Avyakt murli for Thursday 14 April 1994

A

The letter A of our alphabet; used for acronyms.
a.

A one

A1.
In good health.
In excellent or top condition.
First-class.

अब ab

Now.

अभ्यास abhyās

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

आबू ābū

Mount Abu is a hill station in the Aravalli Range in the Sirohi district of the state of Rajasthan in western India. The mountain forms a rocky plateau 22 km long by 9 km wide. The highest peak on the mountain is Guru Shikhar at 1,722 m (5,650 ft) above sea level. It is referred to as 'an oasis in the desert' as its heights are home to rivers, lakes, waterfalls and evergreen forests. It is also home to numerous Hindu and Jain temples. The nearest train station is Abu Road railway station 28 km away. It is also the Seat of the Brahma Kumaris.

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.

add

To add.

आधार ādhār

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

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.

आज्ञा āgyā

Order.

ऐसा aisā

Such, of this type.

ऐसा-वैसा aisā-vaisā

So-so, passable, middling; indifferent, of little moment or worth, insignificant, inferior, poor, bad; improper, indecent (act or language).
Indifferently, passably, &c.

ऐसे नहीं aisē nahī̃

'not so', Do not believe.

आज āj

Today.

आजकल ājkal

Nowadays, these days.

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.

अलौकिक alaukik

Unearthly, heavenly, celestial, phenomenal, transcendental, supernatural.
Uncommon, strange, rare, unusual, exceptional, unordinary, extraordinary.

all

All.

अल्पकाल alpkāl

Short term.

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.

आनंद ānand

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

अनेक anēk

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

अन्त ant

End.

अन्तिम antim

Last, final, ultimate, concluding, conclusive.

अनुभव anubhav

Experience.

अनुभूति anubhūti

Emotional experience, inner experience, realisation.

आप āp

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

अपना apnā

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

अपनाना apnānā

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

आराम ārām

Rest, comfort, relief.

अर्जुन arjun

Arjuna.
A character from “Gita”.
One who shows courage and becomes first in efforts.

अर्थ arth

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

अर्थात् arthāt

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

अटल aṭal

Firm, irrevocable, resolute, unwavering, steadfast.

आत्मा ātmā

The soul, the spirit, the self.

आत्म शक्ति ātma śhakti

'Power of the soul'. Strength of mind, inner or spiritual strength.

आत्मिक ātmik

Spiritual.
Pertaining to self: the soul.

attention

Attention.

और aur

And.
Else.
Other.

औरों aurō̃

(The) others.

आवश्यकता āvaśhyaktā

Necessity, need, requirement.

अव्वल avval

The first, the foremost.

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.

बादल bādal

A cloud.

बदलना badalnā

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

बहाना bahānā

A pretext, pretence, an excuse, make believe.
To cause to flow, to cause to blow, to set afloat.
To squander, to ruin, to destroy.

बहुत bahut

Many, much.
Very.

बैठना baiṭhnā

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

बना बनाया banā banāyā

Ready made, finished, complete, perfect, entire.

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.

बन्धन bandhan

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

बांधना bāndhnā

To tie, to fasten, to bind, to pack, to wrap around.

बनना bannā

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

बाप bāp

Father.

बाप समान bāp samān

Similar, identical, equal to the Father.

बापदादा bāpdādā

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

बार bār

Time, occasion.

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.

बेहद bēhad

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

बेसमझी bēsamajhī

Foolishness, stupidity, silliness.

भाग्य bhāgya

Fortune, fate, luck, destiny.

भक्त bhakt

A devotee.

भारत bhārat

The ancient name of India (so called because it was the patrimony of Bharat, son of Dushyant, who is said to have been the first monarch of all India)

भटकना bhaṭaknā

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

भव bhav

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

भवन bhavan

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

भावना bhāvnā

Sentiment, feeling, emotion.

भी bhī

Inclusive emphatic particle: too, also, even.

भिन्न bhinn

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

भुजा bhujā

The arm, the upper arm.
The proboscis of an elephant.
The side of a rectilineal figure; one of the shorter sides of a right-angled triangle (i.e. either the perpendicular or the base).

बिल्कुल bilkul

Entirely, completely, totally, wholly, universally, altogether.

body conscious

Body conscious : who notices or is aware of the body.
Bodily conscious : awake and aware of what is happening by considering oneself as the body.

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.

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.

चार chār

Four.

चारों ओर chārō̃ ōr

On all sides, all around, everywhere.

चाय chāy

Tea.

centre

Centre.

छत्रछाया chhatrachhāyā

Protection, shelter, patronage.

check

Check.

छोड़ना chhōṛnā

To leave.
To abandon.
To release.

circumstance

Circumstance.

cross

To cross.

चुप chup

Silence, quiet.
Silent, quiet.
Silently, quietly.

दादी dādī

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

dance

Dance.

देहली dēhlī

Delhi (the capital of India).
Threshold.

देखना dēkhnā

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

देना dēnā

To give.

देश dēśh

Country, land, native home, region, space.

देवता dēvtā

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

धारणा dhārṇā

Inculcation of the knowledge and virtues of the Supreme in our practical life.

धोखा dhōkhā

Deception, deceit, fraud, cheating, guile, subterfuge. A scarecrow.

धोखेबाज़ dhōkhēbāz

A cheat, swindler, shyster.
Deceitful, guileful, fraudulent.

दीदी dīdī

(a form of address for) an elder sister.

दिखावा-मात्र dikhāvā-mātr

Just for show, just for show off.

दिल dil

Heart, courage, spirit, will.

दिलाना dilānā

To cause to be given, to cause to be handed over.

दिलतख्त diltakht

The Heart and the Throne.

दिन din

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

दिव्यता divyatā

Divinity.
Supernatural quality.
Divine beauty.

दो dō

Two, 2.

doctor

Doctor.

double

Double.

दृढ़ dr̥iṛh

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

दृढ़ता dr̥iṛhtā

Fixedness, firmness, hardness, solidity, strength.
Steadiness, perseverance.
Confirmation, corroboration.
Firmness, resoluteness.

दुआ duā

Prayer.
Blessing.

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.

दूसरा dūsrā

Second.
Other, another.
Next.

द्वापर dvāpar

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

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.

emerge

To emerge.

ever ready

Ever-ready.

fail

Fail.

fast

Fast.

first

First.

force

Force.

foundation

Foundation.

गद्दी gaddī

Cushion, throne, seat.

गलती galatī

Mistake, error, fault.

गाना gānā

To sing, to chant.
A song.

गति gati

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

घबराना ghabrānā

To be confused, confounded, flurried, or flustered.
To be perplexed, bewildered, or embarrassed.
To be perturbed, disturbed in mind, agitated, disquieted, distracted.
To be alarmed, scared, dismayed.
To confound, embarrass, perplex, &c.
To disturb, agitate.
To alarm, scare, dismay.

घेराव ghērāv

Encirclement, besieging or blockading.

घेराव डालना ghērāv ḍālnā

To surround, to encompass; to invest, to lay siege, to blockade.

gift

Gift.

group

Group.

गुजरात gujarāt

Gujarat, state of India.

गुजरना gujarnā

To pass.
To pass away.
To cross over.

गुणा guṇā

Fold, times (suffixed to numerals to form multiplicatives; e.g. sau-gunā, 'a hundred-fold').
Multiplication.
The rule of multiplication.

ज्ञान gyān

Knowledge directly taught by God.

ज्ञान सरोवर gyān sarōvar

'Lake of Knowledge'. The name of one of the complexes of the Brahma Kumaris at Mount Abu, state Rajastan.

ज्ञानी gyānī

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

हाँ जी hā̃ jī

Yes (polite), Yes Sir, yes Madam.

हद had

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

हर एक har ēk

Each, every.
Each one, everybody.

हँसना hãsnā

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

हाथ उठाना hāth uṭhānā

To raise your hand.

health

Health.

healthy

Healthy.

ही hī

Emphatic particle with a sense of exclusion : only.

होना hōnā

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

होशियार hōśhiyār

Clever, wise, intelligent, careful.

hospital

Hospital.

in

In.

Indore

The largest city in Madhya Pradesh, India.
A district of Madhya Pradesh, India, containing the city of the same name.

innocent

Innocent.

invention

Invention.

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.

जहाँ jahā̃

Where, wherever.

जैसा jaisā

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

जल्दी jaldī

Hurry, haste.
Quickly, urgently, immediately.

जाना jānā

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

जानना jānnā

To know, to become aware of, to perceive.

झलकना jhalaknā

To shine, glare, glitter, glisten, sparkle, flash.

झंडा jhaṇḍā

Flag, banner, standard, ensign.

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.

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.

कहाँ kahā̃

Interrogative pronominal adverb : Where ?

कहना kahnā

Say.

कम kam

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

कमजोर kamjōr

Weak, feeble, ineffectual.

कमजोरी kamjōrī

Weakness, feebleness ; deficiency ; debility.

काफी kāphī

Enough, sufficient, adequate.

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.

कर्नाटक karnāṭak

Karnataka (a state of India).

कार्य kārya

Action, act, activity.
Work, task, duty, function, role.
Occupation.
Business, matter (in hand), agenda.

कटना kaṭnā

To be cut, to be wounded (by a blade etc.), to die in battle, to be destroyed.
To pass away time.
To complete (a journey, etc.)
To be ashamed.
To be disconnected, to be deprived of, to be made to part with.

कौन kaun

interrogative pronoun. Who

कौन सा kaun sā

Interrogative adjective and pronoun : which.

के आगे kē āgē

In front of, ahead of, before.

के बाद kē bād

After.

के लिए kē liē

For, for the sake of.

के प्रति kē prati

Towards.

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.

ख़त्म ḵẖatm

Ended, completed, concluded.

खुश khuśh

Happy, pleased.
Good.

खुशी khuśhī

Joy, delight, happiness.

कि ki

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

किला kilā

A fort, castle.

किनारा kinārā

Bank, shore, edge, border, verge.

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.

कोशिश kōśhiśh

Effort, endeavour.

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).

क्योंकि kyōṅki

Because, since.

लहराना laharānā

To rise in waves (water), to ripple.
To wave (as foliage, crops).
To wave, to flap (a flag).
To wind (as a stream).
To undulate in movement (a snake).
To gust (as heat).
To be moved suddenly (the heart, by emotion).
To be wafted (fragrance).
To be radiant (the beauty of nature).
To cause to flutter, or to wave; to put out (a flag); to raise (a flag, standard). To raise delusive hopes in (a person); to excite, to tantalise.

लक्ष्य lakṣhya

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

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)

मदद madad

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

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.

महाराष्ट्र mahārāṣhṭra

The south-western Indian state comprising the Marāṭhī speaking areas of the country.

महत्व mahatva

Importance.
Significance.
Greatness.
Magnitude.

मैं maĩ

I. (personal pronoun)

male

Male.

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.

मान mān

Esteem, respect; honour, prestige, dignity.

माना mānā

(it) Means, that is.

मंजूर mañjūr

Approved of, accepted; agreeable (to).
Sanctioned, granted.

मांस māns

Meat, flesh.

मन्सा mansā

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

मर्यादा maryādā

Limit, boundary.
Bounds (of law, usage), moderation; custom; convention.
Correct behaviour; decorum.
Station, dignity; honour.

मास mās

Month.

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)

मेहमान mēhmān

A guest.

मेहनत mēhnat

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

मेल mēl

Meeting; assembly.
Mixture, mixing.
Connection; association, combination.
Concord, harmony.
Reconciliation.
Consistency, balance, proportion (between parts); similarity.
Counterpart; kind, sort.
Balance (as of an account); tally.
Band, company; union, alliance.

merge

To merge.

might

Might.

mike

Mike.
Just as the voice reaches many through mike, in the same way in the service of God, a few children become instruments in taking Baba's message to many : Baba calls them as Mikes.

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.

मीठा mīṭhā

Sweet, pleasant.
Sweetmeat, jaggery.

मुबारक mubārak

Congratulations. Best wishes.

मूल mūl

Root, the principal (the sum), origin, source.
Radical, original, essential, fundamental, basic, principal, chief, parent.

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.

नाच-तमाशा nāch-tamāśhā

Dance and show.
Dance and entertainment.

नाचना nāchnā

To dance.
To caper, or frisk about.

नदी nadī

River.

नहीं nahī̃

No.
Not.

नाम nām

Name.

नशा naśhā

Intoxication, drunkenness.

नाटक nāṭak

Drama, play.

नवीनता navīntā

Novelty, newness, freshness.

नया nayā

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

नयन, नैन nayan, nain

Eye.

ने nē

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

नीचे nīchē

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

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.

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.

निवासी nivāsī

Dwelling, abiding (in), inhabiting.
A resident (of), an inhabitant; a native (of).

number

Number.

number one

Number one.

नम्बरवार number-wār

In order, orderly.
According to his rank, his position.

नूर nūr

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

नूरे रत्न nūrē ratna

Apple of the eye (of the Father for example).

न्यारा nyārā

Separate(d), staying away (from a joint family), unique, novel, distinct.

offer

Offer.

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.

one

One.

original

Original.

ओटना ōṭnā

To cover, shelter, screen, defend, &c.
To catch (a ball, &c.), to intercept.
To parry, guard.
To spread out a cloth to receive grain, &c.
To take upon (oneself), be responsible for.

P

The letter P of our alphabet; used for acronyms.

पदम padam

A lotus-flower and its plant.
A particular high number, ten trillions (according to the Śāstras), or one thousand trillions (according to the Dasturuʼl-ʻamal or royal ordinances of Akbar).

पदमगुणा padamguṇā

A quadrillion times (1,000,000,000,000,000 times).

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.

पहले से pahlē sē

From the first, from the very commencement.
At first, in the first place.
Already, beforehand.

पहुंचना pahuñchnā

To reach, to arrive.

पैदा paidā

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

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.

पंच pañch

5, five.
An arbitrator or a body of arbiters or jury.
The headman of a caste or village.

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.

पानी pānī

Water, aqua.
Rain.
Essence, liquid substance.
Lustre, brightness.
Valour, breed.
Honour, sense of self-respect.
Thin coating, thin plating.

पंजाब pañjāb

Punjab.

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)

पर par

Opposite, inimical, other, alien, higher.

परिस्थिति paristhiti

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

परिवर्तन parivartan

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

पड़ना paṛnā

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

पसन्द pasand

Liking, choice, taste, preference.
Approval.
Approved, liked.

pass

To pass.

pass with honour

To pass with honour.

percentage

Percentage.

फैलाना phailānā

To spread, to extend, to expand, to span, to unfold, to outstretch, to stretch.
To make calculations, to work out.
To propagate, to make public.

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.

पीना pīnā

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

प्रदान pradān

Giving, donating, bestowing, granting.
Delivery.

प्रगति pragati

Progress, development.

प्रकार prakār

Manner, way.

प्राप्त prāpt

Got, obtained; procured, acquired.

प्राप्त करना prāpt karnā

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

प्रति prati

Towards.

प्रत्यक्ष pratyakṣh

Visible, perceptible, clear, evident, vivid, real, actual, express, explicit.
Direct, immediate; personal (as acquaintance).
Visible reality, actuality.

प्रवृत्ति pravr̥itti

Mentality.
Trend, tendency.
inclination, disposition.
Instinct.
Activity.
(Bābā) Household.

पूछना pūchhnā

To enquire, to ask, to investigate, to interrogate, to question.

पुण्य puṇya

Good, virtue, right, moral or religious merit.
Good deed, righteous action.
Sacred, holy, virtuous, righteous.

पुराना purānā

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

पुरूष purūṣh

Man.
Soul.

पुरुषार्थ puruṣhārth

Human effort or exertion; valour; industry.
An object of human pursuit.
(Hinduism) The four basic aims of human existence (viz. dharm discharge of duty; arth acquirement of wealth; kām gratification of desire; mokṣha final emancipation).
(Bābā) The effort made by the soul to attain perfection.
(Bābā) Spiritual effort. The effort made for the sake (arth) of development of the soul (puruṣh). This effort includes the steps we take for attaining the perfect state of our original and eternal self.

प्यार pyār

Love, affection, amour, amorous relationship.

प्यारा pyārā

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

राह rāh

Way, path, route, course, passage.

रहना rahnā

To remain, to stay.

राज्य rājya

Kingdom, rule, reign, polity, the state.

रखना rakhnā

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

रंग raṅg

Colour.
Paint, dye, pigment.
Complexion, beauty.
Aspect, appearance, expression (facial); atmosphere, mood.
Manner, style, influence.
Character, nature, kind, type.
Place of entertainment, stage.
The dramatic arts: acting, dancing, singing.
Entertainment, enjoyment, merry-making; mood or time of youth.
Something splendid, a spectacle.

रफ्तार raphtār

Speed, pace.

रास्ता rāstā

Road, way, path, street, lane.
Way, manner.

रात rāt

Night.

रथ rath

Chariot, vehicle (of a god).

रावण rāvaṇ

The king of ancient Ceylon (Laṅkā) who kidnapped Rām's queen consort Sītā and later fought him and was killed, villain of the great epic Rāmāyaṇ.
A demonic person.
(Bābā) Ravan, a ten-headed demon-king, the ruler of Lanka. Symbolic of five vices in males and five vices in females.

राज़ी rāzī

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

ready

Ready.

receive

Receive.

register

A register.
To register.
A book in which details of person's conduct and behaviour are entered.

repeat

To repeat.

result

Result.

return

Return.

रिद्धि-सिद्धि riddhi-siddhi

Wealth and prosperity.
Supernatural power, magical power, magic.

road

Road.

roll

Roll.

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.

शब्द śhabd

Word, term, sound.

सभा sabhā

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

सबका sabkā

(genitive case of sab) Of everyone.

सबसे sabsē

(superlative) Of all, the most.

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.

safety

Safety.

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.

सहारा sahārā

Support, backing, aid, succour. A strut.

सहित sahit

With, together with, along with, accompanied by.

सहयोग sahyōg

Cooperation, collaboration.

saint

Saint.

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.

समाचार samāchār

News; information.

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.

समर्थ samarth

Capable, competent.
Powerful.

समय samay

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

समीप samīp

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

समझाना samjhānā

(Causative of samajhnā) To persuade, explain.

सामना करना sāmnā karnā

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

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.

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.

सफलता saphaltā

Success, achievement.

सारा sārā

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

शरीर śharīr

Body.

सरोवर sarōvar

A large lake or pond, any piece of water deep enough for the lotus to grow in.

सर्व sarv

All ; whole, entire, complete.

शास्त्र śhāstra

Scripture(s), a religious or scientific treatise, a composition of divine or secular authority.

साथ sāth

With, together, along with.
Company, association.

साथी sāthī

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

सतयुगी satyugī

Of satyug, of the age of truth, golden aged.

सौ sau

Hundred, 100.
Many, numerous.

scene

Scene.

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)

season

Season.
(Bābā) Meeting time with Bāpdādā (October to March through Dadi Gulzar).

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.

सिद्ध करना siddh karnā

To accomplish, bring about, realise.
To complete, perfect.
To demonstrate, to prove.

सिद्धि siddhi

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

silence

Silence.

सिर sir

Head.
Top, apex, highest part or point.

स्नेह snēh

Love, affection.
Oil, oily substance.

स्नेही snēhī

A lover.
Loving, affectionate.

सोचना sōchnā

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

something

Something.

सोना sōnā

To sleep.

श्रेष्ठ śhrēṣhṭha

The best, good, excellent, superior.

stage

Stage.
(Bābā) State, condition.

स्थान sthān

Place, spot, site.

स्थूल sthūl

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

शुभ śhubh

Auspicious, good.
The good, well-being.

शुद्ध śhuddh

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

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.

सूर्य, सूरज sūrya, sūraj

Sun.

स्व sva

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

स्वभाव svabhāv

Nature, property, properties (of a thing).
Nature, temperament, disposition, character (of a person).
Habit, way; custom, practice.

स्वभाव-संस्कार svabhāv-sanskār

Svabhāv and sanskār, nature and character traits.

श्वाँस śhvāṅs

Breath, respiration.

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.

तख्त takht

Throne, chair of state; seat, stage, platform; sofa, bed; any place raised above the ground for sitting, reclining, or sleeping.

तख्तनशीन takhtnaśhīn

Enthroned, installed on the throne.

तन tan

Body.

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.

tension

Tension.

ठण्डा ṭhaṇḍā

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

ठीक ṭhīk

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

थोड़ा thōṛā

A little, some, meagre, scanty.
Short.

तिलक tilak

An ornamental or religious mark over the forehead (signifying installation on the throne or engagement etc.).
A vermilion or sandal mark over the forehead.
The most eminent member (of a class, clan, dynasty, etc.).
Commentary of a text.
(Bābā) A red colour mark in the centre of the forehead; a symbol of victory, of sovereignty; a symbol of soul. When we realize ourselves to be souls, points of light, conscious energy in the centre of the forehead, we are self sovereigns, we are victorious over maya, we wear a real tilak.

time

Time.

तीनों tīnō̃

The three, all three.

तीर tīr

An arrow.

title

Title.

तीव्र tīvr

Strong, intense, sharp, keen, harsh, swift.
Pungent.
Sharp (a musical note).
Ardent, impetuous.
Excessive.
(Bābā) Fast, intense.

तीव्रगति tīvragati

Fast speed.

तीव्रता tīvratā

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

तो tō

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

तू tū

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

तुम tum

You (between equals).

त्याग tyāg

Abandonment, relinquishment, renunciation, forsaking, sacrifice, abnegation.

U

The letter U of our alphabet; used for acronyms.

उदय uday

Rising, rise, ascent, emergence.
(fig.) Prosperity.

उल्टा ulṭā

Reverse, reversed, topsy-turvy, opposite, contrary, overturned, inverted.

उमंग umaṅg

Aspiration, gusto, zeal.

उन्नति unnati

Progress, rise.
Promotion.
Improvement, betterment.
Development.

उड़ान uṛān

Flight.
Flying.

उड़ना uṛnā

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

उसका uskā

Genitive case of vah : of him, of her, of that, his, her.

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).

वहां vahā̃

There.

वही vahī

(emphatic form of vah) That very, that very one.

वाला vālā

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

वंचित vañchit

Deprived.
Cheated, deceived, tricked.

वाणी vāṇī

Speech, voice.
Saraswati : the goddess of speech.

वापिस, वापस vāpis, vāpas

Back, back again.

वरदान vardān

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

वर्ष varṣh

Year.

वायुमण्डल vāyumaṇḍal

The atmosphere.

vibration

Vibrations. The emotional state of a person, the atmosphere of a place, or the associations of an object, communicated and felt by others.

विदेश vidēśh

Foreign country.

विदेशी vidēśhī

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

विधि vidhi

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

विजय vijay

Conquest, victory, triumph.

विशेष viśhēṣh

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

विशेषता viśhēṣhtā

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

वृद्धि vr̥iddhi

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

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.

win

Win.

या yā

Or, either.

याद yād

Remembrance, recollection, memory.

याद दिलाना yād dilānā

To remind.

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-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.

यथार्थ yathārth

Real, actual.
Accurate.

यथार्थता yathārthatā

Reality.
Accuracy.

यथाशक्ति yathāśhakti

According to power or ability or means; to the best of (one's) ability, as far as possible.

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).

योगी yōgī

(One) who practices yōg.

युद्ध yuddh

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

ज़रूर zarūr

Certainly, undoubtedly, positively, without fail.

zone

Zone.