📅 Hindi Lesson – Murli of 25 October 2026

📅 Murli sentence of 25 October 2026

📜 Hindi

यह त्याग नहीं लेकिन भाग्य है।

🔤 Transliteration

Yah tyāg nahī̃ lekin bhāgya hai.

💬 Translation

“This is not renunciation, but good fortune.”

Or, more naturally in a spiritual context:

“This is not a sacrifice, but a blessing.”

The idea is that what may appear to be renunciation is actually a privilege, a source of happiness and spiritual fortune.

📚 Vocabulary

Hindi	Transliteration	Meaning
यह	yah	This, it
त्याग	tyāg	Renunciation, giving up, sacrifice
नहीं	nahī̃	Not
लेकिन	lekin	But, however
भाग्य	bhāgya	Fortune, good luck, destiny
है	hai	Is (from होना, honā)

🔎 Two Important Words: त्याग and भाग्य

1. त्याग (tyāg) — Renunciation

This word comes from Sanskrit त्याग (tyāga), meaning “abandonment” or “renunciation.”

It can refer to giving up material possessions, desires, attachments, or habits.

In a spiritual context, त्याग does not necessarily mean painful deprivation. It can mean letting go of whatever prevents inner growth.

2. भाग्य (bhāgya) — Fortune

This word comes from Sanskrit भाग्य (bhāgya), meaning “fate,” “fortune,” or “good luck.”

In spiritual language, भाग्य often refers to a favourable destiny, a privilege, or the spiritual fortune gained through a special opportunity.

We find this word in:

• सौभाग्य (saubhāgya): Good fortune, happiness, luck.
• भाग्यशाली (bhāgyaśālī): Fortunate, lucky.
• भाग्यवान (bhāgyavān): Fortunate, blessed with good fortune.

⚙️ ️Grammar

1. The structure यह … है

यह त्याग नहीं लेकिन भाग्य है।

Yah tyāg nahī̃ lekin bhāgya hai.

The sentence is built around the verb होना (honā), “to be,” conjugated here in the third-person singular: है (hai).

We can understand the structure as follows:

• यह त्याग नहीं [है] — This is not renunciation.
• लेकिन भाग्य है — But it is fortune.

The verb है appears only at the end, making the sentence more concise.

2. लेकिन (lekin) and बल्कि (balki)

Both words can be translated as “but,” with a slight difference:

• लेकिन (lekin): But, however. It expresses a general contrast.
• बल्कि (balki): But rather, on the contrary. It is especially used to correct or replace a previous statement.

We could therefore also say:

यह त्याग नहीं बल्कि भाग्य है।

Yah tyāg nahī̃ balki bhāgya hai.

“This is not renunciation, but rather good fortune.”

The version with बल्कि places greater emphasis on changing the way we understand the situation.

3. The contrast between त्याग and भाग्य

The sentence is based on a meaningful contrast:

• त्याग (tyāg): What we give up.
• भाग्य (bhāgya): What we gain, the fortune we receive.

The two words also sound similar, which strengthens the impact of the expression.

The message is that what appears to be a loss is actually a gain.

🌟 Meaning in the BK Context

In the teachings of the Brahma Kumaris, this sentence invites us to transform our perception of renunciation.

When a soul gives up attachments, habits, or behaviours that take it away from its original nature, it may feel as though something is being lost.

But Baba invites us to see things differently: this renunciation opens the way to much greater spiritual fortune.

त्याग (tyāg) is therefore not presented as deprivation, but as a means of attaining भाग्य (bhāgya) — spiritual fortune.

Instead of thinking, “I have to sacrifice something,” we can think, “How fortunate I am to have the opportunity to free myself from what limits me!”

🌺 Key Thought to Remember

यह त्याग नहीं लेकिन भाग्य है।

Yah tyāg nahī̃ lekin bhāgya hai.

“This is not a sacrifice, but good fortune.”

True fortune does not always lie in what we possess, but sometimes in what we are able to let go of.

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