Avyakt murli for Thursday 21 December 1989

अब ab

Now.

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.

आदत ādat

Habit.

आधा ādhā

Half.

आधाकल्प ādhākalp

Half a cycle, half a kalpa, 2500 years.

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.

अगर agar

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

आगे āgē

Ahead, in front of, before; in future.

अग्नि agni

Fire, the god of fire, appetite, digestive faculty.

अज्ञानी agyānī

Who doesn't have gyān.

ऐसा aisā

Such, of this type.

आज āj

Today.

अकल्याण akalyāṇ

An unlucky or unpropitious circumstance. Unpropitious, ominous. Disconsolate.

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.

आकर्षित ākarṣhit

Attracted, charmed, allured.

आखिर ākhir

The end.
At last, after all.

अलग alag

Different, separate, apart, distinct.

आना ānā

To come.

आनंद ānand

Bliss, happiness, joy, pleasure, delight.
(vedānta) Joy of Divine union.

अनेक anēk

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

अंगद aṅgad

Character from the Ramayana: princely monkey who fought Rāvaṇ alongside Rām.

अन्त ant

End.

अन्तर antar

Difference.
Distance, interval, spacing, margin.
Interior, heart.

अनुभव anubhav

Experience.

अनुभवी anubhavī

Experienced, veteran, seasoned.

आप āp

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

अपवित्र apavitr

Unclean, unholy, impure, defiled.

अपवित्रता apavitratā

Uncleanness, impurity; unholiness.

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.

अपने आप apnē āp

By oneself, on one's own.

आराम ārām

Rest, comfort, relief.

अर्थ arth

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

अर्थात् arthāt

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

असन्तुष्ट asantuṣhṭ

Dissatisfied, discontented, displeased.

अशुद्ध aśhuddh

Impure.
Corrupt (as language or style).
Erroneous, inaccurate, incorrect, wrong.

असुर asur

Evil spirit, demon.
(Hinduism) The Asurs are said to inhabit the South pole, and are considered to be demons of the first order, and in constant hostility with the gods.
(Bābā) The human being in the iron age (who possesses the evil spirits of vices).

आसुरी āsurī

Of or belonging to evil spirits (asur), devilish, diabolical, demoniacal.

आत्मा ātmā

The soul, the spirit, the self.

attention

Attention.

और aur

And.
Else.
Other.

और कोई aur kōī

Someone else, anyone else.

औरों aurō̃

(The) others.

अवस्था avasthā

Condition, state, age, stage, phase.

आवश्यकता āvaśhyaktā

Necessity, need, requirement.

अविनाशी avināśhī

Indestructible, imperishable, everlasting, immortal, entire.

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).

बगुला bagulā

Heron.

बहुत bahut

Many, much.
Very.

बहुतकाल bahutkāl

Long time, long period, long duration, long interval of time, a lot of time, a long time.

बजाए bajāē

In place.

बजाना bajānā

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

बाल-बच्चे bāl-bachchē

Children, family.

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.

बाप कहते हैं bāp kahtē haĩ

The Father says.

बापदादा bāpdādā

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

बार bār

Time, occasion.

बड़ा baṛā

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

बढ़ना baṛhnā

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

बात bāt

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

भगाना bhagānā

To drive off, to scare away, to cause to run away.
To kidnap, to abduct.

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.

भाग्य bhāgya

Fortune, fate, luck, destiny.

भाग्य विधाता bhāgya vidhātā

He who ordains, dispenses destiny, fate, fortune of each.
(Hinduism) Brahmā "the Ordainer of the World", personifying Destiny.
(Bābā) Śhiv who elevates destiny according to the effort of remembrance.

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.

भारी bhārī

Heavy.
Difficult to digest.
Weighty, massive.
Grave.
Burdensome.

भरना bharnā

To fill, to refill.

भस्म bhasm

Ash, cinders, calx.

भविष्य bhaviṣhya

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

भावना bhāvnā

Sentiment, feeling, emotion.

भय bhay

Fear, apprehension, alarm, terror, dread.
Danger.

भी bhī

Inclusive emphatic particle: too, also, even.

भिखारी bhikhārī

A beggar, a pauper.

भिन्न bhinn

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

भूल bhūl

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

भूलना bhūlnā

To forget.

बीमारी bīmārī

Illness, sickness, disease, ailment.

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).

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.

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.

building

Building.
(Bābā) House.

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.

चलना chalnā

Continue.

चढ़ना chaṛhnā

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

चारों ओर chārō̃ ōr

On all sides, all around, everywhere.

centre

Centre.

chance

Chance.

chart

Chart.
(Bābā) Questionnaire to assess purūṣhārth (spiritual effort).
(Bābā) The journal of remembrance where one counts the times of remembrance.

छीनना chhīnnā

To snatch, to grab, to seize.

छिपाना chhipānā

To hide, to conceal.
To cover/screen.
To disguise.

छिपना chhipnā

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

छोड़ना chhōṛnā

To leave.
To abandon.
To release.

छोटा chhōṭā

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

छुड़ाना chhuṛānā

To free.

circumstance

Circumstance.

चीज़ chīz

Thing, article, item, object; commodity; ornament.
A thing of value, a valuable, a precious thing.

course

Course.

crack

Crack.

चुगना chugnā

To pick; to peck (food with the beak).

दान dān

Donation, charity, alms, a religious gift (in cash or kind).
A suffix used to denote a stand, container or pot etc.

डरना ḍarnā

To be afraid, be frightened, be daunted, to fear, dread.

दरवाजा darvājā

A door.

दाता dātā

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

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.

देवता dēvtā

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

धन dhan

Wealth, riches, money.

धारण dhāraṇ

Holding, bearing, carrying, keeping, wearing.
Upholding, maintaining, sustaining, preserving.
Possessing, having, assuming.
Knowing, acquiring.
Undertaking.

धारण करना dhāraṇ karnā

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

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 dikhāī

Showing (one self, itself, &c.), coming in sight, appearance; exhibition, show, display.

दिल dil

Heart, courage, spirit, will.

दो dō

Two, 2.

double

Double.

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.

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.

दूर dūr

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

दुश्मन duśhman

Enemy, foe.

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).

एक-दो ēk-dō

One another.

एकरस ēkras

Of one flavour, or character.
Monotonous.
Pleased with one thing only, unchanging, constant.
(Bābā) Stable in praise and defamation (enjoying company of one).

fail

Fail.

feel

To feel.

feeling

Feeling.

foreigner

Foreigner.

foundation

Foundation.

गाना gānā

To sing, to chant.
A song.

गंवाना ganvānā

To lose, to waste, to squander.

गर्मी garmī

Heat, warmth.
Summer.
Passion.
Anger, violence.
Ardour.
Syphilis.

गति gati

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

घर ghar

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

गिरना girnā

To fall.

ग्रहण grahaṇ

Eclipse.
Taking, catching, seizing.

group

Group.

गुजरात gujarāt

Gujarat, state of India.

गुरू gurū

A teacher, mentor, preceptor, spiritual guide.
Jupiter, the Preceptor of the gods.
(Bābā) A spiritual guide to achieve liberation.

ज्ञान gyān

Knowledge directly taught by God.

ज्ञान मार्ग gyān mārg

The path of Gyān, the path of Knowledge.

ज्ञानी gyānī

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

हलचल halchal

Commotion, hustle.
Agitation, movement.

हम ham

We.
(rustic form) I.

हंस hans

A swan, goose.
Noble or liberated soul.
phil. Mythical bird; tradition says that he has the gift of separating milk from water (that is, of discerning truth from error), and he embodies the power to discern the essential substance of things.
myth. n.p. of Haṃsa, the goose-mount of Brahmā.
phil. the rhythmic breathing mantra ‘haṃsa’.

हर एक har ēk

Each, every.
Each one, everybody.

हर्षित harṣhit

Joyous, delighted, cheerful.

हँसना hãsnā

To laugh, to deride, to ridicule, to joke.

हाथ hāth

The hand, the wrist, the pulse.
Hand, member (of a work team).
A hand (at cards).
Hand, contribution (in some activity).
Handle, arm (of a chair).

ही hī

Emphatic particle with a sense of exclusion : only.

हिलाना hilānā

To shake, to jolt.
To swing.

हिम्मत himmat

Courage, boldness.

होली hōlī

A festival, a memorial of the confluence age, when on the first day (Holi) people burn everything old; a symbol of burning old sanskars and sins in the fire of yoga. On the second day (Dhurya) people sprinkle each other with coloured water; a symbol of a soul being coloured with God’s knowledge.

होलीहंस hōlīhans

The sacred swan symbol of the holy and pure soul.

holy

Holy.

होना hōnā

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

होशियार hōśhiyār

Clever, wise, intelligent, careful.

इन्तजार intjār

Wait.

इस समय is samay

At this time, now.

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.

जगाना jagānā

To wake up, to awaken, to arouse, to rouse.
To make conscious or alert; to stimulate.
To kindle, to revive (as a flagging fire).

जहाँ jahā̃

Where, wherever.

जैसा jaisā

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

जल्दी jaldī

Hurry, haste.
Quickly, urgently, immediately.

जमा jamā

Collected, deposited.
Deposit, credit, accumulation, sum-total.

जमा का खाता jamā kā khātā

Credit account, deposit account, accumulation account.

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.

जमाना jamānā

To freeze, to solidify, to make firm, to harden, to make coagulate.
To establish, to settle.
To make sit for a long time.
To fix.
To make take root.
To make effective.

जमना jamnā

To freeze, to solidify, to become firm or hard, to clot.
To be established, to be settled, to settle, to have a prolonged sitting, to sit for long, to be fixed, to take root.
To be effective.

जाना jānā

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

जन्मना janamnā

To be born.

जन्म janm

Birth, origin, genesis.
Life, existence.

जानना jānnā

To know, to become aware of, to perceive.

जवान javān

Young, youthful, youth.

झोली jhōlī

A small bag, any cloth stretched out to collect something, begging bag.
A bag, sack, pouch, wallet.

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.

ज्वाला jvālā

Flame, blaze.

ज्वालामुखी jvālāmukhī

Volcano.
Volcanic.

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 ?

कभी kabhī

Sometime, ever.

कच्चा kachchā

Uncooked, unboiled, raw, unripe, green.
Crude, incomplete, unfinished, rough, imperfect, immature.
Inauthentic, doubtful.
Vague.
Weak.
Built of mud-bricks.
Provisional.
Not fast (as sleep, colour).

कदम kadam

Step, pace, footstep.

कहाँ kahā̃

Interrogative pronominal adverb : Where ?

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.

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.

कल्याण kalyāṇ

Welfare.

कम kam

Less (also used in comparisons).
Little, few, scanty, short, small, deficient.
Rarely, seldom.

काम kām

Passion, lust.
Desire.

काम kām

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

कमाई kamāī

Earnings.

कमाना kamānā

To earn, to acquire, to get.
To accumulate, to save.

कमजोर kamjōr

Weak, feeble, ineffectual.

कमजोरी kamjōrī

Weakness, feebleness ; deficiency ; debility.

कंकड़ kaṅkaṛ

Gravel, pebble, small piece of stone.

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.

करना karnā

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

कड़ुवा kaṛuvā

Bitter, unpleasant.

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 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.

key

Key.

खजाना khajānā

Treasure.
Treasury, repository.

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.

खाना-पीना khānā-pīnā

To eat and drink.
Food, eating and drinking.

ख़त्म ḵẖatm

Ended, completed, concluded.

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.

खींचना, खैंचना khīñchnā, khaiñchnā

To pull, to pull one's leg, to draw, to tighten, to expand, to extract, to attract, to drag.

खुद khud

Self (myself, himself, itself, &c.).
Own, private, personal.

खुश khuśh

Happy, pleased.
Good.

खुशी khuśhī

Joy, delight, happiness.

कि ki

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

किचड़ा, कीचड़ kichṛā, kīchaṛ

Dirt, mud, slime, sewage, sludge.
Mattery discharge which collects in the corner of the eye.

कितना kitnā

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

knowledgeful

Knowledgeful.

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.

कुछ-न-कुछ kuchh-na-kuchh

One thing or another.

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.

लगन lagan

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

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.

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.

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)

low

Low.

माँ-बाप mā̃-bāp

Parents, mother and father.

मदद madad

Help, assistance, aid, support, relief, reinforcement, hands (as labourers, masons, etc.).

महान्, महा mahān, mahā

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

महापुण्य mahāpuṇya

Great good, great virtue, great merit, great puṇya.

महत्व mahatva

Importance.
Significance.
Greatness.
Magnitude.

मैं maĩ

I. (personal pronoun)

मकान makān

House, residence, abode, habitation, dwelling, home.

माला mālā

A garland (of flowers), wreath.
Rosary, string of beads.
Series, chain, row, line.

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.

माना mānā

(it) Means, that is.

मन्दिर mandir

Temple.

मरजीवा marjīvā

Dead and alive.
Dead, unattached to the outside world, and alive in relationship with God.

मरना marnā

To die, to pass away, to wither away, to become ineffective, to vanish, to disappear, to discontinue, to be absorbed, to fall for. Death, post-death rites.

master

Master.

मत mat

Opinion, view. Doctrine (which contains the author's opinions).

माता mātā

Mother.
An affectionate or respectful term of address to a woman.
The small-pox (so named from the goddess Devī; cf. sītalā).

मौज mauj

Play, sport, fun, diversion; acts or sights exciting merriment.
Pleasure, delight: also mirth or merriment.
A sudden fancy or freak; a mere humor or whim.
A wave, a billow.

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.

मज़ा mazā

Pleasure, relish, savour, taste, flavour, fun, jollity.

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.

merciful

Merciful.

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.

मीरा mīrā

Saint Mīra or Mīrabai (1498–1547), a Rajput princess, famous for her complete devotion to Kṛṣṇa; she composed many devotional poems; her ecstatic conduct caused scandal in her family.

मिसल misāl

Like.
Example.

मिट्टी miṭṭī

Earth, soil, clay, dirt, dust.
Mortal remains.

मोती mōtī

Pearl.

मुख mukh

The mouth, beak, snout, muzzle.
Face, countenance.
Front, fore-part.
Opening, aperture, entrance, exit.
Commencement.

मूल्य mūlya

Cost, price, worth, value.

न na

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

ना nā

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

नहीं nahī̃

No.
Not.

नशा naśhā

Intoxication, drunkenness.

नया nayā

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

ने nē

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

नीच, नीचा, नींच nīch, nīchā, nīñch

Low (in a situation or position).
Low, vile, base, mean, petty, insignificant, inferior.

नीचे nīchē

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

निर्विघ्न nirvighna

Unobstructed, uninterrupted, untroubled, secure from impediments.
Unobstructedly, freely, securely.

निशानी niśhānī

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

निश्चय niśhchay

Confidence, faith, certainty.

निश्चय करना niśhchay karnā

'to do faith'. To have faith, to have conviction. Faith can be obtained by studying or simply by accepting what the Father teaches us.

निश्चयबुद्धि niśhchaybuddhi

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

निश्चिन्त niśhchint

Carefree, assured, convinced, unconcerned.

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.

number one

Number one.

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.

पद pad

Office, status, rank.
A versified composition (esp. eulogizing God or His sport).
Foot (of a measure or verse).
Footstep, step.
Expression, term, word in its particular context.
Articles (like an umbrella, shoes, clothes, utensils) given away for the gratification of the soul of a deceased.
(Bābā) Position obtained in the Golden Age (king, queen, subject, servant, etc.) through current efforts (of the Age of Encounter).

पहले pahlē

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

पहुंचना pahuñchnā

To reach, to arrive.

पक्का pakkā

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

पालना pālnā

To protect, guard, preserve, foster, nourish, cherish, bring up, rear, breed, domesticate.
To adopt.
Parents' sustenance, care, upbringing, support.

पाण्डव pāṇḍav

(Hinduism) One of the five valiant sons of King Pāṇḍu, and the heroes of the Mahābhārat (Yudhiṣṭhira, Bhīma, Arjuna, Nakula and Sahadeva).
(Bābā) Brother.
(Bābā) Spiritual guide showing all the souls the true path.
(Bābā) The Pandavas, those who have love for God in their intellect; Brahmins of the Confluence age.

पंजाब pañjāb

Punjab.

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)

पढ़ाई paṛhāī

Study, education, learning.

पढ़ाना paṛhānā

To teach, to instruct, to educate.

पढ़ना paṛhnā

To read, to study, to recite.

परिचय parichay

Introduction, acquaintance, familiarity.

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.

पार्टधारी part-dhārī

Who has a part (in the Drama).

pass

To pass.

pass with honour

To pass with honour.

pass with honours

Pass with honours.

पता patā

Address, whereabouts, information, knowledge.

पाठ pāṭh

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

पत्थर patthar

Stone.
Hard-hearted, heartless, unfeeling (person).

पवित्रता pavitratā

Holiness, sanctity, purity.

फल phal

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

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.

पीछे pīchhē

Behind, on the back side of.
After, afterwards.
Backwards.
In the absence of.

powerful

Powerful.

प्रकृति prakr̥iti

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

प्रमाण pramāṇ

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

प्राप्त prāpt

Got, obtained; procured, acquired.

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).

प्रति prati

Towards.

प्रिय priy

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

पूजा pūjā

Daily religious rite, divine service; the rite of pūjā gradually supplanted the solemn rites of Vedic sacrifice (yagya).
Worship, adoration, veneration.

पूजन pūjan

Worship, adoring.

पुजारी pujārī

Worshipper.
A priest who officiates at a shrine and lives upon the offerings made to the idol.

पूज्य pūjya

To be honoured, honourable, respectable, venerable, fit for or deserving adoration, adorable, worshipful.

पूरा pūrā

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

पूरी pūrī

A thin cake of meal fried in ghī or oil.

प्यार pyār

Love, affection, amour, amorous relationship.

प्यारा pyārā

Dear, beloved, loved.
Pleasing, lovely.
A dear one, beloved.

रचयिता rachayitā

Creator, composer, author.

रचना rachnā

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

रचता rachtā

Creator one who makes.

रहाना rahānā

To make stay, to make remain.

रहम rahm

Pity, mercy, compassion.

रहना rahnā

To remain, to stay.

राजा rājā

King, monarch, prince.

राज्य rājya

Kingdom, rule, reign, polity, the state.

राज्य अधिकारी rājya adhikārī

King, ruler, governor, one who has the right to rule.

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.

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').

result

Result.

रेत rēt

Sand.

रेती rētī

Sandy area at the bank of a river, sand-bank.

royal

Royal.

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.

सबको sabkō

sab + kō : everything, everyone.

सच्चा sachchā

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

सदा sadā

Always, perpetually, continually, ever.

सद्गति sadgati

Salvation, assignment to a better abode in the post-death existence.
(Bābā) Fruit, the same as jeevanmukti. It is therefore Salvation, life in the golden age but at the same time this Salvation is quantified by the measure of the efforts made today (which gives the future position of king, subject, servant).

सहज sahaj

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

सजावट sajāvaṭ

Decoration, ornamentation, make-up, display, array.

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.

साक्षात्कार sākṣhātkār

Interview.
Perception or apprehension of a god in a vision.
(Bābā) Divine vision. God grants these visions to devotees of all religions in the copper and iron ages and also to the Brahma kumaris who have this role (trance messenger) or at the beginning and end of this age (of meeting with God).

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.

समाचार samāchār

News; information.

समझना samajhnā

To understand.

समाप्त samāpt

Finished, ended, concluded, terminated, completed.

समर्थ samarth

Capable, competent.
Powerful.

समय samay

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

सम्बन्ध sambandh

Connection, relationship.

समझाना samjhānā

(Causative of samajhnā) To persuade, explain.

संपन्न sampann

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

सम्पूर्ण sampūrṇ

Whole, entire, complete, perfect.

सन्देश sandēśh

Message.

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)

संशय sanśhay

Suspicion, doubt, uncertainty.

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.

सन्तुष्टता santuṣhṭatā

Complete satisfaction, contentment, gratification.

सफलता saphaltā

Success, achievement.

सारा sārā

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

सर्दी sardī

Cold.
Winter.

शरीर śharīr

Body.

सर्व sarv

All ; whole, entire, complete.

सर्वशक्तिवान sarvśhaktivān

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

सतगुरू satgurū

The good spiritual guide, the true spiritual guide, God.

साथ sāth

With, together, along with.
Company, association.

साथी sāthī

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

सतयुग satyug

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

सौदा saudā

Bargain, transaction.
Negotiation.
Goods, commodity.

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.

सेवाधारी sēvādhārī

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

शिक्षक śhikṣhak

Teacher, instructor.

शीशा śhīśhā

Glass, glassware, glass bottle, looking-glass, mirror, a pane of glass.

स्मृति smr̥iti

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

स्नेह snēh

Love, affection.
Oil, oily substance.

सोचना sōchnā

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

सोना sōnā

To sleep.

श्रेष्ठ śhrēṣhṭha

The best, good, excellent, superior.

स्थान sthān

Place, spot, site.

स्थापना, स्थापन sthāpanā, sthāpan

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

स्थित sthit

Situated, located, placed.
Circumstanced.

स्थिति sthiti

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

student

Student.

शुभ śhubh

Auspicious, good.
The good, well-being.

शुद्ध śhuddh

Pure, sacred.
Unadulterated, uncorrupt.
Correct, rectified, amended.
Clean.

सुख sukh

Happiness, pleasure, comfort, felicity, contentment.

सुख-शान्ति sukh-śhānti

Happiness and peace.

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-

स्वप्न svapn

A dream.

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-.

sweet

Sweet.

sweet home

Sweet home.
(Bābā) śhāntidhām the incorporeal world.
(Bābā) satyug the world in golden age.

तब tab

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

तक tak

To, upto, till, until, by.

ताकत tākat

Power, force, strength, might.

तन tan

Body.

टांग ṭāṅg

A leg.

तरफ taraph

Side, direction.
Towards.

तरस taras

Pity, compassion, mercy.

तारीख tārīkh

A date.
An appointed day.
History.

teacher

Teacher.

तेज tēj

Sharp, keen, acute, penetrating, piercing, hot, pungent, strong, acrid, caustic, corrosive.
Fiery, passionate, impetuous, violent.
Swift, fleet.
Quick, apt, intelligent, keen-witted.
High-priced, dear.

थकना, फथकना thaknā, phathaknā

To be wearied, to weary, tire, be fatigued, be jaded, be exhausted; to flag, droop, faint; to be enervated; to be inert, sluggish; to be slack or dull.

ठण्डा ṭhaṇḍā

Cool, cold.
Bleak.
Dull, insipid, lifeless, unresponsive, unfeeling.

थोड़ा thōṛā

A little, some, meagre, scanty.
Short.

थोड़ा-सा thōṛā-sā

A bit, a little.

तीनों tīnō̃

The three, all three.

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')

touch

Touch.

त्रेता trētā

The second of the four ages according the Hindu mythology : the silver age.

तूफान tūphān

Storm, tempest, hurricane, typhoon.

ऊंच ūñch

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

ऊपर ūpar

On, upon, above, upward, over.

उड़ीसा uṛīsā

Orissa.

उड़ना uṛnā

To fly.
To fade, to get dim, to vanish.
To explode.

उठाना uṭhānā

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

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).

वाह vāh

An exclamatory word denoting admiration, appreciation, contempt, opposition, surprise, etc. : well done ! bravo ! excellent ! how can that be ! that can't be so.

वहां vahā̃

There.

वाला vālā

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

value

Value.

वाणी vāṇī

Speech, voice.
Saraswati : the goddess of speech.

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.

वरदानी vardānī

The bestower of blessing, the one who grants a favor, a wish.

वर्ष varṣh

Year.

वर्सा varsā

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

वर्तमान vartamān

Present, existing; current.
The present.

वश vaśh

Power, control, subjugation.
(suffix) Because of, out of ; obliged by, compelled by.

वातावरण vātāvaraṇ

Atmosphere.

वायुमण्डल vāyumaṇḍal

The atmosphere.

विधाता vidhātā

Ordainer, dispenser, arranger, creator.
(Hinduism) Brahmā "the Ordainer of the World", personifying Destiny.
(Bābā) Śhiv.

विघ्न vighna

Interruption, interference, meddling, obstacle, disturbance.

विहंग मार्ग vihaṅg mārga

Way of sky, fast way.

विजय vijay

Conquest, victory, triumph.

विजयी vijayī

Conquering, victorious, triumphant.
A conqueror.

विशेष viśhēṣh

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

विशेषता viśhēṣhtā

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

विश्व viśhva

The world, universe.

वृक्ष vr̥ikṣha

Tree, shrub.

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.

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.

योग yōg

Connection, union.
Combination; conjuncture (as of heavenly bodies); agreement, similarity.
Yoga, a theory or practice of abstract meditation undertaken to bring the soul towards or into union with the supreme spirit; bodily exercises or disciplines, as conducive to the above.
(Bābā) Union in remembrance (especially with the Father).

योग्य yōgya

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

युग yug

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

ज़रूर zarūr

Certainly, undoubtedly, positively, without fail.

ज़रूरी zarūrī

Important, necessary, needful, compulsory, indispensable.