Avyakt murli for Thursday 8 May 1969

अब ab

Now.

अच्छा achchhā

Good.
Well.
All right, well done.
So long.

आदि ādi

Etcetera.
Beginning.
Early, initial, primordial.

अगर agar

If, if so be, in case, in the event of.

ऐसा aisā

Such, of this type.

आज āj

Today.

अक्षर akṣhar

Letter of the alphabet, character, syllable (in Hindi, each character is a syllable).
Word.

आना ānā

To come.

आप āp

You (to a superior, a stranger, his father).
(reflective pronoun) Self, himself, oneself, yourself, themselves...

अपना apnā

Reflexive possessive pronoun and adjective : my, mine, myself, your, yours, yourself, etc.

अर्थ arth

Meaning.
Import, sense.
Wealth, money.
For, for the sake of.

अर्थात् arthāt

That is, that is to say, namely (viz.).

अथवा athavā

Or.
That is.

attention

Attention.

और aur

And.
Else.
Other.

अव्यक्त avyakt

Not manifest, not apparent, imperceptible, indistinct.

बच्चा bachchā

Child, kid, baby, infant.
Inexperienced, raw, of unripe age.

बहुत bahut

Many, much.
Very.

बैठना baiṭhnā

To sit, to squat, to occupy a seat, to settle, to board, to mount.

बनना bannā

To become, be, change, belong (with a possessive pronoun or a noun in the genitive case).

बाप bāp

Father.

बापदादा bāpdādā

Bāp and Dādā.
The Father Śhiv and the elder brother Brahmā,
The father Brahmā and the Grandfather Śhiv.

बढ़ना baṛhnā

To increase, to multiply, to grow, to progress, to advance.

बात bāt

A matter, topic, subject, concern, fact, thing.

भला bhalā

Gentle, noble, good.
Well-being; good.

भविष्य bhaviṣhya

Future; what has yet to be, what will be, the future.

भी bhī

Inclusive emphatic particle: too, also, even.

बिन्दी bindī

A point, dot.
Zero.
A small round mark (of virmilion, sandal, etc.) on the forehead.

बोलना bōlnā

To speak, to utter, to pronounce.
To bid.

बुद्धि buddhi

The intelligent mind that thinks, observes its thoughts, sets a goal, imbibes knowledge or beliefs and judges what is right or not, what conforms to its purpose or not. This mind grows until an adult age.

चाहे chāhē

Either, or (usually repeated).
चाहे ... चाहे, either ... or; whether ... or.

चाहिए chāhiē

Is necessary, is needful, is requisite, is proper, is right.
It behoves.
Should, ought, must (be).

चाहना chāhnā

To wish, to want, to like, to love, to be fond of, to crave for, to desire, to require.

चेहरा chēhrā

Face, countenance, mask, front.

देखना dēkhnā

To see, to look, to view, to perceive, to observe.
To consider.
To experience.

देना dēnā

To give.

देवता dēvtā

A god, deity, divine being. (does not apply to God)

दृष्टि dr̥iṣhṭi

Sight, view, vision, glance.
(Bābā) Vision, look.

earth

Earth.

एक ēk

One, 1, a, single, alone.
The number one.
The One, the Number One. God. There is only one God (Supreme Being) but many gods and goddesses (golden age deities).

हम ham

We.
(rustic form) I.

ही hī

Emphatic particle with a sense of exclusion : only.

होना hōnā

To be.
To happen, to occur.
To exist.
To be born.

जैसा jaisā

Similar to, like, resembling, as, such as.

जानना jānnā

To know, to become aware of, to perceive.

जितना jitnā

As much as, as many, how much, however much.

जो jō

Relative pronoun (without distinction of gender or number): who, that, which, what. Can be coupled with vah creating an identity relationship between the two terms of two propositions in the sentence.

judge

Judge.

K

The letter K of our alphabet (used as an initial in acronyms).

का kā

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)

कब kab

Interrogative adverb: When? At what time ?

कहना kahnā

Say.

कैसा kaisā

(interrogative adjective and adverb of manner) What-like, what sort of, what kind or manner of, in what manner, how, by what means.

कर्मणा karmaṇā

Throught the deed.

करना karnā

To do.
Also used after a transitive English verb to conjugate.

कार्य kārya

Action, act, activity.
Work, task, duty, function, role.
Occupation.
Business, matter (in hand), agenda.

कौन kaun

interrogative pronoun. Who

कौन सा kaun sā

Interrogative adjective and pronoun : which.

के लिए kē liē

For, for the sake of.

के साथ kē sāth

With, along with, in the company of, in company with, in connection with.
We will replace kē with a possessive pronoun mērē (mine), tērē (yours), etc. to say "with me", "with you".

key

Key.

कि ki

That (to report indirect speech, example he says that).

को kō

को is used for denoting:

  • A Person who 'does' something involuntarily (such as—like, dislike, remember, be injured, be offended, suffer, feel, enjoy, receive, happen, to have, to meet, to know, to see or to hear, or to do something under compulsion, requirement, necessity, obligation, etc.).
  • An Animate Object, provided it denotes a particular being.
  • The object of a Verb in the Neutral Construction.
  • Every Secondary Object (which is usually animate).
  • The Object of a Verb requiring a predicative word (referring to the object).
  • Nouns denoting time when used adverbially.
    (A Basic Grammar of Modern Hindi)

कोई kōī

Some, any, someone, anyone.

कुछ kuchh

Something; anything.
A little, some.
fig. sthg. particular.
Some; any.
A few.
Somewhat, a little, at all.

क्या kyā

Interrogative pronoun What? for an open question.
Interrogative adjective What?, Which? (if followed by a name).
Interrogative pronoun for a closed question (yes/no type).

क्योंकि kyōṅki

Because, since.

लगाना lagānā

To engage, to employ.
To attach, to join, to connect.
To plant.
To apply.
To affix.
To make someone hang around.
To levy.
To touch.
To invest.
To paste, to stick.
To set, to fix.
To shut, to close.
To keep.
To backbite.
To inflame.
To add.

लेकिन lēkin

But, but still, on the other hand, however, notwithstanding, nevertheless, yet.

लेना lēnā

To take.

लोग log

A man.
People, public.
Placed after the pronoun ham (we), tum (you or you) or āp (you) grammatically plural to remove ambiguity on the number of people (at least 2 people)

लोक lōk

The world.
One of the three worlds: svarg (heaven), pr̥thvī (Earth), pātāl (hell).
One of the fourteen worlds (of which seven are above and seven below).
People, folk, public.
Popular, public.

मधुबन madhuban

(Hinduism) 'The forest of the demon Madhu,' near the Yamuna river (where Śhatru-ghna, after killing Lavaṇa, son of Madhu, founded the city of Madhurā or Mathurā, the city where Kr̥iṣhṇa was born, where God was incarnated).
(Bābā) Place where the seat of the Brahma Kumaris is located where the Supreme Being has descended on numerous occasions (in the body of Brahmā, then of Dadi Gulzar).

महसूस mahsūs

Experienced, felt, perceived.

मालिक mālik

Master, employer, owner, lord (as landlord), proprietor.
Husband.

मन्सा mansā

Mental, born of the mind.
Mentally, through the mind.

मन्सा-वाचा-कर्मणा mansā-vāchā-karmaṇā

In thought, word and deed.

में mē̃

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)

military

Military.

मिलना milnā

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.

मुख्य mukhya

Principal, chief, main, salient, staple, leading, capital, cardinal, pre-eminent, predominant.

मुरली murlī

Flute, pipe.
(Bābā) The words of God, the instrument to enchant us, to make us dance in happiness in the company of the Supreme Being, the Beloved Being.

न na

Not (subjunctive or imperative).
Na .. na, Neither .. nor.
Repetitive Compounds of indefinite Pronouns, and of Adverbs formed from them are made by placing the Negative particle between the two words. These Compounds have a pronounced indefinite force. (A Basic Grammar of Modern Hindi - Appendice III 5-j)

ना nā

Emphatic particle at the end of the sentence: no?, isn't it?
No.

नहीं nahī̃

No.
Not.

नशा naśhā

Intoxication, drunkenness.

नया nayā

New, novel, fresh, unused, green, recent, modern, raw, inexperienced, young.

नयन, नैन nayan, nain

Eye.

ने nē

A postposition denoting the subject (ergative case that is to say with a past participle).

निकलना nikalnā

To come out, to get out, to emerge, to rise, to ooze out, to proceed, to emanate, to appear, to be extracted, to be deduced, to be solved, to issue or be issued, to be published, to slink away.

निरहंकारी, निरहंकार nirahaṅkārī, nirahaṅkār

Without ego.
Free from egoism, devoid of selfishness.
Free from pride, humble, lowly.

निराकार nirākār

Incorporeal.
An epithet of God.
(Hinduism) without form, permeating everything (which makes God omnipresent).
(Bābā) Incorporeal, without physical or subtle body. God is incorporeal but has a form, the form of a point. Likewise the souls in the incorporeal world are incorporeal and have the form of a point.

निर्विकारी nirvikārī

Unchanged, without defect, changeless (as the ultimate being).
(Bābā) Viceless, without defect.

निशाना niśhānā

A target, butt, mark, aim.

निशानी niśhānī

A memento, keepsake, token.
Mark, mark of identification, sign, trace.

निश्चय niśhchay

Confidence, faith, certainty.

निश्चयबुद्धि niśhchaybuddhi

Determined mind, assured mind, decided mind, certain mind, resolute mind.

number

Number.

नम्बरवार number-wār

In order, orderly.
According to his rank, his position.

ओम् ōm

(Hinduism) Sacred syllable symbolising God Almighty.
Sacred syllable symbolising the almighty soul in general. (Hindus confuse the soul and the Supreme Soul)
I am.
Me the soul.

पक्का pakkā

Ripe.
Expert, confirmed.
Strong, lasting, permanent, firm.

पर par

पर denotes :

  • Location or position on or upon or at something.
  • Point of time at which an action takes place.
  • Sequence of actions of happenings.
  • Cause or reason.
  • Objects of (compound) Verbs signifying mercy, faith, confidence, anger etc.
    (A Basic Grammar of Modern Hindi)

पर par

Opposite, inimical, other, alien, higher.

percentage

Percentage.

फिर phir

Then, again, afterwards, thereafter, in future, a second time.

फिरना phirnā

To turn.
To wander, to ramble, to walk about, to go round.

practice

Practice.

प्रजा prajā

Subjects, public, people.

पूरा pūrā

Complete, all, whole, entire, full, gross, total, thorough, adequate.
Sufficiency, adequacy.

पूरी pūrī

A thin cake of meal fried in ghī or oil.

पुरुषार्थ puruṣhārth

Human effort or exertion; valour; industry.
An object of human pursuit.
(Hinduism) The four basic aims of human existence (viz. dharm discharge of duty; arth acquirement of wealth; kām gratification of desire; mokṣha final emancipation).
(Bābā) The effort made by the soul to attain perfection.
(Bābā) Spiritual effort. The effort made for the sake (arth) of development of the soul (puruṣh). This effort includes the steps we take for attaining the perfect state of our original and eternal self.

रहना rahnā

To remain, to stay.

रखना rakhnā

To put, to place, to keep, to possess, to have, to employ, to appoint.

रोज़ rōz

A day.
Everyday, daily.

सब sab

All, entire, whole, total.
Every.
All people, everybody, the whole.

समझना samajhnā

To understand.

समय samay

Time.
Period.
Times, timings.
Occasion.
Leisure.
A convention.

संकल्प saṅkalp

Determination, resolve, resolution, will.
Mind, thought, idea.
(Bābā) Thought, idea.
(Bābā) Right idea, pure thought (śuddha khyāl)

संशय sanśhay

Suspicion, doubt, uncertainty.

शान्ति śhānti

Peace, calmness, quiet, tranquillity, quietude, silence.

से sē

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)

शिक्षा śhikṣhā

Education, instruction, teaching.
Moral.

सिमरण simraṇ

Memory, remembering. repetition (especially of the name of God).
A small rosary worn on the wrist.

सृष्टि sr̥iṣhṭi

Creation.
The world.

stage

Stage.
(Bābā) State, condition.

स्थिति sthiti

Position, situation, state, condition, stage, phase.

सुनना sunnā

To hear, to listen, to pay heed.
Hearing, audition.

तरफ taraph

Side, direction.
Towards.

ठीक ṭhīk

Right, correct, exact, proper, true.
All right; precisely, accurately.

तीनों tīnō̃

The three, all three.

तीर tīr

An arrow.

title

Title.

तो tō

Then, therefore, moreover.
An emphatic particle (e.g. मैं तो जाऊँगा).
At any rate, however, at least.

त्रिकालदर्शी trikāldarśhī

Seeing the three times: the past, the present and the future; omniscient; Rishi or divine sage.

वा vā

Or.

वाचा vāchā

Through speech.

वह vah

Third person personal pronoun: he, she, it (and also they).
Distant demonstrative pronoun and adjective: that (and also those).

वही vahī

(emphatic form of vah) That very, that very one.

वाला vālā

A suffix denoting an agent, doer, owner, possessor, keeper or inhabitant : the one of, the one with, the one who.

वर्तमान vartamān

Present, existing; current.
The present.

vibration

Vibrations. The emotional state of a person, the atmosphere of a place, or the associations of an object, communicated and felt by others.

विकार vikār

Deformation, defilement.
Change or variation (for the worse).
Deviation from a natural state, perversion, disorder.
(Bābā) Vice (Sex lust, Anger, Greed, Attachment and Ego).

विशेष viśhēṣh

Special, specific, particular, distinctive, characteristic, typical.

विश्व viśhva

The world, universe.

वृत्ति vr̥itti

Behaviour, conduct, mode of life.
Natural tendency, instinct.
Business, employment, profession.
Means of subsistence, allowance, pension.
Commentary (on a text).
Usage (of a term or expression).
(Bābā) Attitude, thought pattern, tendencies, inclinations, instincts.

याद yād

Remembrance, recollection, memory.

याद रखना yād rakhnā

'to keep the remembrance'. To bear in mind, to keep in memory, to remember.

यह yah

3rd person personal pronoun, demonstrative pronoun or determiner in a close context : he, she, this (also they, these).

यहाँ yahā̃

Here, hither, in/at this place.

यही yahī

Emphatic form of yah: this very.

यथार्थ yathārth

Real, actual.
Accurate.

युक्ति yukti

Device.
Means.
Tactics, artifice, manoeuvre.
Skill.
Argument, plea.