Avyakt murli for Friday 21 January 1983

अब ab

Now.

अच्छा achchhā

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

ऐसा aisā

Such, of this type.

आज āj

Today.

अलग alag

Different, separate, apart, distinct.

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.

अनुसार anusār

According to, in conformity with.

आप āp

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

आफरीन āphrīn

Praise, applause.

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.

आत्मा ātmā

The soul, the spirit, the self.

और aur

And.
Else.
Other.

अव्यक्त avyakt

Not manifest, not apparent, imperceptible, indistinct.

बच्चा bachchā

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

बहुत bahut

Many, much.
Very.

बैठना baiṭhnā

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

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.

बात bāt

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

बेहद bēhad

Limitless, unlimited, unbounded.
Excessive, too, too much.

भला bhalā

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

भरना bharnā

To fill, to refill.

भी bhī

Inclusive emphatic particle: too, also, even.

भूलना bhūlnā

To forget.

बोलना bōlnā

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

ब्रह्मा brahmā

(Hinduism) Brahmā or the Supreme Being regarded as a person, the first deity of the Hindū triad and the Creator of the World.
(Bābā) The first human being in which the Supreme Being descends to give the knowledge allowing us to free ourselves from our bonds of karma.

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.

चाहे chāhē

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

चाहना chāhnā

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

चारों ओर chārō̃ ōr

On all sides, all around, everywhere.

chance

Chance.

chancellor

Chancellor.
(Bābā) Higher official; Baba says that who takes chance will become chancellor.

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.

देखना dēkhnā

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

देना dēnā

To give.

दीदी dīdī

(a form of address for) an elder sister.

दिल dil

Heart, courage, spirit, will.

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.

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.

दृढ़ dr̥iṛh

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

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).

follow father

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

गला galā

The neck, the front part of the neck, throat, gullet.
Voice.

गाना gānā

To sing, to chant.
A song.

god

God, the Supreme Being (God with a capital letter).
Deity, divinity, god (god with a lower case): human beings in the golden age.

golden

Golden.

हम ham

We.
(rustic form) I.

ही hī

Emphatic particle with a sense of exclusion : only.

होना hōnā

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

होंठ hōṇṭh

The lip.

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.

जब तक jab tak

As long as.
(with negation) until.

जैसा jaisā

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

जाना jānā

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

जानना jānnā

To know, to become aware of, to perceive.

जी jī

Mind, heart.
A form of address, a term of endearment or respect: Sir, Master, Madam.
Yes Sir, yes Madam, yes Master, yes, very good.

जीना jīnā

To live, to be alive.

जितना jitnā

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

जो jō

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

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)

कभी kabhī

Sometime, ever.

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.

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

के लिए kē liē

For, for the sake of.

के प्रति kē prati

Towards.

key

Key.

खाली khālī

Empty, vacant, unoccupied, blank, unemployed.
Unaccented beat (in music).
Ineffective, fallow.
Only, mere.

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.

कि ki

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

कितना kitnā

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

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.

क्या kyā

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

क्योंकि kyōṅki

Because, since.

लेकिन lēkin

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

लेना lēnā

To take.

लोग log

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

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).

मणि maṇi

Jewel, gem.

मस्तक mastak

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

master

Master.

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)

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.

मुस्कान muskān

A smile.

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.

नहीं nahī̃

No.
Not.

नाम nām

Name.

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).

निभाना nibhānā

To carry on.
To pull on, to accommodate.
To fulfil.
To accomplish.
To perform.
To maintain.

नीचे nīchē

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

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.

नियम niyam

Restraint, restriction.
Fixed rule, law; principle; regulation.
Custom, normal practice.
Self-imposed restraint or religious observance (as fasting, prayer, pilgrimage); vow; penance; piety.
Moderation, temperateness.

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.

पक्का pakkā

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

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)

फिर भी phir bhī

Notwithstanding, even then, in spite of that.

प्रमाण pramāṇ

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

प्रति prati

Towards.

प्रेम prēm

Love, affection, attachment.

प्रिय priy

Beloved, dear, valued, prized, liked, desired; pleasing, amiable, agreeable, kind.
A beloved object, lover, husband.

पूरा pūrā

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

प्यार pyār

Love, affection, amour, amorous relationship.

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.

रात rāt

Night.

right

Right.

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.

सबका sabkā

(genitive case of sab) Of everyone.

सबसे sabsē

(superlative) Of all, the most.

सच्चा sachchā

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

सदा sadā

Always, perpetually, continually, ever.

साजन sājan

Lover, paramour, sweetheart, gallant.
Husband.

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.

समान samān

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

सम्भालना sambhālnā

To take care of.
To support.
To hold.
To keep in careful custody.
To manage.
To supervise.

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.

संगम saṅgam

Confluence, union, meeting.

संगमयुग saṅgamyug

The age of meeting. The fifth age of the cycle allowing the transition from the Iron Age to the Golden Age. The age when human beings can know, meet, remember and learn from God to become deities and go to heaven.

संकल्प saṅkalp

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

शान्ति śhānti

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

सर्व sarv

All ; whole, entire, complete.

साथ sāth

With, together, along with.
Company, association.

साथी sāthī

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

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)

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.

सेवक sevak

A servant, an attendant.

शिक्षक śhikṣhak

Teacher, instructor.

स्मृति smr̥iti

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

स्नेह snēh

Love, affection.
Oil, oily substance.

श्रेष्ठ śhrēṣhṭha

The best, good, excellent, superior.

स्वमान svamān

Self-respect, self-esteem, self-honour.
Innate respect, innate esteem, innate honour.
(Bābā) True self-respect is that of acting for one's own benefit: true benefit is consistent with śhrīmat (the doctrine expounded in the murlis). So it’s about doing the right thing. It is also a respect that comes from within when we identify ourselves with our true nature, the inherent nature of the soul (as opposed to acquired nature).
(Bābā) Point of self-respect or title that Bābā gives us (to accept in one's heart to become strong).

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.

स्वीकार svīkār

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

तब tab

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

ठीक ṭhīk

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

थोड़ा thōṛā

A little, some, meagre, scanty.
Short.

तो tō

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

उल्हना ulhanā

Complaint, twitting, reproach.

उमंग umaṅg

Aspiration, gusto, zeal.

ऊपर ūpar

On, upon, above, upward, over.

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.

वायदा vāydā

Promise, commitment.

विशेष viśhēṣh

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

विश्व viśhva

The world, universe.

याद yād

Remembrance, recollection, memory.

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).

यही yahī

Emphatic form of yah: this very.

युगल yugal

A pair, couple; both, the two.