📅 Hindi Lesson – Murli of 16 October 2026

📅 Murli sentence of 16 October 2026

📜 Hindi

अहम् आत्मा मम् शरीर है।

🔤 Transliteration

Aham ātmā, mam śarīr hai.

💬 Translation

“I am a soul, and this body belongs to me.”

Or, more simply:

“I am a soul. This body is mine.”

This sentence expresses the fundamental distinction between the soul, the conscious being, and the body, which serves as its instrument.

📚 Vocabulary

Two words are particularly important:

• अहम् (aham): A Sanskrit word meaning “I.” It is also found in अहंकार (ahaṃkār), meaning “ego” or “I-consciousness,” literally the making or construction of the sense of “I.”
• मम् (mam): A Sanskritized form used here to mean “mine.” It is related to the Sanskrit मम (mama), meaning “of me” or “my.”

⚙️ ️Grammar

1. अहम् आत्मा — Aham ātmā

Literally: “I, soul.”

The verb “to be” is implied.

In everyday Hindi, we would say:

मैं आत्मा हूँ। Maiṃ ātmā hū̃. “I am a soul.”

The expression अहम् आत्मा has a more solemn and spiritual tone, influenced by Sanskrit.

2. मम् शरीर है — Mam śarīr hai

Literally: “My body is.”

However, the intended meaning is:

यह शरीर मेरा है। Yah śarīr merā hai. “This body is mine.”

The original sentence combines Sanskritized vocabulary with Hindi grammar.

In classical Sanskrit, the possessive form would be मम (mama) rather than मम् (mam).

3. The Difference Between अहम् and मम्

This is the central idea of the sentence:

• अहम् (aham): What I am.
• मम् (mam): What belongs to me.

The distinction is essential: something that belongs to me is not necessarily what I am.

Thus, the body is described as something belonging to the soul, rather than being the soul's identity.

🌟 Meaning in the BK Context

In the teachings of the Brahma Kumaris, this expression summarizes the principle of soul-consciousness (ātmā-abhimān).

अहम् आत्मा। Aham ātmā. “I am a soul.”

मम् शरीर। Mam śarīr. “This body is mine.”

The soul is the conscious being, while the body is the instrument through which it acts and expresses itself.

Saying “my body” means that I can use it, care for it, and perform actions through it, without identifying myself with it.

In the context of the Murli, this connects with the idea:

आत्मा कहती है — मैं शान्ति देश की रहवासी हूँ।

Ātmā kahtī hai — maiṃ śānti deś kī rahvāsī hū̃.

“The soul says: I am a resident of the land of peace.”

The body is therefore associated with experiencing life in the physical world, while the soul's deeper identity remains unchanged.

💡 Key Takeaway

The power of this short sentence lies in two words:

अहम् ≠ मम्

Being is not the same as having.

I am the soul. I have a body. But I am not the body.

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