depending on context.
Here, शक्ति (śakti) is feminine singular, so the verb agrees with it:
- शक्ति मिलती है — śakti miltī hai — Strength is received.
- ज्ञान मिलता है — jñān miltā hai — Knowledge is received.
Notice that the sentence does not specify who receives the strength. It expresses a general principle.
🌟 Meaning in the BK Context
In the teachings of the Brahma Kumaris, बाप (bāp) refers here to the Supreme Father, Shiva Baba.
याद (yād) is more than an intellectual recollection. It refers to conscious remembrance of God, directing one's inner attention toward Him. This is the practice of the yoga of remembrance.
शक्ति (śakti) refers to the spiritual power that the soul receives through this connection, including the ability to remain stable, overcome negative influences, and transform its sanskars.
The sentence also highlights a distinction between two approaches:
- Making efforts through one's own willpower alone.
- Drawing additional spiritual strength through sustained remembrance of the Father.
The word रहने (rahne) is particularly meaningful. It suggests maintaining a continuous inner state rather than making an occasional effort.
In BK understanding, remembrance is not merely a mental exercise. It is a living connection between the soul and the Supreme Soul, through which spiritual power is received.
✨ Sentence to Remember
याद में रहने से शक्ति मिलती है।
Yād meṃ rahne se śakti miltī hai.
“Strength comes from remaining in remembrance.”
Essential message: In this spiritual perspective, strength comes not only from personal effort but also from maintaining an inner connection with the Father.
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Definitions
Father.
Remembrance of the Father.
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)
में is used for denoting :
- Location or presence (of something) in or within something.
- Duration.
- Price.
- Comparison with reference to more than two, or difference.
(A Basic Grammar of Modern Hindi)
To meet, to encounter, to be mixed, to be mingled, to unite, to merge, to tally, to conform, to obtain, to get, to acquire, to be acquired, to beget, to embrace, to form an alliance.
To remain, to stay.
Power, strength, potency, energy.
Name of the goddess personifying divine power.
The energy or active power of a deity personified as his wife (as Gaurī of Śhiv, Lakṣhmī of viṣhṇu, &c.)
(Brahma kumaris) Sister, mother.
Śhiv Śhakti, the powers of Śhiv. In Bhakti they are portrayed as goddesses sitting on a lion, swan, lotus etc. They are symbolic of the victory over vices (demons). As power of Śhiv, brothers are Śhiv Śhakti too.
से is used for denoting :
- The Subject of a Verb in the passive and impersonal voices.
- The indirect Objects (which are usually persons) of the Verbs meaning 'to tell, say, ask, ask for, beg, demand, claim, request’.
- Means, instrument or agency.
- Manner.
- Cause, reason, origin.
- Association, antagonism.
- Separation or keeping away from.
- Starting point (place or time).
- Duration (with reference to a continuous 'action' of present or past).
- Difference and comparison between two persons or things.
(A Basic Grammar of Modern Hindi)
Remembrance, recollection, memory.