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Amended 2.07.2010
The text of the murli
Om shanti. In register 17, page 71, the avyakt vani of 20.03.87. Today the True Father, the True Teacher and
the True Guru has come to meet all his children who are powerful in the truth (satyata). It is the truth that has the
biggest power or authority. It was said that what has the greatest authority? The truth has the greatest authority. [The
word] ‘truth’ (satya) is used for two meanings. One is sat [truth, piety, virtue] meaning ‘true’ (satya). Another one is
sat meaning ‘imperishable’ (avināshi). The truth is the greatest power in both meanings. The Father is called ‘the True
Father’ (sat bāp). Fathers are numerous, but the True Father is only one. Only One is the True Teacher and the True
Guru. It is the truth that is called ‘the Supreme Soul’ (paramātmā). God is the truth. It means that the truth (sat) that is
[being] true (satya) is the Supreme Soul’s unique characteristic. You have the song, ‘Only the truth is benevolent
(shiva)’. The world also say, ‘Satyam, Shivam, Sundaram’ [the True One, the Benevolent One, the Beautiful One].
Along with this it is also said for the Father Supreme Soul that he is the embodiment of Sat Cit Anand [the one who is
true, living and blissful]. You souls are called sat cit anad. The word sat is very praised and famous. Always, when
someone in any work speaks with authority, he will say exactly this, ‘I am true [i.e. I am telling you the truth]; that is
why I speak with authority.’ There is the praise of the truth, ‘The boat of the truth will shake, but it won’t sink.’ The
Father is true, so the Father’s boat too, will shake, but it won’t sink. ‘Boat’ means what? The boat in the form of the
body. Which Father’s boat in the form of the body? There are two unlimited fathers. One is the Supreme Soul, the
father of the souls and another one is the father of the human souls, Prajapita. Whose is the boat? The Supreme Soul is
the boatman (khivaiya) of Father Prajapita’s boat. So, the boat of the truth will shake, but it won’t sink.
You also say, ‘The one who is true dances.’ The true one, meaning the one who has the power of the truth, will
keep dancing. He will never wilt. He won’t become confused. He won’t fear. And he won’t be weak either. The one
who has the power of the truth will always keep dancing in happiness. He will be powerful. He will have the power to
confront [falsehood]; that is why he won’t fear. It is said that the truth is like gold. ‘Gold’ means ‘truth’. It is said that
falsehood is like clay. In the path of devotion, those who are attached to the Supreme Soul are called sat sanghi, the
ones who are in the company of the truth. And what do [people] say at the end, when the soul leaves its body? What do
they say, when they take a dead body away? Sat nām sangh hai [Let the name of the truth be with us]. So, sat is the
imperishable truth. The power of the truth is a great power. What do most of people say at the present time, when they
see you? There is the truth in them; that is why they have been spreading for such a long time. The truth never shakes.
It is unshakable. The truth is a method to expand. The truth is created through the power of the truth. And what is
created through the power of falsehood? The land of falsehood. And [on the other side there is] the land of the truth. It
is said, ‘You become the true Narayan and the true Lakshmi.’
This is the true knowledge. This is the true Father’s knowledge; that is why it is detached from the world and
loving. So, today BapDada is checking all the children to what extent they have assimilated the true authority of the
true knowledge. The truth attracts every soul, even though today’s world is the land of falsehood, all are false, meaning
there is falsehood in all. What? There is falsehood in all; they have become adulterated (vyabhicari); they are false
(jhute). However, the ones who have the power of the truth are victorious. Happiness and fearlessness are the
attainments of the truth. The one who says the truth will always be fearless. He will never fear. The one who isn’t true
will definitely fear. So, all of you are elevated souls having the power of the truth. You have all attainments, of the true
knowledge, of the true Father, of the true accomplishment, of the true remembrance, of the true virtues, of the true
powers. Do you experience the elation of this authority? Authority doesn’t mean arrogance. The greater authority is
someone, the more spiritual authority is there in his attitude (vritti). There is love and humility in his words. This is the
indication of authority. For instance, you mention the example of the tree. When the tree come to ‘the authority’ of the
ripe fruit, it bows. It means, it does service being free from the desire of respect (nirmān). In the case of the children
who are an authority like this, the greater authorities are they, to the greater extent are they free from the desire of
i
The word ‘sample’ can’t be used in English. It will have a different meaning.
ii
The order of words has been change on purpose, for the clarity; otherwise saying ‘no desire of respect and greatness’ can be ambiguous.
iii
Mūrti - literally: statue, idol; in the murlis it is used for Brahma, Shankar, Vishnu, who become ‘three divine media/persons’ through whom the
Supreme Soul Shiva plays the three roles of establishment, destruction and sustenance. The Trimurti Shiva – the Supreme Soul Shiva that manifests
or is revealed in the world through the three human instruments, Brahma, Vishnu, Shankar. Baba also says in the murli that murti means ‘body’.
iv
The words of a popular song
v
The words of a popular saying.
vi
But not ‘make’.
vii
Virgin, bachelor, half-bachelor.
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This text is only the draft of translation prepared for Baba’s approval