Avyakt murli for Thursday 17 November 1994

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.

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.

आग āg

Fire, flame.
Anger, passion, love, lust, hatred, jealousy.

अगर agar

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

आगे āgē

Ahead, in front of, before; in future.

अज्ञानकाल agyānkāl

Time of ignorance.

ऐसा aisā

Such, of this type.

आज āj

Today.

आकर्षण ākarṣhaṇ

Attraction, charm, allurement.

अकेला akēlā

Single, lonely, lonesome, solitary.

अखण्ड akhaṇḍ

The whole, complete, undivided, indivisible.

अलग alag

Different, separate, apart, distinct.

अलबेला albēlā

Light, frivolous, senseless, childish, silly.
Careless, indifferent.
Smart, showy, spruce, foppish.
Engaging, charming, handsome, beautiful.
(Bābā) Careless.

अलबेलापन albēlāpan

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

आना ānā

To come.

अन्दर andar

In, inside, within.

आंध्र प्रदेश āndhra pradēśh

Andhra Pradesh (a state of India where we speak Telugu).

अनेक anēk

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

अनगिनत anginat

Innumerable, numberless, countless.

अनुभव anubhav

Experience.

अनुभवी anubhavī

Experienced, veteran, seasoned.

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.

अप्राप्ति aprāpti

Non-attainment, non-acquisition.

आराम ārām

Rest, comfort, relief.

अर्थात् arthāt

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

असन्तुष्ट asantuṣhṭ

Dissatisfied, discontented, displeased.

असन्तुष्टता asantuṣhṭatā

Discontent, dissatisfaction.

आत्मा ātmā

The soul, the spirit, the self.

आत्मिक ātmik

Spiritual.
Pertaining to self: the soul.

attention

Attention.

और aur

And.
Else.
Other.

औरों aurō̃

(The) others.

authority

Authority.

आवश्यकता āvaśhyaktā

Necessity, need, requirement.

अव्यक्त avyakt

Not manifest, not apparent, imperceptible, indistinct.

बच्चा bachchā

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

बदलना badalnā

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

बदली badlī

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

बाहर bāhar

Out, outside, exterior, beyond, away.
A foreign land.

बहुत bahut

Many, much.
Very.

बैठना baiṭhnā

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

बजा bajā

Struck.
O'clock.

बजाना bajānā

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

बाकी bākī

But if.., but, nevertheless.

बाकी bākī

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

balance

Balance.

बलवान balvān

Powerful, strong, possessing vigour and vitality.

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.

बंगाल baṅgāl

Bengal.

बनना bannā

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

बाप bāp

Father.

बाप की याद bāp kī yād

Remembrance of 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.

बढ़ाना baṛhānā

To increase, to multiply.
To extend, to raise.
To cause to progress, to cause to grow, to cause to prosper.
To advance.
To magnify.
To exaggerate.
To push ahead.
To extinguish (as a lamp).
To close (as a shop).

बढ़ना baṛhnā

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

बात bāt

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

बताना batānā

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

भागना bhāgnā

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

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.

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.

भला bhalā

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

भान bhān

Perception, consciousness, recollection.

भण्डारा bhanḍārā

Reserve. Place where provisions, etc. are stored.
(Bābā) Kitchen. Place where food is distributed.
(Bābā) Treasure-Store.

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)

भरी bharī

A burden.

भरना bharnā

To fill, to refill.

भाषा bhāṣhā

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

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.

भावी bhāvī

Future, coming.
Destiny, future.

भावना bhāvnā

Sentiment, feeling, emotion.

भी bhī

Inclusive emphatic particle: too, also, even.

भोजन bhōjan

Food, victuals, dish of food, meal.

भूख bhūkh

Desire of eating, appetite, hunger.
Desire of enjoying anything, craving.

भुलाना bhulānā

To cause to be forgotten, to erase from the mind; to forget.
To deceive, to mislead.
To bewilder, to fascinate.

बीच bīch

Middle, centre.

बिहार bihār

Bihar : an eastern state of the Indian Union.

बीमारी bīmārī

Illness, sickness, disease, ailment.

बोझ bōjh

Burden, load.

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.

बुलाना bulānā

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

बुरा burā

Bad.
Wicked, evil.
Ill.
Mis-
Faulty, defective.

busy

Busy.

चाहे chāhē

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

चाहिए chāhiē

Is necessary, is needful, is requisite, is proper, is right.
It behoves.
Should, ought, must (be).

चाहना chāhnā

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

चैतन्य chaitanya

Conscious, sensitive, alert and awake.
Consciousness, spirit.

चलन chalan

Vogue.
Usage, custom.
Conduct.

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.

चौथा chauthā

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

चेहरा chēhrā

Face, countenance, mask, front.

centre

Centre.

chance

Chance.

check

Check.

छिपाना chhipānā

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

छिपना chhipnā

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

छोटा chhōṭā

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

छुट्टी chhuṭṭī

Permission.
Leave, holiday, furlough.

चित्र chitra

Picture, painting, illustration, figure, photo.

combined

Combined.

complaint

Complaint.

control

Control.

course

Course.

डालना ḍālnā

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

दान dān

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

दर्शन darśhan

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

दाता dātā

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

date

Date.

देह dēh

Body.

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.

धारण करना dhāraṇ karnā

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

धर्म dharm

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

दिखाई देना dikhāī dēnā

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

दिल dil

Heart, courage, spirit, will.

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.

डोर ḍōr

Thread, twine, string, cord, line, rope.

double

Double.

double light

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

drama

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

दृढ़ dr̥iṛh

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

दुआ duā

Prayer.
Blessing.

दुःख duḥkh

Sorrow, unhappiness, suffering, grief, distress.

दुःखना duḥkhnā

To pain, to ache, to smart, to throb.
To feel pity or compassion (for).
To feel compunction or remorse.

दुनिया duniyā

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

दूसरा dūsrā

Second.
Other, another.
Next.

द्वारा dvārā

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

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).

फ़र्क fark

Difference, distinction, distance.

first

First.

force

Force.

foreign

Foreign.
Abroad.

full

Full.

full pass

To pass fully.

गाली gālī

An abusive or contumelious expression, abuse, foul or insulting language.

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.

golden

Golden.

group

Group.

गुण guṇ

Merit, virtue, great quality, excellence.
Constitutive quality, property, attribute.
One of the 3 qualities: sattva (purity, truth), rajas (strength, desire), and tamas (ignorance, inertia).

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.

हां hā̃

Yes, yea.

हाल hāl

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

hall

Hall.

हम ham

We.
(rustic form) I.

हठ haṭh

Stubbornness, insistence (esp. unreasonable insistence).
Crossness, sulks (of a child).
Firm promise, or resolve.
Force, violence.

हाथ उठाना hāth uṭhānā

To raise your hand.

ही hī

Emphatic particle with a sense of exclusion : only.

हिलाना hilānā

To shake, to jolt.
To swing.

हिम्मत himmat

Courage, boldness.

हिसाब hisāb

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

हिस्सा hissā

Part, portion, share, division.

होना hōnā

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

होशियार hōśhiyār

Clever, wise, intelligent, careful.

hospital

Hospital.

Indore

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

insult

Insult.

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.

जगत जीत jagat jīt

Conqueror of the world, conqueror of the universe.

जहाँ jahā̃

Where, wherever.

जैसा jaisā

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

जलाना jalānā

To light, to kindle, to burn, to scorch, to excite envy, to provoke jealousy.

जल्दी jaldī

Hurry, haste.
Quickly, urgently, immediately.

जमा jamā

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

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.

जानना jānnā

To know, to become aware of, to perceive.

जड़ jaṛ

Inanimate, immovable, inert.
Idiot, stupid.

जड़ना jaṛnā

To stud, to inlay, to fix, to set, to mount, to put in.

झलकना jhalaknā

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

झूला jhūlā

A swing.
A cradle.

झूलना jhūlnā

To swing, to oscillate, to dangle.

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.

कदम kadam

Step, pace, footstep.

कहाँ तक kahā̃ tak

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

कहावत kahāvat

A saying, proverb.

कहना kahnā

Say.

कई kaī

Several, sundry, divers, some, some few.

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.

कला kalā

Art, craft, skill.
A sixteenth part (of anything).
A digit or one sixteenth of the moon's diameter (allowing you to distinguish the phases of the moon).
(Bābā) One-sixteenth of the full spiritual light.

कलियुग kaliyug

The kali age, the iron age, the fourth and the last age of the universe according to the Hindu mythology.
(fig.) the age of vice.

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.

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.

कम होना kam hōnā

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

कमजोर kamjōr

Weak, feeble, ineffectual.

कमजोरी kamjōrī

Weakness, feebleness ; deficiency ; debility.

कामना kāmnā

Wish, desire, inclination.
Lust.
(Bābā) Wish, desire.

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.

कर्मेन्द्रिय karmēndriy

(Hinduism) One of the five 'organs of action' : the hand, foot, larynx, and organs of generation and excretion.
(Bābā) One of the 10 faculties or organs of interaction: 5 for the sensory faculties and 5 for the action faculties. The use of these 10 faculties creates karma. Hence the name karmēndriy “faculty or organ of karma”.

कर्मयोग karmyōg

Karma Yoga. The yoga while performing actions. People think that Karma Yoga means just performing selfless, charitable actions and leading a pious way of life.
(Bābā) Baba has explained that Karma Yoga is the yoga (remembrance of God) while performing karmas (actions). It is the yoga that transforms our actions.

कर्मयोगी karmyōgī

Yōgī in action. One who remembers God while acting.

करना karnā

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

कर्नाटक karnāṭak

Karnataka (a state of India).

करोड़पति karōṛpati

Possessor of a crore of rupees, a millionaire.

कार्य kārya

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

कौन kaun

interrogative pronoun. Who

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 पास kē pās

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

के ऊपर kē ūpar

On, upon.
Above.

key

Key.

खाना khānā

To eat, to feed on, to consume, to swallow, to take.
to get, to receive.
To feel, to suffer, to endure.
Eating, food, meal, dinner.

खड़ा khaṛā

Standing, erect, upright, straight, vertical, steep, stationary.

खाता khātā

Ledger or day-book, account-book, waste-book.
Daily account, account-current.

ख़त्म ḵẖatm

Ended, completed, concluded.

खींचना, खैंचना khīñchnā, khaiñchnā

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

खिट-खिट khiṭ-khiṭ

Disturbance, interruption of peace, conflict.

खोना khōnā

To lose, to squander.

खुलना khulnā

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

खुराक khurāk

Food, provisions.
Daily rations.
partic. type of food (of a person), diet.
Single dose (of medicine).

खुश khuśh

Happy, pleased.
Good.

खुशी khuśhī

Joy, delight, happiness.

खुशनसीब khuśhnasīb

Of happy lot or portion, fortunate, lucky.

कि ki

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

किनारा kinārā

Bank, shore, edge, border, verge.

कितना kitnā

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

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.

क्रोध krōdh

Anger, wrath, fury, rage.

क्रोधी krōdhī

Short-tempered, hot-tempered, irascible.

कुछ kuchh

Something; anything.
A little, some.
fig. sthg. particular.
Some; any.
A few.
Somewhat, a little, at all.

क्या kyā

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

क्यों kyō̃

Why.

क्योंकि kyōṅki

Because, since.

लगाना lagānā

To engage, to employ.
To attach, to join, to connect.
To plant.
To apply.
To affix.
To make someone hang around.
To levy.
To touch.
To invest.
To paste, to stick.
To set, to fix.
To shut, to close.
To keep.
To backbite.
To inflame.
To add.

लकीर lakīr

A line, lineament.
A streak, stripe.

लक्षण lakṣhaṇ

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

लक्ष्य lakṣhya

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

लम्बा lambā

Long, lengthy, tall.

late

Late.

लौकिक laukik

Secular, earthly, worldly, mundane.

लेकिन lēkin

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

लेना lēnā

To take.

लेटना lēṭnā

To lie, to lie down, to repose, to recline.

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)

lucky

Lucky.

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).

महादानी mahādānī

Very generous, very munificent.
Very generous person, very munificent person.

महाराष्ट्र mahārāṣhṭra

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

महात्मा mahātmā

A saint, sage, saintly (person), noble or enlightened soul.
(Bābā) 'Great soul', the pure soul.

मैं maĩ

I. (personal pronoun)

मैं आत्मा हूँ maĩ ātmā hū̃

I am the soul.

majority

Majority.

माल māl

Goods, commodity, things, articles, effects, stuff, merchandise, cargo, produce, stock, wealth, riches, property.
Public revenue.
Dainties.

मालिक mālik

Master, employer, owner, lord (as landlord), proprietor.
Husband.

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.

मनाना manānā

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

मणि maṇi

Jewel, gem.

मनजीत manjīt

Conqueror of the mind. One who subjects to his will the instinctive part of the mind, that is, its thoughts, desires and aversions.

मांस māns

Meat, flesh.

मंत्र mantra

Incantation, charm, spell, vedic hymn, sacred formula, mystical verse, magical formula.

मास mās

Month.

मस्तक mastak

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

master

Master.

master knowledgeful

Master knowledgeful.
(Bābā) Master Knowledgeful, a title that Bābā (the Knowledgeful who has complete knowledge) gives us because we receive this complete Knowledge.

माता mātā

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

माया māyā

The Illusion of the world which makes us believe false things and distances us from the Truth taught by God. The world, nature, the universe is not in itself an illusion. It is an eternal reality as is the soul and the Supreme Soul.

में mē̃

में is used for denoting :

  • Location or presence (of something) in or within something.
  • Duration.
  • Price.
  • Comparison with reference to more than two, or difference.
    (A Basic Grammar of Modern Hindi)

मेहनत mēhnat

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

मेरा नहीं mērā nahī̃

Not mine.

मिलन milan

Meeting, union, contact.

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.

मिटना miṭnā

To be effaced, to be erased.
To be ruined, to be undone, to be destructed.

मोटा mōṭā

Fat, plump, corpulent, thick.
Coarse, rough, gross.

मुखी mukhī

A chief, head, leader.

मूल mūl

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

मुरली murlī

Flute, pipe.
(Bābā) The words of God, the instrument to enchant us, to make us dance in happiness in the company of the Supreme Being, the Beloved Being.

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.

नदी nadī

River.

नहीं nahī̃

No.
Not.

नहीं तो nahī̃ tō

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

नाम nām

Name.

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).

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.

निशानी niśhānī

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

निश्चय niśhchay

Confidence, faith, certainty.

निश्चयबुद्धि niśhchaybuddhi

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

निश्चित niśhchit

Ascertained; not subject to doubt.
Determined, fixed, settled; definite, decided.

निवासी nivāsī

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

number

Number.

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.

P

The letter P of our alphabet; used for acronyms.

पद्मापद्म padmāpadma

Quadrillions of times, thousands of millions of millions of times, multiplied by thousands of millions of millions.

पद्मपति padmapati

Quadrillionaire, who owns quadrillions (thousands of trillions or 1,000,000,000,000,000) of rupees.

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.

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.

पानी pānī

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

पंख paṅkh

Feather.
Wing, pinion.

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.

परमात्मा paramātmā

Supreme Soul : Śiv and not Brahmā.

पढ़ना paṛhnā

To read, to study, to recite.

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.

पसन्द pasand

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

pass

To pass.

पता patā

Address, whereabouts, information, knowledge.

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.

पीना pīnā

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

point

Point.

practical

Practical.

प्रजा prajā

Subjects, public, people.

प्रकार prakār

Manner, way.

प्रकृति prakr̥iti

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

प्रमाण pramāṇ

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

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.

प्रवेश pravēśh

Entry, admission, access, inlet.
Gate, entrance.

प्रेम prēm

Love, affection, attachment.

prize

Prize.

proof

Proof.
(suffix) -proof.

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.

पुण्यात्मा puṇyātmā

Good, virtuous righteous, saintly, holy, of noble soul.
(Bābā) Virtuous soul who has accumulated merit by doing good deeds.

पूरा pūrā

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

पुराना purānā

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

पुरुषार्थ puruṣhārth

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

प्यार pyār

Love, affection, amour, amorous relationship.

queue

Queue.

race

Race.

रहाना rahānā

To make stay, to make remain.

रहना rahnā

To remain, to stay.

राजा rājā

King, monarch, prince.

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.

राणी rāṇī

Queen, beloved.

realisation

Realisation.

realise

To realise.

rehearsal

Rehearsal.

result

Result.

रूहरिहान rūhrihān

Conversation of the soul with the soul or the supreme Soul.

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.

सबका sabkā

(genitive case of sab) Of everyone.

सबको sabkō

sab + kō : everything, everyone.

सबसे sabsē

(superlative) Of all, the most.

सदा sadā

Always, perpetually, continually, ever.

साधारण sādhāraṇ

Ordinary, simple, common, commonplace, usual, moderate.

safe

Safe.

सागर sāgar

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

सहज sahaj

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

सहजयोगी sahajyōgī

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

सहनशील sahanśhīl

Enduring, forbearing, tolerant.

सहनशीलता sahanśhīltā

Endurance, tolerance, forbearance.

sake

Sake (used in 'for the sake of').

शक्ल śhakla

Shape, form.
Looks, appearance, countenance.

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.

समझ samajh

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

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.

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.

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)

संस्कार saṅskār

Perfecting, finishing; refining; adorning.
An inborn power or faculty; instinct.
Influence, impress (of nurture).
A concept, idea.
(Hinduism) Any of various essential sanctifying or purificatory rites (as the first taking of solid food, investiture with the sacred thread, marriage and funeral rites).
(Bābā) Impression or imprint of the state of mind. There are the innate saṅskār, inherent to the soul and the acquired saṅskār. When the soul does an action, an acquired saṅskār is formed. This saṅskār then incites us to the same action (with the same state of mind) in similar circumstances for example. Character traits are saṅskār. These saṅskār are part of the soul and not the body as many believe. They therefore accumulate over several lives.

शान्त स्वरूप śhānt svarūp

The peaceful form or image (of the soul).

शान्ति śhānti

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

सन्तुष्ट santuṣhṭ

Satisfied, gratified, content.

सन्तुष्टता santuṣhṭatā

Complete satisfaction, contentment, gratification.

सप्ताह saptāh

Seven days, a week, the eighth day after any other day.

सारा sārā

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

शरीर śharīr

Body.

सर्व sarv

All ; whole, entire, complete.

सर्वशक्तिमान् sarvśhaktimān

Almighty, all powerful, omnipotent.

सात sāt

Seven, 7.

साथ sāth

With, together, along with.
Company, association.

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.

से sē

से is used for denoting :

  • The Subject of a Verb in the passive and impersonal voices.
  • The indirect Objects (which are usually persons) of the Verbs meaning 'to tell, say, ask, ask for, beg, demand, claim, request’.
  • Means, instrument or agency.
  • Manner.
  • Cause, reason, origin.
  • Association, antagonism.
  • Separation or keeping away from.
  • Starting point (place or time).
  • Duration (with reference to a continuous 'action' of present or past).
  • Difference and comparison between two persons or things.
    (A Basic Grammar of Modern Hindi)

second

Second.

see

See.

सेक sēk

Warming, fomentation.
Warmth.
Toasting.
Basking.
The hooked iron instrument with which bread is drawn from ovens.

सेवा sēvā

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

सेवाधारी sēvādhārī

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

सिद्ध siddh

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

शीतल śhītal

Cool, cold, frigid.
Without passion, calm.

सोचना sōchnā

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

सोना sōnā

To sleep.

सोना sōnā

Gold, an excellent thing.

स्पष्ट spaṣhṭ

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

स्पष्टवादी spaṣhṭavādī

Outspoken, straightforward, plain-speaking.

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.

stock

Stock.

सुख sukh

Happiness, pleasure, comfort, felicity, contentment.

सुखदाई, सुखदायक sukhdāī, sukhdāyak

Giving happiness, giving ease, pleasant, comforting.

सुखदाता sukhdātā

The Giver of Happiness.

सुलाना sulānā

To cause to sleep.
To lull to sleep.

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.

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.

ताजा tājā

Fresh, new, recent.

तकलीफ taklīph

Trouble, distress.
Ailment.

तलाव, तालाब talāv, tālāb

Pond, pool, tank, reservoir of water.

ताली tālī

Clapping the hands.

तन tan

Body.

टांग ṭāṅg

A leg.

तपस्या tapasyā

(Hinduism) Penance, self-mortification, asceticism.
(Bābā) Intense, fire-like and consistent meditation.

तरफ taraph

Side, direction.
Towards.

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.

थोड़ा thōṛā

A little, some, meagre, scanty.
Short.

time

Time.

तीसरा tīsrā

Third.

तो tō

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

too late

Too late.

U

The letter U of our alphabet; used for acronyms.

उदास udās

Sad, dejected, gloomy.

उमंग umaṅg

Aspiration, gusto, zeal.

ऊपर ūpar

On, upon, above, upward, over.

उड़ीसा uṛīsā

Orissa.

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.

उतरना utarnā

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

उठाना uṭhānā

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

उत्साह utsāh

Enthusiasm, zeal.

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.

वार vār

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

वरदान vardān

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

वरदानी vardānī

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

वस्तु vastu

Article, thing, object, substance, material, content.
Action or plot of a drama.

वायदा vāydā

Promise, commitment.

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.

विघ्न vighna

Interruption, interference, meddling, obstacle, disturbance.

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.

विस्तार vistār

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

विश्व viśhva

The world, universe.

वृद्धि vr̥iddhi

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

व्यर्थ vyarth

Useless, fruitless, futile, ineffective, unprofitable.

war

War.

या yā

Or, either.

याद yād

Remembrance, recollection, memory.

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).

zone

Zone.