Avyakt murli for Monday 24 December 1979

अब ab

Now.

अभ्यास abhyās

Practice, exercise, habituation, frequent repetition of a thing in order to fix it on the memory.

अभ्यासी abhyāsī

Studious, practising, repeating, exercising, carrying on practice, carrying on training.
Well-up, trained.

अचल achal

Immovable, immobile, stationary, motionless, still, firm.

अच्छा achchhā

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

अच्छा लगना achchhā lagnā

To be pleasing, agreeable or palatable, to please.
To appear pretty or becoming, to look well.
To become, befit, suit; to afford pleasure.
To derive pleasure or enjoyment, to enjoy, relish; to have a good effect, prove beneficial, to benefit.

आधार ādhār

Base, basis, foundation.
(sindhi) A support, prop, dependence.
(Bābā) Support.

अगर agar

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

आगे āgē

Ahead, in front of, before; in future.

आह्वान āhvān

A call, summons, invocation, citation.

ऐसा aisā

Such, of this type.

आज āj

Today.

आकारी, आकार ākārī, ākār

Possessing a form.
(Bābā) Possessing a non-physical form but which can be perceived.
(Bābā) Having the angelic form.
(Bābā) Subtle, not physical.

आखिर ākhir

The end.
At last, after all.

आलस्य ālasya

Laziness, lethargy.

अलबेलापन albēlāpan

Playfulness, sportiveness, wantonness, sprightnness, gayety, frolic; capriciousness, waywardness; giddiness, frivolity, levity, silliness, childishness; simplicity, artlessness, innocence.
Carelessness, indifference; strangeness, oddness, singularity, peculiarity.
Smartness, spruceness, foppishness; airs, blandishments, coquettishness; charm, fascination; beauty, prettiness, elegance.
(Bābā) Carelessness.

अमृतवेला amr̥itvēlā

The time of nectar, the hour before dawn, the hour suitable for meditation or prayer.
(Sikhism) the hour before sunrise between 3:00 a.m. and 6:00 a.m.
(Bābā) The time of amr̥t, the time of nectar, time of daily meditation after waking up, set from 4:00 a.m. to 4:45 a.m., when the atmosphere is very pure and Baba specially fills a soul with all powers, but perhaps at any time between 2:00 a.m. and 5:00 a.m.

आना ānā

To come.

अनेक anēk

'not one'. Many, several, various, much, abundant.

अंग aṅg

A limb, member, body, part, component, organ.

आंख āṅkh

Eye.
Sight.
Look, glance, regard, observation.
Discernment, judgment, sense.

अन्त ant

End.

अन्तिम antim

Last, final, ultimate, concluding, conclusive.

अनुभव anubhav

Experience.

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.

अपनाना apnānā

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

अर्थ arth

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

अर्थात् arthāt

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

आश, आशा āśh, āśhā

Hope, expectation.
Wish, desire.

आत्मा ātmā

The soul, the spirit, the self.

और aur

And.
Else.
Other.

आवाज़ āvāz

Sound, noise.
Voice, tone.
Echo.
Shout, call, cry.
Report, fame.

अव्यक्त avyakt

Not manifest, not apparent, imperceptible, indistinct.

बच्चा bachchā

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

बदलना badalnā

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

बदली badlī

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

बाहुबल bāhubal

Strength of arm, bodily strength or vigour.

बहुत bahut

Many, much.
Very.

बजाना bajānā

To play (an instrument, a recording).
To strike (a bell, gong); to beat (a drum).
To clap (the hands).

बनाना banānā

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.

बंद band

Closed, shut, locked, locked up.
Stopped, discontinued.

बन्धन bandhan

A bond, tie ;the act or process of binding/tying; tie (as of affection, duty) ; bondage; restriction; a fetter.
phil. Attachment to the world; opp. liberation [mokṣa].

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.

बार bār

Time, occasion.

बढ़ाना baṛhānā

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).

बढ़ना baṛhnā

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

बात bāt

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

बताना batānā

To say, to speak, to tell, to inform, to point out, to express, to thrash, to instruct.

भगवान bhagvān

Fortunate, prosperous, happy, glorious, illustrious, adorable, divine, worshipful.
(epithet) God, the Lord Almighty, the Supreme Being (Śhiv and not Viṣhṇu).
(Hinduism) (epithet) The god Nārāyaṇ.

भक्त bhakt

A devotee.

भक्ति bhakti

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.

भक्ति मार्ग bhakti mārg

The path of Bhakti, the path of devotion (one of the three paths prescribed for the achievement of human salvation; the other two being gyān and yōg).
(Bābā) All paths aspiring to liberation other than that the path God teaches. (which therefore fail in the liberation of the soul).

भरपूर bharpūr

Quite full, brimful, chokeful, crammed, replete, overflowing.
Sufficient, quite enough.
High (as a tide).
Full (as the moon).

भटकना bhaṭaknā

To lose one's way, to go astray.
To gad, to meander, to wander about.

भव bhav

(imperative of 'to be', 'to become' in Sanskrit) Just become.
(Bābā) The word introduces a blessing 'May you be...' placed at the beginning in English but at the end in Hindi.

भवन bhavan

Place of being or abode, building (public), chamber (legislative), mansion, palace.

भविष्य bhaviṣhya

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

भी bhī

Inclusive emphatic particle: too, also, even.

भिन्न bhinn

Divided, separated, separate.
Distinct, different, other.

भोला bhōlā

Innocent, unsophisticated; simple-hearted.
An epithet of Śiv.

बीच bīch

Middle, centre.

बीज bīj

Seed, kernel. Source, origin, primary cause.

बिना binā

Without, exclusive of, wanting, except (it may often be conveniently rendered by the Eng. neg. prefixes un-, in, or by the affix -less).

बीती bītī

Past events or experiences; the past.

बीतना bītnā

To pass, elapse, expire (as time).
To come to pass, take place, occur, happen, befall, arrive.
To undergo, suffer, endure.

बुलाना bulānā

To call, to convene, to summon, to send for, to invite.

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.

चलना chalnā

Continue.

चढ़ना chaṛhnā

To go up, to ascend, to climb, to rise, to increase.

चढ़ती कला chaṛhtī kalā

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.

चारों ओर chārō̃ ōr

On all sides, all around, everywhere.

चौथा chauthā

The fourth (in succession).
(the rituals observed on) the fourth day of somebody's death.

chance

Chance.

change

Change.

chief

Chief.

छोड़ना chhōṛnā

To leave.
To abandon.
To release.

छोटा chhōṭā

Small, little, short, young, petty, subordinate, junior, insignificant.

combined

Combined.

दादा dādā

A paternal grandfather.
An elder brother; a term of veneration or respect addressed to Brāhmans.

डालना ḍālnā

To put in, to pour, to drop, to thrust.

dance

Dance.

दर्शन darśhan

Seeing, looking, observing; sight, vision, observation, look, view; appearance, aspect, semblance; perception; exhibition; inspection, examination; going into the presence of, visiting, an interview; visiting a sacred shrine, worshipping in the presence of an image.
A view or theory prescribed in a system or book; one of the six religious or philosophical systems of the Hindūs, a śāstra.
Mental or spiritual vision, contemplation; a vision, dream.
Apprehension, judgment, opinion; discernment, understanding, intellect.

दर्शनीय darśhanīy

Worthy of being seen, worth seeing, fine-looking, picturesque.

date

Date.

देहली dēhlī

Delhi (the capital of India).
Threshold.

देखना dēkhnā

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

देना dēnā

To give.

देव dēv

A god, a deity.

देवी dēvī

The Goddess.
A goddess.
A consort of a god: esp. Durgā (wife of Śiva in Hinduism).
A lady.

धारण करना dhāraṇ karnā

To bear.
To possess.
To wear.
To assume.
To seize, retain.
To draw, to absorb, &c.

धर्म dharm

What is to be held or kept: the complex of religious and social obligations which a devout Hindu is required to fulfil, right action, duty; morality; virtue, virtuous life; justice.
Customary observances of community or sect, etc.
The prescriptions or sanctions of religion; moral law.
Religion.
Particular nature or character; walk of life; way of life (e.g. of a woman as opposed to a man, of a man as opposed to a youth); caste.
Spiritual merit, as deriving from the fulfilment of dharma.

धर्म सत्ता dharm sattā

Religious authority.

धूल dhūl

Dust.

ढूँढना ḍhūṇḍhnā

To seek, search for.

दिखाई देना dikhāī dēnā

To show oneself (or itself, &c.), to come in sight, to appear, to be visible or apparent, to be seen.

दिन din

A day (comprised of twenty-four hours from sunrise to sunrise).
A day (extending from sunrise to sunset), daytime.
Time(s).

दो dō

Two, 2.

dress

Dress.

दृढ़ dr̥iṛh

Firm, resolute, strong-willed.
Strong.
Tough, hard.
Rigid, tenacious.

दृष्टा dr̥iṣhṭā

A seer, visionist, sage.
A spectator.

दृष्टि dr̥iṣhṭi

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

दुनिया duniyā

World.
The present world, the present life or state of existence.
The people of this world, people.
Worldly enjoyments or blessings, worldly goods, the good things of this life, wealth, riches.

दूसरा dūsrā

Second.
Other, another.
Next.

द्वारा dvārā

By, through, through the medium of, through the agency of, by means of, with.

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).

एकाग्र ēkāgr

Concentrated on the same point, intent, resolute.

ever ready

Ever-ready.

final

Final.

foreign

Foreign.
Abroad.

foundation

Foundation.

full pass

To pass fully.

full stop

Full stop.

गद्दी gaddī

Cushion, throne, seat.

गहना gahnā

Ornament, jewel.

गाना gānā

To sing, to chant.
A song.

गंगा gaṅgā

The Ganges (considered to be the most sacred river by the Hindus).

गति gati

Motion, movement.
Speed.
State, condition, plight.
Shape, appearance.
Access, approach, pass.
Destiny, salvation.

घुटका ghuṭkā

Gutka. Small ball made of betel nut and tobacco, chewed recreationally (very addictive and harmful to health).

guest

Guest.

ज्ञान gyān

Knowledge directly taught by God.

ज्ञानी gyānī

Who has Gyān, wise, learned, knowledgeable, well-informed, one who has attained self-realisation.

हद had

Boundary.
Limit, bounds, extent.
Bar, obstruction.

हाल hāl

State, condition.
Circumstances, situation.
Present and immediately preceding time.
Account, story, news.

हलचल halchal

Commotion, hustle.
Agitation, movement.

हल्का halkā

Light, cheap, thin, faint.

hall

Hall.

हम ham

We.
(rustic form) I.

हर एक har ēk

Each, every.
Each one, everybody.

हर्षित harṣhit

Joyous, delighted, cheerful.

hero

Hero.
(Bābā) The One who plays the leading role in the Great Drama of Life.

heroine

Heroine.

ही hī

Emphatic particle with a sense of exclusion : only.

हीरा hīrā

Diamond.

होना hōnā

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

in

In.

in advance

In advance.

इन्तजार intjār

Wait.

इसलिए isliē

On this account, for this reason, hence, therefore.

इष्ट iṣhṭ

Adored, favoured, favourite.

इतना itnā

As much as this, this much; so much, so many.

जब jab

(Relative pronoun) When.

जगना jagnā

To wake up, to awaken.

जागता jāgtā

Waking, awake.
Watchful, vigilant.
Fully efficacious (as a deity's influence), potent; manifest.
Active, being in the full exercise of its power, virtue, or efficacy (as an idol, or a charm or spell, or a medicine, &c.).

जैसा jaisā

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

जल्दी jaldī

Hurry, haste.
Quickly, urgently, immediately.

जमा करना jamā karnā

To collect, to accumulate, to amass, to gather together, to assemble, to heap, to store up, to lay by.
To add together, to add up, to sum up.
To deposit, to credit, to carry to credit or account.

जमुना jamunā

Name of a river, the Yamuna, flowing through Delhi (Paristhān).
In golden age, our palaces will be on the banks of river Yamuna.

जाना jānā

To go, to depart, to lose, to flow.

जानना jānnā

To know, to become aware of, to perceive.

जय jay

Conquest, victory, triumph.
Used as a suffix in compound words meaning, one who has achieved a victory or has triumphed over (e.g. मृत्युंजय, धनंजय, etc).
Bravo ! hurrah !

झुटका jhuṭkā

A snatch of sleep, a nap.

झुटका खाना jhuṭkā khānā

To doze off.

जितना jitnā

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

जीवन jīvan

Life, animation, existence.

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.

ज्योति jyōti

Light, flame, lustre.
Vision.

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 ?

कहाँ तक kahā̃ tak

(Interrogative pronominal adverb) How far, how long, to what degree.

कहावत kahāvat

A saying, proverb.

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.

कल्याण kalyāṇ

Welfare.

कारण kāraṇ

Reason, cause.
Agency, instrument.
For the reason, because (of, -ke), on account (of), for the sake (of), &c.

कराना karānā

To cause to be done, cause to be made; to actuate, effect, make; to perform (sacrifice, etc.), to assist.

कर्म karm

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.

कर्मातीत karmātīt

Beyond karma. God is beyond karma in the sense that his actions are not real actions. He does not act directly in the material world and therefore suffers no consequences from his actions.
Whose karma is over. All old karmic scores are settled. There is therefore no longer any possible punishment. This is our final level.

कर्मभोग karmbhōg

The fulfilling of destiny; experiencing the consequences of actions.
(Bābā) karmic fruit, results of our actions; karmic suffering, punishment we endure for our sinful karmas. (today in the iron age, we experience suffering as a result of our past actions, our sins).

कर्मयोगी karmyōgī

Yōgī in action. One who remembers God while acting.

करना karnā

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

कर्तव्य kartavya

Duty.
To be done, to be accomplished.

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 आगे kē āgē

In front of, ahead of, before.

के बजाए kē bajāē

In place of, in lieu of, instead of.

के लिए kē liē

For, for the sake of.

के पास kē pās

Near to.
Belonging to (genitive marker).
To have (used with the verb hōnā to be).

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".

के ऊपर kē ūpar

On, upon.
Above.

केन्द्र kēndra

Centre.

key

Key.

खाना khānā

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.

खेल khēl

Play; sport; amusement; dallying.
A game.
Something easy or unimportant: a trifle.
A wonder, a spectacle.
Showing (as of a film).

खेलना khēlnā

To play, sport, gambol, frisk, frolic; to amuse or divert oneself.
To play at, to gamble, to play a part or character, to act, to perform.
To nod the head under the influence of a spirit.

खोलना khōlnā

To open, to unfold, to untie, to detach, to unravel, to unroll, to unfasten.

खुलना khulnā

To open.
To be uncovered.
To be untied.
To start.
To clear.

खुशी khuśhī

Joy, delight, happiness.

कि ki

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

किनारा kinārā

Bank, shore, edge, border, verge.

कितना kitnā

(interrogative) How much, how many.
(exclamative) So, so much, so many.

knowledge

Knowledge.

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).

क्यों kyō̃

Why.

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.

लम्बा lambā

Long, lengthy, tall.

last

Last.

लेकिन lēkin

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

लेना lēnā

To take.

लिए liē

For, with a view to, for the sake of, on account of.
Taking, carrying, bearing.

light

Light.
(Bābā) Electricity.

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)

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).

महल mahal

A palace, palatial mansion.

महान्, महा mahān, mahā

(prefix) Great, illustrious.
Mighty, strong, big, large, ample, excessive, grievous.
Very, extremely, very much.

महत्व mahatva

Importance.
Significance.
Greatness.
Magnitude.

महिमा mahimā

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

महसूस करना mahsūs karnā

To experience, to feel, to perceive.

मैं maĩ

I. (personal pronoun)

मक्खन makkhan

Butter.

मालूम mālūm

Known.
Evident, apparent.

मन man

The instinctive mind that creates thoughts according to its desires or aversions. Faculty of human beings shared with animals and small children.
Thought in the form of desire or aversion.

मन्दिर mandir

Temple.

मन्सा mansā

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

master

Master.

माया māyā

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.

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)

मेहनत mēhnat

Labour, hard work, toil.
Industry, application.
Exercise.

मिलाना milānā

To unite.
To compare.
To recoṉcile.
To mix, to mingle, to blend.
To join, to connect.
To harmonize, to tune.
To cause to meet, to bring together.

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.

मीठा mīṭhā

Sweet, pleasant.
Sweetmeat, jaggery.

मुबारक mubārak

Congratulations. Best wishes.

मुकाबला mukābalā

Confrontation, challenge.
Opposition, resistance (as of enemy forces).
Competition, rivalry.
Comparison; contrast.

मूल्य mūlya

Cost, price, worth, value.

मूर्ति, मूर्त mūrti, mūrt

Idol, statue, image.

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.

नाचना nāchnā

To dance.
To caper, or frisk about.

नदी nadī

River.

नहाना nahānā

To bathe, to wash, to perform ablutions.

नहीं nahī̃

No.
Not.

नहीं तो nahī̃ tō

Otherwise, or else, if not, lest, but for.
No, certainly not.

नया nayā

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

नयन, नैन nayan, nain

Eye.

नज़र nazar

Sight, eyesight, vision, look, glance, attention.
Gift, present, offering.
Influence cast by an evil eye.

ने nē

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

नीचे nīchē

Below, under, beneath, at the bottom, down, below.

निहाल nihāl

Fulfilled, gratified, delighted.

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.

निमित्त nimitt

Cause, reason, factor, purpose, motive.
For the sake of, on account of.
(Bābā) Instrument. He who acts for the Cause of God, in His name.

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.

नीरस nīras

Sapless, juiceless, dry.
Flat, stodgy.
Insipid.
Prosaic.
Uninteresting.

number one

Number one.

नूर nūr

Light, ray of light, brilliance, lustre, refulgence, splendour, illumination.

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.

P

The letter P of our alphabet; used for acronyms.

पहले pahlē

First, first of all, in the beginning, in olden times, originally, before, beforehand.

paper

Paper.
(Bābā) Test in life (test given by Drama allowing us to check our level, to see if we have studied well and assimilated what God teaches us)

पर par

Opposite, inimical, other, alien, higher.

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)

पर्दा pardā

A curtain, screen, veil.
Privacy.
(ear) drum.
Surface (like that of the Earth)

परिस्थिति paristhiti

Circumstance(s).
(Bābā) External situation, external condition.

परिवर्तन parivartan

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

पड़ना paṛnā

To fall, to fall down, to drop.
To lie (down).
To occur, to befall.
To be involved; to be hit.
(Following the uninflected infinitive of another verb, paṛnā, like honā, signifies 'have to,' 'must'; e.g. usko jāne paṛā, 'he had to go'; — annexed to the base of some neuter verbs it forms intensives, as gir-paṛnā, 'to fall down'; — annexed to the base of a transitive verb it has generally the sense of honā, as dekh paṛnā, 'to be seen,' 'to become visible').

part

Part.

pass

To pass.

पावन pāvan

Holy, sacred, immaculate, pure.
A suffix denoting one who or that which purifies.

फल phal

Fruit (from a tree).
(fig.) Fruit, reward, return, effect, outcome, result, consequence, product.

फरिश्ता phariśhtā

An angel, a divine messenger.

फरिश्ते-पन phariśhtē-pan

Condition, state, life of an angel.

फिर phir

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

फिर भी phir bhī

Notwithstanding, even then, in spite of that.

फिरना phirnā

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

फूटना phūṭnā

To break, to be broken, to crack, to split, to burst, to erupt, to explode.
To sprout, to shoot.
(a secret) to be revealed, to defect.
(eyes) to become blind.

पीना pīnā

To drink, to swill, to sip.
To smoke (as cigarette).
To conceal a secret, to absorb, to suppress (as anger).

practice

Practice.

प्रकार prakār

Manner, way.

प्रकृति prakr̥iti

Original form or state.
Nature, character, temperament.
Nature, the natural world.
(philosophy) A force or principle evolving the material world.

प्रकृति-पति prakr̥iti-pati

Master of Nature.

प्रत्यक्षता pratyakṣhatā

Visibility, evidence, reality, actuality.
(Bābā) Revelation.

पुकार pukār

Calling out, a shout, cry (as for help), call (to action).
Invocation.
Petition, suit, complaint.
Call, need, lack.
fig. Outcry, agitation, complaint.

पुकारना pukārnā

To call.
To cry out.
To call for help.
To exclaim, to proclaim.

पुराना purānā

Old, ancient.
Worn out, old-fashioned, antiquated, obsolete, out of date.
Experienced, sage, knowing.

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.

प्यार pyār

Love, affection, amour, amorous relationship.

प्यास pyās

Desire to drink, thirst; unnatural sensation of thirst (a disorder); desire, longing, craving.

question

Question.

queue

Queue.

रचना rachnā

Composition, artistic creation; structure.
(Bābā) Creation.

रचता rachtā

Creator one who makes.

रहना rahnā

To remain, to stay.

राजधानी rājdhānī

King's residence, a royal palace, royal city, seat of government, capital, metropolis.

राज्य rājya

Kingdom, rule, reign, polity, the state.

राजयोग rājyōg

'Yoga of the king', Raja Yoga, the highest, kingly yoga. The union of the soul with the Supreme Soul. The yoga that makes us the rulers of the self and the kings of the world.

रखना rakhnā

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

रस ras

Juice.
(aesthetic) relish.
Sentiment.
Pleasure, enjoyment.
Taste, flavour.

रेखा rēkhā

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

रीति rīti

Method, manner, mode.
Custom, way, practice, vogue.
Tradition.
Style.

रूप rūp

Rūp, the one who smiles while making the flowers of virtues emerge from his lips. He is the embodiment of Yoga.
Form, shape, appearance, aspect, image, beauty, good looks, mould, type.

सब sab

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

सबका sabkā

(genitive case of sab) Of everyone.

सबको sabkō

sab + kō : everything, everyone.

सदा sadā

Always, perpetually, continually, ever.

साधन sādhan

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.

सागर sāgar

Sea, ocean (huge expanse of water of which we cannot see the end).

सहज sahaj

Easy, simple.
Spontaneous, straightforward, ingenuous.
Innate, natural, congenital.

साकार, साकारी sākār, sākārī

Formal, having a form.
Concrete, real, visible.
Incarnate.
(Bābā) Corporeal, which has a physical, material form.

सकारना sakārnā

To accept, to endorse as accepted (a bill, immediately before it falls due for payment).

सकना saknā

To can, to be able to.

साल sāl

A year.

समझ samajh

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

समझना samajhnā

To understand.

समाना samānā

To be contained, to enter, to fit, to permeate.

समय samay

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

सम्बन्ध sambandh

Connection, relationship.

समेटना samēṭnā

To gather up or together; to scrape together.
To roll up or together; to wrap up.
To finish, to dispose of; to wind up (a business).

समेटने की शक्ति samēṭnē kī śhakti

Power to dispose of, energy to wind up, strength to finish.

समीप samīp

Near (in place or time), beside, proximate, close by, at hand.

समझाना samjhānā

(Causative of samajhnā) To persuade, explain.

सामना करना sāmnā karnā

To confront, to face, to encounter, to oppose, to be insolent.

सम्पूर्ण sampūrṇ

Whole, entire, complete, perfect.

सम्पूर्णता sampūrṇtā

Entirety, completeness; perfection.

संगम saṅgam

Confluence, union, meeting.

संगठन saṅgaṭhan

(The act or process of) organization (or an organised body or system or society); union, unity; consolidation.
(Bābā) Group, coming together, gathering.

संगठित saṅgaṭhit

Organised; integrated.

संकल्प saṅkalp

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

शंकर śhaṅkar

(Hinduism) 'Causing happiness', an epithet of Śiv or Mahādev.
(Hinduism) The annihilator of the universe.
(Hinduism) Name of a celebrated teacher of the Vedānta philosophy (he was a man of remarkable learning and sanctity; and is supposed to have lived between A.D. 650 and 740; but according to tradition he flourished 200 B.C.: he is said to have eradicated the Jain sect).
(Bābā) The subtle divinity representing destruction, part of the trimurti with Brahma and Vishnu.

संसार saṅsār

Cycle of births or states, transmigration.
The world, the universe.
Life in this world, worldly concerns, illusion as to worldly reality.
(Bābā) The corporeal world in which one reincarnates.

संस्कार saṅskār

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.

शान्त śhānt

Peaceful, pacific, still, silent, quiet, quiescent, tranquil, unperturbed.

शान्ति śhānti

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

सारा sārā

All, the whole, whole, entire, complete, universal.

शरीर śharīr

Body.

सर्व sarv

All ; whole, entire, complete.

सर्वशक्तिवान sarvśhaktivān

Who possesses all powers, omnipotent, all-powerful, almighty.

सर्वशक्तियों sarvśhaktiyō̃

All the śhaktis: all the powers, all the potencies, all the energies, all the forces.

साथ sāth

With, together, along with.
Company, association.

सतोगुणी satōguṇī

Having the qualities of goodness and purity, virtuous.

सत्ता sattā

Power, sway, authority.

सौगात saugāt

a present, gift.

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)

second

Second.

सेवा sēvā

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

सेवाकेन्द्र sēvākēndra

Service centre.

सिर झुकाना sir jhukānā

To bow the head (in saltation).
To look down through shame.
To acquiesce.

सितारा sitārā

A star.
Fortune, fate, destiny.

सिवाए sivāē

Except, but, with the exception (of).

शिववंशी śhivvanśhī

From the lineage of Śhiv.

स्मृति smr̥iti

Memory, remembrance.
Books of traditional code of Hindu law.

स्नेह snēh

Love, affection.
Oil, oily substance.

स्नेह मिलन snēh milan

A loveful friendly get-together.

सोना sōnā

To sleep.

soul

Soul.

स्पष्ट spaṣhṭ

Distinct, clear, apparent, evident, obvious, manifest, intelligible, easy, plain.

श्रेष्ठ śhrēṣhṭha

The best, good, excellent, superior.

stage

Stage.
(Bābā) State, condition.

स्थान sthān

Place, spot, site.

स्थित sthit

Situated, located, placed.
Circumstanced.

स्थिति sthiti

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

स्थूल sthūl

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

stop

Stop.

शुभ śhubh

Auspicious, good.
The good, well-being.

सुखमय sukhmay

Consisting of happiness, full of joy or pleasure, blissful, joyous.

सुनाना sunānā

To cause to hear, to relate, to read out, to recite, to pronounce.

सुनना sunnā

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

शुरू śhurū

Beginning, commencement.

स्व-परिवर्तन sva-parivartan

Self-transformation.

स्वरूप svarūp

Shape, form.
Appearance.
Character, nature.
(Hinduism) Form assumed by a deity, or by the ultimate being; image, idol.
Of the same nature or character; similar.
(suffix) Having the nature or character (of), by way of, as, amounting to.
(Bābā) Form assumed by the soul; image.

तब tab

Then, at that time, afterwards, thereupon, therefore, hence.

तक tak

To, upto, till, until, by.

तरफ taraph

Side, direction.
Towards.

तरस taras

Pity, compassion, mercy.

तथा tathā

And.
So.

तत्व tatva

Real state or nature; essence.
(Hinduism) The supreme spirit.
One of the five traditionally distinguished elementary substances (ether, air, fire, water, earth).
(chemistry) An element.
A basic principle; an axiom.
An element, aspect or factor (in a system).
(Vedanta philosophy) The real nature of the human soul (as identical with the all-pervading supreme spirit (false concept)).

ठिकाना ṭhikānā

Fixed or permanent place or abode.
Proper place.
Precise or exact spot, whereabouts.
Place, spot, site.
Dwelling place, abode, residence, home, quarters.
Destination.

थोड़ा thōṛā

A little, some, meagre, scanty.
Short.

तीनों tīnō̃

The three, all three.

तीसरा tīsrā

Third.

तीव्रता tīvratā

Fastness.
Pungency.
High-pitchedness.
Sharpness.
Violence, intensity, virulence.
(Bābā) Fastness, intensity.

तो tō

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

touch

Touch.

त्रिवेणी trivēṇī

mythol. Triple-braid: the confluence at Allahabad of Ganges and Jumna with a subterranean river, called Sarasvatī.

तू tū

(intimate mode to address one's companion, one's child or God; otherwise insulting) You.

टुकड़ा ṭukṛā

Piece, fragment, part, splinter.
Leavings.

तुम tum

You (between equals).

U

The letter U of our alphabet; used for acronyms.

उलझन uljhan

Complication; entanglement; perplexity.

ऊंच ūñch

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

ऊपर ūpar

On, upon, above, upward, over.

उपराम uprām

Detached, disinterested.
Close to Rām, close to God.

उठना uṭhnā

To raise.
To get up.
To be rented out.
To pass away, to expire.

वा vā

Or.

वह vah

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

वैराग्य vairāgya

(Attitude of) renunciation, detachment (from worldly affairs).

वाला vālā

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

वार vār

An assault.
A stroke, blow.
A day of the week.
The nearer side.
(suffix) it means 'wise' on the basis of, and also वाला.

वरदान vardān

Granting a favor or a wish, blessing.
(Hindu mythology) A blessing, typically a supernatural power, granted to an ascetic by a god or goddess.

वर्ष varṣh

Year.

वर्तमान vartamān

Present, existing; current.
The present.

वातावरण vātāvaraṇ

Atmosphere.

विदाई vidāī

Farewell, sending off, departure.
Present made at the time of departure.

विदेशी vidēśhī

Foreign, alien, exotic.
A foreigner, foreign national.

विज्ञान vigyān

Science.
(Bābā) 'beyond gyān' : Yōg, silence.

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.

वृद्धि vr̥iddhi

Increase, increment, rise, growth, progress, enlargement, augmentation, enhancement, magnification.

व्यर्थ vyarth

Useless, fruitless, futile, ineffective, unprofitable.

war

War.

way

Way.

wonderful

Wonderful.

या yā

Or, either.

याद yād

Remembrance, recollection, memory.

यादगार yādgār

Anything given as a memorial.
A valuable present (to a mistress or friend).
A token, a souvenir, a keepsake.
A monument, memorial.
Anything memorable, or worthy of remembrance.

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.

युद्ध yuddh

War, warfare, battle, fight, fighting, combat, hostilities.

ज़रूर zarūr

Certainly, undoubtedly, positively, without fail.

जेवर zewar

Ornament (of gems, or gold, or silver), jewels.

ज़िम्मेवारी, ज़िम्मेदारी zimmēvārī, zimmēdārī

Responsibility, obligation.