Avyakt murli for Tuesday 9 September 1975

परिवर्तित करना parivartit karnā (8.14)

To change.
To exchange.
To transform.

ग्लानि glāni (8.06)

Weariness, languor, lassitude, fatigue, exhaustion; inertness; depression (of mind); debility; sickness. Unwillingness, reluctance; aversion, disgust.
Remorse, repentance.
(Bābā) Defamation.

तकदीर takdīr (5.75)

Fate, destiny.

तकदीरवान takdīrvān (5.39)

Who owns destiny, fate.

ठुकराना ṭhukrānā (5.29)

To kick against, to kick away.
To reject, to rebuff; to spurn.

निंदा nindā (4.89)

Ill-speaking, censure, condemnation.

रहम-दिल rahm-dil (4.86)

मध्यम madhyam (4.53)

उपकार upkār (4.31)

Favour, kindness, benefit, beneficence, goodness.
Assistance.
Preservation, protection.

अपकार apkār (4.10)

स्व-अभिमान sva-abhimān (3.62)

Self-pride (in a negative or positive sense).

hopeless case (3.62)

Hopeless case.

घृणा ghr̥iṇā (3.55)

Hatred, scorn, abhorrence, loathing.

स्तुति stuti (3.42)

Eulogy, praise.
(hindi) Prayer, invocation.

सितारा sitārā (3.31)

A star.
Fortune, fate, destiny.

घटना ghaṭnā (3.27)

Incident, event, incidence, occurrence, phenomenon.
To happen.
To be subtracted, to decrease, to lessen.

अष्ट aṣhṭ (3.26)

Eight, 8.

बदली badlī (3.21)

Change, exchange, barter, transfer, substitution, stead, lieu, person or thing taken in exchange for another, substitute, relief (of a watch).

सौभाग्यशाली saubhāgyaśhālī (3.20)

Possessing saubhāgya ( good luck, fortune): fortunate, blessed.

follow father (3.18)

To follow the Father (there is no article in hindi).

वत्स vats (3.03)

अपकारी apkārī (2.90)

Detrimental, hurtful, harmful, damaging.
One who inflicts harm, one who does an evil turn.

सत्कार satkār (2.90)

Hospitality, welcome.

नम्रता namratā (2.82)

Modesty, humility, politeness, meekness, submissiveness.

अधिकारीपन adhikārīpan (2.82)

first class (2.82)

First class.

उम्मीद ummīd (2.74)

टक्कर ṭakkar (2.60)

Collision, clash, impact, confrontation.

अन्तिम antim (2.60)

Last, final, ultimate, concluding, conclusive.

अपमान apmān (2.53)

Insult, disgrace, affront.
(Bābā) Disrespect.

गिरती कला girtī kalā (2.53)

निर्मानता nirmāntā (2.53)

व va (2.46)

विश्व-कल्याणकारी viśhva-kalyāṇakārī (2.44)

गायन gāyan (2.35)

प्रालब्ध prālabdh (2.32)

Predestination, destiny, fortune, fate, lot, venture, chance.
(Bābā) Destiny resulting from actions performed in a previous birth (fruit of karma).

वरदाता vardātā (2.24)

मग्न magna (2.19)

Absorbed, engrossed, engaged, busy, immersed, drowned.
Glad, happy, delighted.

इष्ट iṣhṭ (2.08)

Adored, favoured, favourite.

तत्पर tatpar (2.07)

गिराना girānā (2.04)

दुश्मन duśhman (2.02)

Enemy, foe.

एक तरफ ēk taraph (2.01)

चमकना chamaknā (2.00)

मालिकपन mālikpan (1.99)

The condition of being master, lord, owner.

लक्षण lakṣhaṇ (1.98)

A symptom.
Indication.
Trait, characteristic feature, characteristic mark.
(Bābā) The symptoms of the soul which show progress towards his/her goal.

कमाल kamāl (1.87)

मध्य madhya (1.86)

Middle, central, mid-.
Middle, centre, the middle part.

चुक्तू chuktū (1.81)

Settled, paid up, paid in full.

कल्याणकारी kalyāṇkārī (1.77)

Who makes happiness.

रेखा rēkhā (1.74)

Line, lineament, mark, furrow.
Lines on the palm of the hand or the forehead, fate, destiny.

रफ्तार raphtār (1.74)

Speed, pace.

सिखाना sikhānā (1.73)

To train, to teach, to instruct, to school.

चमक chamak (1.73)

Glitter, brilliance, splendour, flash, gleam.

ठहरना ṭhaharnā (1.70)

To stay, to wait.
To stop, to halt, to pause.
To stabilise.

बोल bōl (1.69)

चढ़ती कला chaṛhtī kalā (1.67)

The art of Ascent.
The number of kalā (degree or sixteenth) increasing.
(Sikhism) Good humor, always being positive, moving forward. Chardi Kala reflects a state of mind based on dedication and the Will of God. One must fulfill one's obligations regardless of difficulties.

शुभ भावना śhubh bhāvnā (1.67)

Good feeling, auspicious feeling.

महानता mahāntā (1.64)

निरन्तर nirantar (1.59)

समझ samajh (1.57)

Understanding, mental grasp, intelligence, sense, judgment.
Mind; opinion, view.

मंज़िल mañzil (1.56)

Destination, stage, storey.

लकीर lakīr (1.53)

A line, lineament.
A streak, stripe.

स्वर्ग svarg (1.51)

Paradise, heaven, abode of gods : Earth or Bharat in the Golden Age.

द्वापर dvāpar (1.47)

The third of the four yug or ages according to the Hindu mythology, the age of transition from good (satyug and trētā) to the age of vice (kaliyug).

direct (1.46)

Direct.

दाता dātā (1.46)

Giving, bestowing, imparting, liberal, generous.
Giver, donor, benefactor.
The Giver of all things, God.

छिपना chhipnā (1.42)

To hide, to lurk.
To set.
To be covered.

ऊंच ūñch (1.40)

High, lofty, tall, raised, elevated, exalted, eminent.

विजयी vijayī (1.40)

Conquering, victorious, triumphant.
A conqueror.

लगन lagan (1.38)

Devotion, perseverence, inclination, attachment.
An auspicious moment (for performing a ceremony).

सबने sabnē (1.36)

बेहद का bēhad kā (1.36)

Limitless, unlimited, unbounded.

विघ्न vighna (1.31)

Interruption, interference, meddling, obstacle, disturbance.

merciful (1.31)

Merciful.

बाप की याद bāp kī yād (1.29)

Remembrance of the Father.

के प्रति kē prati (1.29)

Towards.

बाप समान bāp samān (1.25)

Similar, identical, equal to the Father.

बढ़ाना baṛhānā (1.23)

To increase, to multiply.
To extend, to raise.
To cause to progress, to cause to grow, to cause to prosper.
To advance.
To magnify.
To exaggerate.
To push ahead.
To extinguish (as a lamp).
To close (as a shop).

first (1.21)

First.

प्राप्त करना prāpt karnā (1.20)

To obtain, to acquire, to receive, to undergo, to endure, to submit, to incur.

स्मृति स्वरूप smr̥iti svarūp (1.19)

भक्ति bhakti (1.18)

Religious devotion, adoration, loving faith, piety, devoted service.
(Bābā) Bhakti, the system of worship based on faith in God, devotion and love for Him, devoid however of the true knowledge (gyan) about Him.

योग्य yōgya (1.15)

Qualified, able, deserving, capable, competent, worthy, eligible, suitable.

कदम kadam (1.15)

Step, pace, footstep.

तथा tathā (1.13)

And.
So.

पार्ट बजाना part bajānā (1.13)

To play one's part. When the soul incarnates, it becomes an actor and plays the part eternally inscribed within it.

रत्न ratna (1.12)

A gem, precious stone.
The most outstanding individual of a class.
The pupil of the eye.
(in comp.) Anything valuable or desirable, any precious thing, anything excellent or best of its kind (e.g. strī-ratn, 'a pearl of a woman').

स्वीकार svīkār (1.11)

'Making one's own,' taking on one's self, assent, agreement, consent, acquiescence, acknowledgment, acceptance.

सतयुग satyug (1.11)

The first of the four yug of the universe according to Indian mythology. Satyug is said to be the best or golden period or age of creation.

अथवा athavā (1.11)

Or.
That is.

return (1.11)

Return.

युग yug (1.10)

An age, epoch, era, period, times.
One of the four ages-viz satyug, trētā, dvāpar, kaliyug - of the world according to Indian tradition.
(Bābā) To which is added the age of the meeting (age of confluence). The 4 previous ages being of equal duration, i.e. 1250 years.

बदलना badalnā (1.08)

To change, to alter, to replace.
To convert, to be converted.
To go back (on one's word).

लक्ष्य lakṣhya (1.08)

The aim, object, objective, target, goal.
Indicated, implied.

सम्मुख sammukh (1.07)

Before, in front of; opposite, facing, confronting, being face to face.

भाव bhāv (1.06)

Emotion, sentiment feeling.
Idea.
Rate, price(s), quotation.
Existence, existing state, being.
Sense, purport.
Gist.
Nature, temperament, disposition.

स्थूल sthūl (1.06)

Bulky, fat.
Gross, coarse; undifferentiated; outward, apparent.
Crude, rough, gross.
Dense, stupid.
philos. Tangible, material (as opposed to sūkṣma, subtle).
(Bābā) Tangible, material.

अन्य anya (1.05)

Other, another, different; separate.

हर्षित harṣhit (1.04)

Joyous, delighted, cheerful.

प्रमाण pramāṇ (1.01)

According to or conformably with.
Proof, evidence; verification; warrant.
Evidence (as to a matter).

महिमा mahimā (0.98)

Exaltation, greatness, grandeur, glory, dignity, majesty, importance.

कला kalā (0.97)

Art, craft, skill.
A sixteenth part (of anything).
A digit or one sixteenth of the moon's diameter (allowing you to distinguish the phases of the moon).
(Bābā) One-sixteenth of the full spiritual light.

कम होना kam hōnā (0.95)

To lessen, diminish, decrease, to abate.
To fail, come short.
To fall, sink.

मुरली murlī (0.94)

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.

रूपी rūpī (0.92)

(suffix) Having the form of, of the shape of, similar to.

कल्याण kalyāṇ (0.89)

Welfare.

संगम saṅgam (0.88)

Confluence, union, meeting.

वर्सा varsā (0.88)

The inheritance. What our father leaves behind after he leaves.

के निमित्त kē nimitt (0.87)

भक्त bhakt (0.86)

A devotee.

परिवर्तन parivartan (0.85)

Change, alteration, variation.
Exchange (of objects, goods); conversion (of funds, currency).
Transformation.

बीच bīch (0.82)

Middle, centre.

शिव śhiv (0.79)

Beneficial, favorable, auspicious, salutary.
Well-being, prosperity, happiness.
(Hinduism) Confused with Śhaṅkar. Name of the third god of the Hindū triad, the Deity in the character of producer or destroyer (Śhiv's most distinctive function is to preside over the dissolution of the world at the end of each aeon in order that it may be created anew), or Time personified.
(Hinduism) The phallic or pillar emblem of Śhiv.
(Bābā) The name of the Supreme Being The Auspicious, the Good, the Well-being, etc. who does his work of Creation, Sustainment and Destruction of the World through the trimūrti Brahmā, Viṣhṇu and Śhaṅkar three subtle deities created by God in the subtle world.
(Bābā) The Seed of the Human World Tree.
(Bābā) The Point. He is the Supreme Soul and therefore has the shape of a point like any soul. As He is incorporeal, it was represented with the shape of a pillar or, more anciently, an egg. The degradation of devotion has led Hindus to see it as a phallic representation symbolizing the Creator role of God and others to transgress the rules of Hindu conduct (left path tantra) where sexuality is permitted and revered as a divine activity.

वृत्ति vr̥itti (0.76)

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.

निशानी niśhānī (0.76)

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

खाना khānā (0.74)

To eat, to feed on, to consume, to swallow, to take.
to get, to receive.
To feel, to suffer, to endure.
Eating, food, meal, dinner.

जन्मना janamnā (0.73)

To be born.

स्नेही snēhī (0.70)

A lover.
Loving, affectionate.

माया māyā (0.69)

The Illusion of the world which makes us believe false things and distances us from the Truth taught by God. The world, nature, the universe is not in itself an illusion. It is an eternal reality as is the soul and the Supreme Soul.

सुख sukh (0.69)

Happiness, pleasure, comfort, felicity, contentment.

अविनाशी avināśhī (0.68)

Indestructible, imperishable, everlasting, immortal, entire.

जन्म janm (0.66)

Birth, origin, genesis.
Life, existence.

पुरुषार्थ puruṣhārth (0.66)

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.

स्थिति sthiti (0.64)

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

सम्पूर्ण sampūrṇ (0.63)

Whole, entire, complete, perfect.

साधन sādhan (0.62)

The act of accomplishing, or achieving, processing.
An accomplishment, achievement, solution, realization.
Means, medium; expedient.
Appliance(s), equipment, device, an implement.
Resource(s).
(bābā) Material things, comforts, facilities.

अर्थ arth (0.61)

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

earth (0.61)

Earth.

सेवाधारी sēvādhārī (0.60)

'who has, carries, or supports the service'. Server, servant.

तरफ taraph (0.60)

Side, direction.
Towards.

समान samān (0.58)

Equal, equivalent, similar, alike, identical, tantamount.

सहयोगी sahyōgī (0.57)

Colleague, co-worker.
Co-operating.
Co-operative.

result (0.56)

Result.

गुण guṇ (0.56)

Merit, virtue, great quality, excellence.
Constitutive quality, property, attribute.
One of the 3 qualities: sattva (purity, truth), rajas (strength, desire), and tamas (ignorance, inertia).

चाहिए chāhiē (0.55)

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

अधिकारी adhikārī (0.54)

Governor, ruler, minister, functionary, official, officer, (and generally) one invested with power or authority.
Proprietor, owner, master, heir.
Agent, deputy; one who possesses a right, title, or privilege.

नशा naśhā (0.52)

Intoxication, drunkenness.

श्रेष्ठ śhrēṣhṭha (0.52)

The best, good, excellent, superior.

stage (0.49)

Stage.
(Bābā) State, condition.

check (0.48)

Check.

स्थान sthān (0.46)

Place, spot, site.

in (0.45)

In.

विश्व viśhva (0.42)

The world, universe.

बोलना bōlnā (0.41)

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

संस्कार saṅskār (0.40)

Perfecting, finishing; refining; adorning.
An inborn power or faculty; instinct.
Influence, impress (of nurture).
A concept, idea.
(Hinduism) Any of various essential sanctifying or purificatory rites (as the first taking of solid food, investiture with the sacred thread, marriage and funeral rites).
(Bābā) Impression or imprint of the state of mind. There are the innate saṅskār, inherent to the soul and the acquired saṅskār. When the soul does an action, an acquired saṅskār is formed. This saṅskār then incites us to the same action (with the same state of mind) in similar circumstances for example. Character traits are saṅskār. These saṅskār are part of the soul and not the body as many believe. They therefore accumulate over several lives.

कर्म karm (0.40)

Action (with its fruit, and implications of merit); an act, deed.
(moral) duty or obligation.
A religious observance, action or rite (as sacrifice, ablution, funeral obsequies).
Fate (as the consequence of previous acts); fortune, lot.
Result, effect.

बाबा bābā (0.37)

Father.

या yā (0.36)

Or, either.

पहुंचना pahuñchnā (0.36)

To reach, to arrive.

आगे āgē (0.35)

Ahead, in front of, before; in future.

प्राप्त prāpt (0.35)

Got, obtained; procured, acquired.

कभी kabhī (0.35)

Sometime, ever.

समझाना samjhānā (0.33)

(Causative of samajhnā) To persuade, explain.

her (0.33)

हर har (0.33)

उतना utnā (0.32)

हरना harnā (0.32)

याद-प्यार yād-pyār (0.32)

Yād and pyār: remembrance and love, remembrance and affection.

चाहे chāhē (0.31)

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

सेवा sēvā (0.29)

Service.
(Bābā) Selfless use of our mind, body and wealth for the benefit of the world.

नमस्ते namastē (0.27)

आना ānā (0.26)

अपनाना apnānā (0.26)

To (treat as one's) own.
To adopt.
To appropriate.

वैसा vaisā (0.25)

सिर्फ sirph (0.25)

सर्व sarv (0.22)

All ; whole, entire, complete.

दिखाना dikhānā (0.22)

कोई भी kōī bhī (0.22)

Anyone, someone, any.

दूसरा dūsrā (0.22)

Second.
Other, another.
Next.

संकल्प saṅkalp (0.22)

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

अनुभव anubhav (0.20)

Experience.

चाहना chāhnā (0.19)

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

बच्चा bachchā (0.19)

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

रखना rakhnā (0.19)

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

आत्मा ātmā (0.18)

The soul, the spirit, the self.

न na (0.17)

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)

ने nē (0.16)

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

समझना samajhnā (0.12)

To understand.

जब jab (0.12)

(Relative pronoun) When.

बाप bāp (0.12)

Father.

अर्थात् arthāt (0.12)

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

क्योंकि kyōṅki (0.11)

Because, since.

विशेष viśhēṣh (0.11)

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

कुछ kuchh (0.11)

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

समय samay (0.10)

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

बनाना banānā (0.10)

To make, to construct, to compose, to build, to prepare, to make ready, to form.
To pull somebody's leg, to patch up, to develop a good equation with.
To befool.

जानना jānnā (0.08)

To know, to become aware of, to perceive.

कहना kahnā (0.08)

Say.

सदा sadā (0.07)

Always, perpetually, continually, ever.

वाला vālā (0.07)

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

बात bāt (0.06)

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

जैसा jaisā (0.05)

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

देखना dēkhnā (0.05)

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

पर par (0.04)

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)

ना nā (0.04)

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

बापदादा bāpdādā (0.04)

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

पर par (0.04)

Opposite, inimical, other, alien, higher.

बनना bannā (0.04)

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

कोई kōī (0.03)

Some, any, someone, anyone.

ऐसा aisā (0.03)

Such, of this type.

ओम् ōm (0.03)

(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.

अब ab (0.02)

Now.

आप āp (0.02)

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

देना dēnā (0.02)

To give.

कि ki (0.02)

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

अपना apnā (0.02)

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

शान्ति śhānti (0.02)

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

अच्छा achchhā (0.02)

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

सब sab (0.02)

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

क्या kyā (0.02)

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).

लेकिन lēkin (0.02)

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

अव्यक्त avyakt (0.02)

Not manifest, not apparent, imperceptible, indistinct.

आना ānā (0.01)

To come.

यह yah (0.01)

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

और aur (0.01)

And.
Else.
Other.

नहीं nahī̃ (0.01)

No.
Not.

रहना rahnā (0.01)

To remain, to stay.

K (0.01)

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

key (0.01)

Key.

जो jō (0.00)

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.

तो tō (0.00)

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

का kā (0.00)

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)

ही hī (0.00)

Emphatic particle with a sense of exclusion : only.

होना hōnā (0.00)

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

करना karnā (0.00)

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

वह vah (0.00)

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

को kō (0.00)

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)

में mē̃ (0.00)

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)

भी bhī (0.00)

Inclusive emphatic particle: too, also, even.

से sē (0.00)

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)