📅 Hindi Lesson – Murli of 29 October 2025

📅 Murli sentence of 29 October 2025

📜 Hindi

देही-अभिमान है शुद्ध, देह-अभिमान है अशुद्ध।

🔤 Transliteration

dehī-abhimān hai śuddha, deha-abhimān hai aśuddha.

💬 Translation

Soul-consciousness is pure; body-consciousness is impure.

📚 Vocabulary

Hindi	Literal meaning	Explanation
देही (dehī)	the one who has a body	refers to the soul, the conscious being who lives in the body
अभिमान (abhimān)	pride, feeling, sense of identity	here means “consciousness” or “awareness of being”
देह (deha)	body	the physical form, the external personality
शुद्ध (śuddha)	pure	free from ego or impurity
अशुद्ध (aśuddha)	impure	mixed, corrupted, tainted by material awareness

⚙️ ️Grammar

• The structure is a simple contrast:
  X है शुद्ध, Y है अशुद्ध → “X is pure; Y is impure.”
• Both dehī-abhimān and deha-abhimān are compound words (samāsa):
  • dehī-abhimān = consciousness of the dehī (the soul)
  • deha-abhimān = consciousness of the deha (the body).
    The difference lies only in one vowel — ī vs a — yet it completely changes the meaning.

🌼 Spiritual Meaning (BK)

In Rāja Yoga teachings:

• देही-अभिमान (dehī-abhimān) — soul-consciousness — means remembering,

“I am a soul, a being of light and peace, and this body is my instrument.”
This awareness is called pure (śuddha) because it aligns with the soul’s original state — truth, peace, and purity.

• देह-अभिमान (deha-abhimān) — body-consciousness — means identifying with the body,

“I am male or female, rich or poor, young or old.”
This is called impure (aśuddha) because it leads to ego, attachment, anger, and sorrow.

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