Avyakt murli for Wednesday 11 November 1981

अब ab

Now.

अभिमान abhimān

Pride.
Unjustifiable pride, arrogance, vanity, conceit.
The fact of considering oneself as.

अच्छा achchhā

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

आधार ādhār

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

अधिकार adhikār

Right, authority, command, possession, occupation, entitlement.

अधिकारी adhikārī

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.

आदि ādi

Etcetera.
Beginning.
Early, initial, primordial.

आदि-मध्य-अन्त ādi-madhya-ant

The beginning, the middle and the end.
From beginning to end.

अगर agar

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

आगे āgē

Ahead, in front of, before; in future.

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.

all-round

All-round.
(Bābā) Who goes around the whole cycle, who has the 84 lives.

अमूल्य amūlya

Priceless, invaluable.

आना ānā

To come.

अनादि anādi

Having no beginning, ever-existent, eternal.
(Bābā) Having no beginning, ever-existent, eternal (as the Drama for example).
(Bābā) Outside of time, outside of the cycle of Creation, in the incorporeal world of souls.

अन्त ant

End.

अनुभव anubhav

Experience.

अनुभूति anubhūti

Emotional experience, inner experience, realisation.

अनुसार anusār

According to, in conformity with.

अन्य anya

Other, another, different; separate.

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.

अप्राप्ति aprāpti

Non-attainment, non-acquisition.

अर्थ arth

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

अर्थात् arthāt

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

आसनधारी āsandhārī

(One) who maintains the posture.
(One) who has the seat.
One who is seated on the throne or seat.

असन्तुष्टता asantuṣhṭatā

Discontent, dissatisfaction.

आत्मा ātmā

The soul, the spirit, the self.

आत्मिक ātmik

Spiritual.
Pertaining to self: the soul.

atomic

Atomic.

attention

Attention.

और aur

And.
Else.
Other.

औरों aurō̃

(The) others.

आवश्यकता āvaśhyaktā

Necessity, need, requirement.

आवाज़ āvāz

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

अविनाशी avināśhī

Indestructible, imperishable, everlasting, immortal, entire.

अव्यक्त avyakt

Not manifest, not apparent, imperceptible, indistinct.

बाबा bābā

Father.

बच्चा bachchā

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

बचपन bachpan

Childhood.

बदलना badalnā

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

बहुत bahut

Many, much.
Very.

बैठना baiṭhnā

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

बजाना bajānā

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

बाकी bākī

But if.., but, nevertheless.

बाकी bākī

Remaining, left over, remainder, balance, arrears, subtraction.

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.

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.

बड़ा baṛā

Big, large, great, huge, important, commodious, expansive.
Noble, reputed.
Elder, elderly, senior.
Grown up.
Rich.
adv. Very, exceedingly.

बस bas

Enough.
Ample, very much, too much.
And so; in short, in a word.
Only, merely.
Enough! stop! that's all! that'll do!

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.

भागना bhāgnā

To run, to run off or away, fly, flee, take flight, escape, abscond, make oneself scarce.

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.

भाषा bhāṣhā

Language, speech.
The vernacular of any country.
Dialect.
The Hindī language.

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.

भावना bhāvnā

Sentiment, feeling, emotion.

भी bhī

Inclusive emphatic particle: too, also, even.

भूल bhūl

Forgetfulness, oversight, neglect, negligence, omission, failure, miss, slip, mistake, error, blunder, fault.

भूलना bhūlnā

To forget.

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).

बिन्दी bindī

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

बिन्दु bindu

Point, dot.
Zero.
Spot.
(in Indian dramaturgy) a point in drama where a minor episode begins to take shape.
A drop.
Bull's eye (in shooting).

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.

बोझ bōjh

Burden, load.

बोलना bōlnā

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

ब्राह्मण brāhmaṇ

(Hinduism) The first of the four castes in traditional Hindu social hierarchy whose main duty, as prescribed, was to study, to teach, to perform yagya and to subsist through alms.
(Brahma Kumaris) The mouth born child of Brahma.

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.

बुलाना bulānā

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

busy

Busy.

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.

चक्र, चक्कर chakra, chakkar

Circle, disc.
Cycle, circular movement, rotation, revolution, circumambulation, round.
(Sanskrit) The royal wheel, badge of sovereignty.
(Sanskrit) Region, country; sovereignty.
myth. Flaming disc, solar weapon of Viṣṇu.

चलना chalnā

Continue.

चलता-फिरता chaltā-phirtā

Mobile.
caltē-phirtē, By moving, by strolling, by walking.

चन्द्रमा chandramā

The moon.

चौड़ा chauṛā

Wide, broad, expanded, ample.
Pertaining to breadth, of breadth or width.
Destroyed, ruined; abandoned (as a tenement, &c.)
A large open space in a jungle or remote from human habitation

छोटा chhōṭā

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

चित्र chitra

Picture, painting, illustration, figure, photo.

चुकना chuknā

To be finished, to be spent up, exhausted, completed.
To be paid off in full.
To be settled.
(secondary terminative aspect which follows the base of the verb) Expresses the end or completion of the action.

दादी dādī

Paternal grandmother.
(Brahma Kumaris) Eldest sister (older in gyan than the Didis who are also elder sisters)

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.

दाता dātā

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

देहभान dēhbhān

Perception of the body, consciousness of the body, recollection of the body. (to be distinguished from dēh-abhimān 'considering oneself as the body' and body consciousness 'corporeal consciousness')

देखना dēkhnā

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

देना dēnā

To give.

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.

धरना dharnā

To hold, to keep; to possess; to assume (as powers), to obtain; to fix, to determine (as a time); to suspend (as an undertaking); to hold (as an opinion).
To seize; to detain; to restrain; to check, to counter (a stratagem, &c.).
To place, to put; to deposit; to pawn; to stake (a wager).
To put on, to apply; to wear.
To apply (as the mind, or ear).

धरनी dharnī

The earth, globe.
Earth, soil, land, ground.
A beam.

दिखाई देना dikhāī dēnā

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

दिल dil

Heart, courage, spirit, will.

double

Double.

double light

Double light.
(Bābā) The light of Knowledge and the lightness of mind.

drama

Drama.
(Bābā) Film (which repeats itself identically unlike a play).
(Bābā) The Great Drama of life lasting 5000 years which revolves eternally. Human beings are the actors: souls occupying a costume or body. The sun, moon and stars are the lighting of the stage. The part of each person is inscribed in the soul and cannot be modified, which makes the Drama predestined.

दूर dūr

Distant, remote.
Removed (as a difficulty).
(prefix) Distant; tele-.
Far, far off.
Distance, remoteness.

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).

emerge

To emerge.

ever ready

Ever-ready.

extra

Extra.

फ़र्क fark

Difference, distinction, distance.

full stop

Full stop.

गंवाना ganvānā

To lose, to waste, to squander.

घमण्ड ghamaṇḍ

Pride, conceit, haughtiness, arrogance.

घर ghar

Home, house, residence, apartment, room.
Compartment.
Native place, homeland.
Office.
Square or cell (in a chess-board).

golden

Golden.

ज्ञान gyān

Knowledge directly taught by God.

हां hā̃

Yes, yea.

हल्का halkā

Light, cheap, thin, faint.

हम ham

We.
(rustic form) I.

हर्षित harṣhit

Joyous, delighted, cheerful.

हज़ार hazār

Thousand, 1000.

ही hī

Emphatic particle with a sense of exclusion : only.

हिसाब hisāb

Arithmetic, account, calculation, rate.
Manner, custom.
(Bābā) Account.

होना hōnā

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

इच्छा ichchhā

Wish, desire, will.

इसलिए isliē

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

इतना itnā

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

जब jab

(Relative pronoun) When.

जादू jādū

Magic, enchantment, incantation, charm, conjuring, prestidigitation.

जहाँ jahā̃

Where, wherever.

जैसा jaisā

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

जाना jānā

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

जंगल jaṅgal

Forest, wood, wilderness.

जन्म janm

Birth, origin, genesis.
Life, existence.

जानना jānnā

To know, to become aware of, to perceive.

झुकाना jhukānā

To bend.
To cause to stoop, to force to yield.
To cause to lean (towards).
To tilt.

जितना jitnā

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

जीवनमुक्त jīvanmukt

phil. [“delivered alive”] who has achieved spiritual liberation during his life (and can thus go about the affairs of the world without attachment and defilement, and abstain from the rites and duties of his caste); he observes the present with indifference.
adj & sm Exonerated whilst living from future birth or transmigration and all ritual ceremonies. One who is so exonerated.
(Bābā) Delivered alive (in the age of union with God, or in the golden and silver ages)

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.

ज्यादा jyādā

More, -er (also used in comparatives and superlatives).
Additional; superfluous, redundant; too much, excessive.
Superfluously; excessively, &c.
Many, much, plenty.

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 kahā̃

Interrogative pronominal adverb : Where ?

कहना kahnā

Say.

काल kāl

Time, period, age, era, season.
Destiny, end, death, famine, calamity.
(mythology) Kāla, epith. of Yama-Mṛtyu, the god of Death, in his aspect of destructive Time.

कला kalā

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.

काला kālā

Black, dark.
Great, fearful, terrible.
A name of Kr̥iṣhṇa.
The black and most venomous variety of the cobra, Coluber naga.
A sepoy.
(Bābā) Blackened, soiled by vices.

कल्प kalp

(Hinduism) Great cosmological cycle of creation, where the material Universe is created, degrades and is annihilated during the kalpānta.
(Hinduism) Cosmological period of one day (half-day) of Brahmā, duration of a creation of the Universe, worth 1000 great eras [mahāyuga] (approximately 4.32 billion years); each kalpa consists of 14 eras of Manu [manvantara].
(Bābā) Great cosmological cycle of creation, where the material Universe is created in its state of maximum purity, degrades and is then destroyed and recreated (transformation and not annihilation).
(Bābā) cosmological period of one day (paradise for 2500 years) and one night (hell for 2500 years) of Brahmā, duration of a creation of the Universe, worth 5000 years.

काम kām

Passion, lust.
Desire.

काम kām

Work, task, job, employment, performance, function.

कम होना kam hōnā

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

कारण kāraṇ

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

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.

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 बाद kē bād

After.

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".

के ऊपर kē ūpar

On, upon.
Above.

key

Key.

खजाना khajānā

Treasure.
Treasury, repository.

खुशी khuśhī

Joy, delight, happiness.

कि ki

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

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.

कोई भी kōī bhī

Anyone, someone, any.

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.

लक्षण lakṣhaṇ

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

लक्ष्य lakṣhya

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

लम्बा lambā

Long, lengthy, tall.

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.

light house

Lighthouse. A house with a light to direct ships.
(Bābā) Baba says that Sangam Yugi Brahmin children should become beacons for souls wandering in the darkness of ignorance.

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).

मध्य madhya

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

महान्, महा mahān, mahā

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

महारथी mahārathī

One having a great chariot.
A great warrior.
Prestigious person.
(Bābā) One who studies well and teaches others.

महत्व mahatva

Importance.
Significance.
Greatness.
Magnitude.

महिमा mahimā

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

मनाना manānā

'to make mindful'.
To cause to agree, to persuade; to reason with; to prevail on.
To console.
To conciliate (an opponent, one offended); to placate; to soothe.
To invoke (a deity); to worship; to propitiate (a patron, &c.).
To cause to be kept, to celebrate (as a festival, a holiday).
(poetry) To acknowledge (a fault).
To meditate, to reflect on.

मार्ग mārg

Way, path, route, course, road, track, passage, outlet.

मस्तक mastak

The head, the skull, the forehead.
Top or highest part (of anything), summit (of a mountain).

master

Master.

मात्रा mātrā

Quantity.
Scale.
A dose.
Degree.
A vowel-mark in the Devna:gri: and other allied scripts; length of time taken in pronouncing a vowel or consonant.
(Bābā) Punctuation mark.

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)

मेला mēlā

A large concourse of people for religious or commercial purposes, a fair.

merge

To merge.

मिलन milan

Meeting, union, contact.

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.

मूर्ति, मूर्त mūrti, mūrt

Idol, statue, image.

मुश्किल muśhkil

Difficult, hard, intricate.
Difficulty, hardship.

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.

नहीं तो nahī̃ tō

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

नाम nām

Name.

नम्र namr

Modest, humble, polite, meek, submissive.

नम्रचित namrachit

Of a lowly or humble mind, &c.
A lowly-minded person.

नम्रता namratā

Modesty, humility, politeness, meekness, submissiveness.

नशा naśhā

Intoxication, drunkenness.

नया nayā

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

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.

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.

निर्मलशान्ता nirmalśhāntā

Dadi Nirmal Shanta was born on 25th October, 1917 in Hyderabad, Sindh (now in Pakistan) to Dada Lekhraj (later known as Brahma Baba) and Yashoda mata. Dadi’s childhood name was Parvati. Dadi was lovingly known as Palu. Because of her deep and affectionate connection with her mother, Yashoda mata became known as Palaama (Palu’s mother). At the age of 60, when Brahma Baba (previously known as Dada Lekhraj) had a divine vision of the destruction of the old world as well as the creation of a new Golden Age; Dada surrendered his life and belongings to Godly task of world transformation through self-transformation. Dadi also surrendered herself to Godly task.

Brahma Baba taught Dadi Nirmal Shanta the importance of service through thoughts, words and actions. Dadi Nirmal Shanta learnt all kinds of service from sewing slippers to driving cars. Dadi performed all her responsibilities very accurately and with great honesty and sincerity. She displayed the example of Godly teachings through her practical behaviour. Dadi Nirmal Shanta performed spiritual services throughout India. She later became the Administrative Head of Eastern zone comprising West Bengal, Assam, Bihar, Orissa, Tamil Nadu and neighbouring countries like Nepal and Bangladesh. Dadi Nirmal Shanta was fondly known as Pardadi (meaning senior) by everyone. Dadi’s looks had a striking resemblance to her father Dada Lekhraj (lovingly called Brahma Baba). From 2006, upon Baba’s direction, Dadi Nirmal Shanta stayed in Madhuban. In 2013, after being quite unwell for a few months, she left her mortal coil on 15th March 2013 and ascended to the advanced party (souls who are instrumental to initiate the new world) to play her new role for the forthcoming Golden Age.

निर्णय nirṇay

Judgment, decision, conclusion.

निर्वाण nirvāṇ

Becoming extinguished; disappearance, extinction; dissolution, death.
(Hinduism) Final emancipation from matter and from the necessity for further transmigration, and reunion with the Supreme Spirit, eternal bliss.
(Buddhism and Jainism) Absolute extinction, annihilation.
(Bābā) Final emancipation from matter and reunion with the Supreme Soul in the incorporeal world of souls (the souls remaining close and separated from the Supreme Soul and not merged in Him).
(Bābā) Without voice, without music, beyond sound.

number

Number.

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.

ओर ōr

Side, direction.

order

Order.

पहचान pahchān

Acquaintance, familiarity, recognition, identification.
Identity, identification mark.

पहचानना pahchānnā

To recognize, to identify. To distinguish, to discern, to discriminate.

पहले pahlē

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

पहुँचाना pahuñchānā

To cause to reach, to reach.
To carry.
To transmit, to convey.
To lead.

पहुंचना pahuñchnā

To reach, to arrive.

पैदा paidā

Born, created, begotten, produced, earned.
Income, gain, production.

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)

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.

पार्ट बजाना part bajānā

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

पार्टधारी part-dhārī

Who has a part (in the Drama).

party

Party.

परवाना parvānā

Moth.
(poetry) Lover, one who is attracted like a moth to a flame.
(Bābā) The soul that surrenders, sacrifices itself for God thus demonstrating his love for Him.

पाठ pāṭh

Reading, study, recitation (esp. of a sacred text).
Text, version; textual reading (as in a manuscript).
Lesson, lecture.

pencil

Pencil.

percentage

Percentage.

फरिश्ता phariśhtā

An angel, a divine messenger.

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.

plan

Plan.

practical

Practical.

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.

प्रालब्ध prālabdh

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

प्राप्त prāpt

Got, obtained; procured, acquired.

प्राप्त करना prāpt karnā

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

प्राप्ति prāpti

Obtaining, acquisition; attainment (to a goal, a level); fulfilment (of a request).
Gain, advantage; income.
Receipt (of a letter, &c.); reception (of guests).

प्रश्न praśhna

Question, query, interrogation, interpellation, problem.

प्रति prati

Towards.

पूरा pūrā

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

पुरी purī

City, town.
Abode, habitation; palace; the body.
The city of Purī in Orissa (the head-quarters of the worship of Jagannāth).

रचना rachnā

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

रहाना rahānā

To make stay, to make remain.

रहना rahnā

To remain, to stay.

रखना rakhnā

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

रत्न ratna

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').

राज़ी rāzī

Pleased, well-pleased, content, contented, satisfied, agreed, willing, acquiescent.
Regarding with good will or favour, liking, approving.
(colloq.) Well, in good health.

return

Return.

रीति rīti

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

रूहानी rūhānī

Spiritual.

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.

सब कुछ sab kuchh

Everything, all.

शब्द śhabd

Word, term, sound.

सभा sabhā

Assembly, meeting, company.
Council.
A sitting of the king in council.
A judicial court, hall of audience.

सबको sabkō

sab + kō : everything, everyone.

सबसे sabsē

(superlative) Of all, the most.

सच्चा sachchā

True, genuine, real.
Truthful, sincere, loyal, faithful.

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.

साधारणता sādhāraṇtā

The ordinary, the general, the common, the universal, the generic, the average.

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.

सहजयोगी sahajyōgī

Natural yogi, easy yogi, who practices yoga naturally, easily, innately.

साहेब sāhēb

The Master, Lord; a whiteman, European; boss; gentleman, white collared person; a title of courtesy; (vocative) word of respect.

सहयोग sahyōg

Cooperation, collaboration.

साकार, साकारी sākār, sākārī

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

सकना saknā

To can, to be able to.

शक्ति śhakti

Power, strength, potency, energy.
Name of the goddess personifying divine power.
The energy or active power of a deity personified as his wife (as Gaurī of Śhiv, Lakṣhmī of viṣhṇu, &c.)
(Brahma kumaris) Sister, mother.
Śhiv Śhakti, the powers of Śhiv. In Bhakti they are portrayed as goddesses sitting on a lion, swan, lotus etc. They are symbolic of the victory over vices (demons). As power of Śhiv, brothers are Śhiv Śhakti too.

शक्तिशाली śhaktiśhālī

Who possesses power or strength, powerful, strong.

शमा śhamā

A candle, lamp.

समझना samajhnā

To understand.

समान samān

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

समाना samānā

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

समाप्त samāpt

Finished, ended, concluded, terminated, completed.

समाप्ति samāpti

The end, conclusion, termination.
Completion.

समर्थ samarth

Capable, competent.
Powerful.

समय samay

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

सम्बन्ध sambandh

Connection, relationship.

समीप samīp

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

सम्मुख sammukh

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

संपन्न sampann

Prosperous, rich, well-off.
Completed, accomplished.
(suffix) Equipped, provided, endowed with, abundantly endowed with, possessed of (as of wealth, learning).

संगम saṅgam

Confluence, union, meeting.

संकल्प saṅkalp

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

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.

शान्ति śhānti

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

सन्तुष्ट santuṣhṭ

Satisfied, gratified, content.

सफल saphal

Successful, effective, fruitful.

सफलता saphaltā

Success, achievement.

सार sār

Essence, substance, best or essential part, heart, core, marrow.
Sap.
Gist, sense; content.
Essential worth or value.

सारा sārā

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

सरल saral

Straight, direct.
Simple, straightforward, honest.
Unaffected, unfeigned.
Not difficult, simple, easy.

शरीरधारी śharīrdhārī

Who wears or possesses a body.
Wearer, possessor or holder of a body.

सर्व sarv

All ; whole, entire, complete.

सर्वगुण sarvguṇ

All qualities.
Possessing all qualities (an epithet of the deity).

सर्वशक्तिवान sarvśhaktivān

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

साथी sāthī

Companion, comrade, associate, attendant, follower; ally, accomplice, supporter.

school

School.

science

Science.

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.

see

See.

सेवा sēvā

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

सेवाधारी sēvādhārī

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

सिद्ध siddh

Accomplished, brought about; realised (an objective, a wish); completed; perfected.
Obtained, acquired.
Demonstrated, proved (a fact, a case); substantiated.
Sound, valid (as usage); mature (as judgment).
Decided, adjudicated (as a law-suit).
Accepted (as), famous (as).
Cooked (food); prepared, concocted (as a dye).
Thoroughly versed (in a field of knowledge; or in magic).
Endowed with supernatural powers; perfected or sanctified (as by penance).
Sacred, holy.
A semi-divine being of great perfection, said to possess eight supernatural faculties or siddhis.
An ascetic of great powers and saintliness.
A magician who has acquired superhuman powers.

सिद्धि siddhi

Acquisition, accomplishment, fulfilment.
Proof.
Success.
Supernatural powers supposed to be acquired through Yogic practices.

silence

Silence.

शिव śhiv

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.

स्मृति smr̥iti

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

स्नेह snēh

Love, affection.
Oil, oily substance.

स्नेही snēhī

A lover.
Loving, affectionate.

सोचना sōchnā

To think, to reflect, to ponder over, to consider.

सोना sōnā

To sleep.

स्पष्ट spaṣhṭ

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

श्रेष्ठ śhrēṣhṭha

The best, good, excellent, superior.

श्रृंगार śhrr̥iṅgār

Love, the erotic sentiment, sexual passion or desire.
Makeup.
Adornment.
(Bābā) Makeup, adornment: everything that serves to beautify oneself (the body or the soul).

श्रृंगारधारी śhrr̥iṅgārdhārī

Who wears makeup, adornments (jewelry), beautiful clothes.
(Bābā) Who beautifies himself with the jewels of Knowledge, with divine qualities.

श्रृंगारना śhrr̥iṅgārnā

To adorn, to dress, to embellish, to decorate.

सृष्टि sr̥iṣhṭi

Creation.
The world.

stage

Stage.
(Bābā) State, condition.

स्थान sthān

Place, spot, site.

स्थापना, स्थापन sthāpanā, sthāpan

Establishment.
(in particular) The establishment of the new world.

स्थित sthit

Situated, located, placed.
Circumstanced.

सुख sukh

Happiness, pleasure, comfort, felicity, contentment.

सुखदाता sukhdātā

The Giver of Happiness.

सूक्ष्म sūkṣhma

Subtle.

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 sva

Self.
One's own, proper (to one), personal.
Innate, natural.
Self-, auto-

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.

स्वतः svataḥ

By oneself, on one's own.
Of one's own accord or volition.
Involuntarily, automatically.
By nature, naturally.
Self-.

तब tab

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

तक tak

To, upto, till, until, by.

तकदीर takdīr

Fate, destiny.

ताली tālī

Clapping the hands.

teacher

Teacher.

टेढ़ा ṭeṛhā

Curved, bent, oblique, skew.
Difficult, intricate.

ठीक ṭhīk

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

थोड़ा thōṛā

A little, some, meagre, scanty.
Short.

title

Title.

तो tō

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

तो भी tō bhī

Even so, even then, in spite of this/that, nevertheless, nonetheless, still. (often used with bhal 'even though')

उमंग-उत्साह umaṅg-utsāh

Enthusiasm, zeal.

ऊंच ūñch

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

ऊपर ūpar

On, upon, above, upward, over.

उतरना utarnā

To get down, to alight, to go down.
To come off or decay; to be dislocated.
To land, to disembark.

उठाना uṭhānā

To raise, to lift up.
To wake up.
To rent out.
To bear.
To remove.

वा vā

Or.

वह vah

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

वाला vālā

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

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.

variety

Variety.

वर्ष varṣh

Year.

वायुमण्डल vāyumaṇḍal

The atmosphere.

विदाई vidāī

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

विधि vidhi

Law.
Method, manner, system.
Direction.
Rule.
A prescribed act or rite or ceremony, prescription, imperative.
Destiny, providence.
The Creator-Lord Brahmā.

विघ्न vighna

Interruption, interference, meddling, obstacle, disturbance.

विघ्न विनाशक vighna vināśhak

One who removes/counters all obstructions.
An epic of the deity Gaṉesh (whose worship is supposed to counter all obstacles).

विनाश vināśh

Utter destruction, disappearance, destruction, utter loss, ruin, death, annihilation.
(in particular) The destruction of the old world.

विशेष viśhēṣh

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

विशेषता viśhēṣhtā

Speciality, peculiarity, singularity, quality, attribute, characteristic.

विस्तार vistār

Spreading, spread; expansion.
Extent.
Expansion, development (of an organisation, an activity).
Amplitude; detail.

विश्व viśhva

The world, universe.

वृक्ष vr̥ikṣha

Tree, shrub.

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.

व्यर्थ vyarth

Useless, fruitless, futile, ineffective, unprofitable.

या yā

Or, either.

याद yād

Remembrance, recollection, memory.

याद करना yād karnā

To think of, to remember, recollect, call to mind.
To commit to memory.
(Bābā) To remember (by making an effort). It is a function of the higher mind (buddhi).

याद रखना yād rakhnā

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

याद-प्यार yād-pyār

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

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.

योगयुक्त yōgyukt

Immersed in deep meditation , absorbed in Yoga.

युक्तियुक्त yuktiyukt

Reasonable, rational, logical.
Appropriate.

ज़रूर zarūr

Certainly, undoubtedly, positively, without fail.