Avyakt murli for Friday 22 March 1996

अब ab

Now.

अभिमान abhimān

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

अभ्यास abhyās

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

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.

आधार ādhār

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

अधिकार adhikār

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

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.

अगला aglā

Foremost, first, chief, principal.
Prior, previous, preceding, former, anterior.
Late, recent, belonging to the past, old.
Coming, approaching, next, subsequent, forthcoming, future.

ऐसा aisā

Such, of this type.

ऐसे नहीं aisē nahī̃

'not so', Do not believe.

आज āj

Today.

आजकल ājkal

Nowadays, these days.

आकर्षण ākarṣhaṇ

Attraction, charm, allurement.

आकर्षित ākarṣhit

Attracted, charmed, allured.

अकेला akēlā

Single, lonely, lonesome, solitary.

अलग alag

Different, separate, apart, distinct.

अल्पकाल alpkāl

Short term.

America

America.

आना ānā

To come.

अन्दर andar

In, inside, within.

अनेक anēk

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

अनुभव anubhav

Experience.

अनुभवी anubhavī

Experienced, veteran, seasoned.

अनुसार anusār

According to, in conformity with.

आप āp

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

अफ्रीका aphrīkā

Africa (a continent).

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.

अप्राप्त aprāpt

Unobtained, unachieved, unacquired.

अप्राप्ति aprāpti

Non-attainment, non-acquisition.

आराम ārām

Rest, comfort, relief.

अर्थात् arthāt

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

असफलता asaphaltā

Failure.

अशरीरी aśharīrī

Incorporeal, bodiless, unembodied.

आत्मा ātmā

The soul, the spirit, the self.

attention

Attention.

और aur

And.
Else.
Other.

और कोई aur kōī

Someone else, anyone else.

Australia

Australia.

अव्यक्त avyakt

Not manifest, not apparent, imperceptible, indistinct.

बाबा bābā

Father.

बचाना bachānā

To save, to defend, to protect.
To retain (unused or unspent).
To (cause to) avoid, to (to cause to) keep away or aloof.
To cause to escape.
To spare.

बच्चा bachchā

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

backbone

Backbone.

बदलना badalnā

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

बाहर bāhar

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

बहुत bahut

Many, much.
Very.

बहुतकाल bahutkāl

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

बैठना baiṭhnā

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

बजाना bajānā

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

बाकी bākī

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

बाकी bākī

But if.., but, nevertheless.

बाकी सब bākī sab

Everything else, everyone else, all the rest.

balance

Balance.

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 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.

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.

battery

Battery.

भाग्य bhāgya

Fortune, fate, luck, destiny.

भाई bhāī

Brother.

भला bhalā

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

भाना bhānā

To be liked.
To be agreeable, to be pleasing, to be appealing.

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)

भरना bharnā

To fill, to refill.

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.

भाव bhāv

Emotion, sentiment feeling.
Idea.
Rate, price(s), quotation.
Existence, existing state, being.
Sense, purport.
Gist.
Nature, temperament, disposition.

भविष्य bhaviṣhya

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

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).

बिछाना bichhānā

To spread out (esp. a bed or mat etc); to strike down; to fell flat.

बीज bīj

Seed, kernel. Source, origin, primary cause.

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.

बुलाना bulānā

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

चाहे chāhē

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

चाहिए chāhiē

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

चाहना chāhnā

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

चक्र, चक्कर chakra, chakkar

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

चलन chalan

Vogue.
Usage, custom.
Conduct.

चलना chalnā

Continue.

cancel

To cancel.

चार chār

Four.

careful

Careful.

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.

cement

Cement.

centre

Centre.

ceremony

Ceremony.

chance

Chance.

change

Change.

check

Check.

छीनना chhīnnā

To snatch, to grab, to seize.

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.

छुट्टी chhuṭṭī

Permission.
Leave, holiday, furlough.

combined

Combined.

connection

Connection.

contract

Contract.

contractor

Contractor. The one who enters into a contract to provide a service or goods.

culture

Culture.

दादी dādī

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

डालना ḍālnā

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

दाता dātā

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

December

December.

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.

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 dikhāī

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

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).

दीवार dīvār

A wall.

दो dō

Two, 2.

double

Double.

drill

Drill.

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.

duty

Duty.

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).

एकान्त ēkānt

'who has only one goal', Exclusive.
Solitude, seclusion.
(philosophy) Devotion to a single object, monotheism.
(Bābā) The remembrance of only One (God).

emerge

To emerge.

एशिया ēśhiyā

Asia (a continent).

extra

Extra.

eye

Eye.

फ़र्ज farj

Duty, obligation.

फ़र्क fark

Difference, distinction, distance.

fast

Fast.

foreign

Foreign.
Abroad.

foreigner

Foreigner.

foundation

Foundation.

गंवाना ganvānā

To lose, to waste, to squander.

घर ghar

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

group

Group.

ज्ञान gyān

Knowledge directly taught by God.

ज्ञान सागर gyān sāgar

Sea or ocean of Gyān, sea or ocean of Knowledge.

हां hā̃

Yes, yea.

हाँ जी hā̃ jī

Yes (polite), Yes Sir, yes Madam.

हाल hāl

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

हलचल halchal

Commotion, hustle.
Agitation, movement.

hall

Hall.

हम ham

We.
(rustic form) I.

हर एक har ēk

Each, every.
Each one, everybody.

हर्षित harṣhit

Joyous, delighted, cheerful.

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).

हाथ उठाना hāth uṭhānā

To raise your hand.

headquarter

Headquarters.

ही hī

Emphatic particle with a sense of exclusion : only.

हिम्मत himmat

Courage, boldness.

होना hōnā

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

house

House.

इच्छा ichchhā

Wish, desire, will.

India

India.

ईर्ष्या īrṣhyā

Jealousy.

इसलिए isliē

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

जब jab

(Relative pronoun) When.

जहाँ jahā̃

Where, wherever.

जैसा jaisā

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

जमा jamā

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

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.

January

January.

जरूरत jarūrat

Necessity, importance.
Need, requirement.

जयन्ती jayantī

A jubilee, a birthday celebration, a flag, a banner.
(जयन्ति jayanti conjugated form in Sanskrit of the verb ji "to conquer") They conquer.

झलकना jhalaknā

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

जी jī

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

जीना jīnā

To live, to be alive.

जितना jitnā

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

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)

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.

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.

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.

काफी kāphī

Enough, sufficient, adequate.

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.

कर्मातीत karmātīt

Beyond karma. God is beyond karma in the sense that his actions are not real actions. He does not act directly in the material world and therefore suffers no consequences from his actions.
Whose karma is over. All old karmic scores are settled. There is therefore no longer any possible punishment. This is our final level.

करना karnā

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

कारोबार kārōbār

Work, labour, business, affairs, dealings, transactions.

के बाद kē bād

After.

के बजाए kē bajāē

In place of, in lieu of, instead of.

के लिए kē liē

For, for the sake of.

के साथ kē sāth

With, along with, in the company of, in company with, in connection with.
We will replace kē with a possessive pronoun mērē (mine), tērē (yours), etc. to say "with me", "with you".

key

Key.

खजाना khajānā

Treasure.
Treasury, repository.

खाली khālī

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

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.

खाता khātā

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

ख़त्म ḵẖatm

Ended, completed, concluded.

खेल khēl

Play; sport; amusement; dallying.
A game.
Something easy or unimportant: a trifle.
A wonder, a spectacle.
Showing (as of a film).

खेलना khēlnā

To play, sport, gambol, frisk, frolic; to amuse or divert oneself.
To play at, to gamble, to play a part or character, to act, to perform.
To nod the head under the influence of a spirit.

खींचातान khīñchātān

Tugging.
Pulling back and forth.
Ttug-of-war (literal or figurative).
Tussle.
Struggle.
Wrangling (argumentative back-and-forth).
Ttwisting or distortion (of words or meaning) depending on context.
The core idea is a situation where people are “pulling in different directions,” either physically or metaphorically (argument, manipulation, or forced interpretation).

खींचना, खैंचना khīñchnā, khaiñchnā

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

खूब khūb

Very much, in plenty, in abundance.
Good, beautiful.
Very.
Excellent! very good !

खुश khuśh

Happy, pleased.
Good.

खुशी khuśhī

Joy, delight, happiness.

खुशखबरी khuśhkhabarī

Glad tidings, good news.

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.

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 न कोई kōī na kōī

Someone, anyone, any.

कुछ kuchh

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

कुछ भी kuchh bhī

Anything, whatsoever, anything 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.

लक्ष्य lakṣhya

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

लम्बा lambā

Long, lengthy, tall.

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.

list

List.

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)

luck

Luck.

मदद madad

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

मददगार madadgār

Helper, supporter, assistant.

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).

महावीर mahāvīr

Having tremendous valour, extremely valorous, extremely gallant.
A great hero.
Name of the last or twenty-fourth Arhat (the last and most celebrated Jain teacher of the present age; supposed to have flourished in the province of Behār in the sixth century before the Christian era).
(epithet) Hanuman.

महिमा mahimā

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

मैं maĩ

I. (personal pronoun)

majority

Majority.

मकान makān

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

मालिक mālik

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

मान mān

Esteem, respect; honour, prestige, dignity.

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.

मांस māns

Meat, flesh.

मास mās

Month.

master

Master.

मात्रा mātrā

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

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.

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.

मेला mēlā

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

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.

minute

Minute.

mood

Mood.

mood off

Mood in an off state. (Perhaps the state in which one is not in the mood to do something)

मोटा mōṭā

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

मुबारक mubārak

Congratulations. Best wishes.

मूड़ना mūṛnā

To shave, to shave the head of.
To make a disciple of.
To wheedle (one, out of anything), to cozen, to cheat.

मुश्किल muśhkil

Difficult, hard, intricate.
Difficulty, hardship.

ना nā

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

नहीं nahī̃

No.
Not.

नहीं तो nahī̃ tō

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

नाम nām

Name.

नाराज़ nārāz

Angry, enraged, displeased.

नशा naśhā

Intoxication, drunkenness.

नाज़-नखरा nāz-nakhrā

Blandishments, coquetry, dalliance, toying, airs and graces, affectations.

नज़र nazar

Sight, eyesight, vision, look, glance, attention.
Gift, present, offering.
Influence cast by an evil eye.

ने nē

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

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.

निमन्त्रण nimantraṇ

Invitation.

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.

निर्मला Nirmalā

BK Dr. Nirmala Didi Ji.
Globally, she was the regional coordinator for the Brahma Kumaris in the Asia-Pacific region, where since 1979, she had overseen an expansion in 17 countries. In 2021, she was appointed the Joint Chief of Brahma Kumaris.

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.

निश्चयबुद्धि niśhchaybuddhi

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

निवारण nivāraṇ

Prevention.
Removal (of a fault, a weakness); cure (of an illness).
Exclusion.
(Bābā) Solution.

निवासी nivāsī

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

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.

ओना ōnā

(= phikar) Worry, anxiety, care, concern.

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).

पदमगुणा padamguṇā

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

पहनना pahannā

To wear (as clothes).
To put on (as clothes, watch, ornaments, etc.)

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.

पहनाना pahnānā

To cause to wear, to cause to put on, to clothe.

पक्का pakkā

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

पकना paknā

To ripen.
To be cooked.
To mature.
To supporate.
To turn grey (as hair)

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.

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.

पार pār

The other coast, the other bank, the other side.
Extremity, limit, conclusion, end.
Across, on the other side, on the other bank, on the other coast.
Past, last, next.

परमात्मा paramātmā

Supreme Soul : Śiv and not Brahmā.

परेशान parēśhān

Bothered, worried, troubled, harassed.

पढ़ाना paṛhānā

To teach, to instruct, to educate.

परिस्थिति paristhiti

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

परिवार parivār

Family, household.

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.

पार्ट बजाना part bajānā

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

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.

personality

Personality.
(Bābā) The person's nature or disposition.

फैलना phailnā

To spread, to be diffused, to expand, to extend, to be stretched, to be radiated, to be scattered, to spill, to become public.
To be inflated, to be on the increase.
To get uncontrorablle (through anger), to listen to no entreaties, to be angrily cross.

फल phal

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

फालतू phāltū

Spare, extra, surplus.
Superfluous, useless, worthless.

फँसना phansnā

To be entrapped, to be ensnared, to be baited, to be caught in a trick.
To be emboroiled, to be implicated, to be involved.

फिर phir

Then, again, afterwards, thereafter, in future, a second time.

फिर से phir sē

Anew, afresh.

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.

पीना pīnā

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

plan

Plan.

powerful

Powerful.

प्रबन्ध prabandh

Management, arrangement.
Administration.
A dissertation.
A comprehensive connected narrative.

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).

प्राण prāṇ

Life.
Vital breath, vital air.
Vitality.
Soul, spirit.
Sweetheart.
(in Gram.) Aspiration in the articulation of letters.

प्राप्त prāpt

Got, obtained; procured, acquired.

प्राप्त करना prāpt karnā

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

प्राप्ति prāpti

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

प्रसन्नता prasannatā

Happiness, cheerfulness, delight, pleasure, gladness.

प्रसन्नचित्त prasannchitt

Cheerful, happy, delighted.

प्रशंसा praśhansā

Praise, admiration, eulogy.

प्रश्न praśhna

Question, query, interrogation, interpellation, problem.

प्रश्नचित्त praśhnachitt

Who asks questions, who wonders.

प्रत्यक्ष pratyakṣh

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

programme

Programme.
(Bābā) Event.

पूछना pūchhnā

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

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.

question

Question.

रहाना rahānā

To make stay, to make remain.

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.

रात्रि rātri

The night.

respond

To respond.
Response.

responsibility

Responsibility.

result

Result.

रेत rēt

Sand.

return

Return.

रोना rōnā

To weep, to cry, to bewail, to lament.

royal

Royal.

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.

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.

सबको sabkō

sab + kō : everything, everyone.

सबसे sabsē

(superlative) Of all, the most.

सदा sadā

Always, perpetually, continually, ever.

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.

सहयोग sahyōg

Cooperation, collaboration.

सहयोगी sahyōgī

Colleague, co-worker.
Co-operating.
Co-operative.

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.

साल sāl

A year.

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.

सम्बन्ध sambandh

Connection, relationship.

सम्भालना sambhālnā

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

समीप samīp

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

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).

सम्पत्ति sampatti

Property, estate, wealth, affluence, prosperity.

sample

Sample, specimen, example.

सम्पूर्ण sampūrṇ

Whole, entire, complete, perfect.

शान śhān

Magnificence, splendour, grandeur.

संग saṅg

Company, association, contact.

संगठन saṅgaṭhan

(The act or process of) organization (or an organised body or system or society); union, unity; consolidation.
(Bābā) Group, coming together, gathering.

संकल्प saṅkalp

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

शान्ति śhānti

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

शान्तिवन śhāntivan

The name of one of the complexes of the Brahma kumaris (forest of peace) near Abu, State Rajastan.

सन्तुष्टता santuṣhṭatā

Complete satisfaction, contentment, gratification.

सफल saphal

Successful, effective, fruitful.

सफलता saphaltā

Success, achievement.

सार sār

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

सारा sārā

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

शरीर śharīr

Body.

सर्व sarv

All ; whole, entire, complete.

साथ sāth

With, together, along with.
Company, association.

साथी sāthī

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

से sē

से is used for denoting :

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

से दूर sē dūr

Far from, far off from.

season

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

second

Second.

service

Service.

serviceable

Serviceable.

सेवा sēvā

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

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.

silence

Silence.

सिरताज sirtāj

Crown, the best.
Diadem.
Chief, master, husband.

शिव śhiv

Beneficial, favorable, auspicious, salutary.
Well-being, prosperity, happiness.
(Hinduism) Confused with Śhaṅkar. Name of the third god of the Hindū triad, the Deity in the character of producer or destroyer (Śhiv's most distinctive function is to preside over the dissolution of the world at the end of each aeon in order that it may be created anew), or Time personified.
(Hinduism) The phallic or pillar emblem of Śhiv.
(Bābā) The name of the Supreme Being The Auspicious, the Good, the Well-being, etc. who does his work of Creation, Sustainment and Destruction of the World through the trimūrti Brahmā, Viṣhṇu and Śhaṅkar three subtle deities created by God in the subtle world.
(Bābā) The Seed of the Human World Tree.
(Bābā) The Point. He is the Supreme Soul and therefore has the shape of a point like any soul. As He is incorporeal, it was represented with the shape of a pillar or, more anciently, an egg. The degradation of devotion has led Hindus to see it as a phallic representation symbolizing the Creator role of God and others to transgress the rules of Hindu conduct (left path tantra) where sexuality is permitted and revered as a divine activity.

शिवरात्रि śhivrātri

Siv's night. Name of a festival in honour of Śiv (kept, with a fast during the day and night and sometimes with observations extending over a longer period, on the fourteenth of the dark half of the month Phālgun).
(Bābā) Shiv jayanti, the birthday of Shiva, also known as Shiv Ratri (the Night of Shiva). Memorial of the Supreme Father coming onto the Earth in the dark night of ignorance and vices for establishment of the new world It is usually celebrated in February or March.

slogan

Slogan.

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.

सोचना-समझना sōchnā-samajhnā

To deliberate upon, to think from all angles.

सोना sōnā

To sleep.

श्रेष्ठ śhrēṣhṭha

The best, good, excellent, superior.

स्थान sthān

Place, spot, site.

स्थिति sthiti

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

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.

successful

Successful.

सूक्ष्म sūkṣhma

Subtle.

सुनाना sunānā

To cause to hear, to relate, to read out, to recite, to pronounce.

सुनना sunnā

To hear, to listen, to pay heed.
Hearing, audition.

शुरू śhurū

Beginning, commencement.

स्वाहा svāhā

A word uttered while offering oblation to sacrificial fire. Burnt.

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.

तबियत tabiyat

The state of (physical or mental) health.
Temperament, disposition.
Nature.

ताज tāj

Crown, diadem.

तक tak

To, upto, till, until, by.

ताकत tākat

Power, force, strength, might.

तन tan

Body.

तंग होना taṅg hōnā

to be tired (of), to be fed up; to be browned off.
To be distressed or incommoded (by), to be in distress or difficulty.
To be troubled, or vexed, or harassed (by).
To be utterly weary or sick (of), to have one's patience exhausted (by).
To be dejected or sad.

तपस्या tapasyā

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

तरफ taraph

Side, direction.
Towards.

teacher

Teacher.

thanks

Thanks.

ठेका ṭhēkā

Contract.

ठीक ṭhīk

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

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.

तूफान tūphān

Storm, tempest, hurricane, typhoon.

त्याग tyāg

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

U

The letter U of our alphabet; used for acronyms.

उद्घाटन udghāṭan

Inauguration, release.
Uncovering.

उमंग umaṅg

Aspiration, gusto, zeal.

उमंग-उत्साह umaṅg-utsāh

Enthusiasm, zeal.

ऊंच ūñch

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

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Underline.

ऊपर ūpar

On, upon, above, upward, over.

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.

उठवाना uṭhvānā

To cause to be lifted or raised or removed, &c.

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.

वाला vālā

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

वानप्रस्थ vānprasth

The third of the four stages (āśram) of life prescribed by tradition for a caste Hindu—the stage of abandoning worldly things.

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.

वर्सा varsā

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

वर्तमान vartamān

Present, existing; current.
The present.

वस्तु vastu

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

वातावरण vātāvaraṇ

Atmosphere.

विदेश vidēśh

Foreign country.

विदेशी vidēśhī

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

विजय vijay

Conquest, victory, triumph.

विजयी vijayī

Conquering, victorious, triumphant.
A conqueror.

विशेष viśhēṣh

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

विस्तार vistār

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

विश्व viśhva

The world, universe.

व्यर्थ vyarth

Useless, fruitless, futile, ineffective, unprofitable.

या yā

Or, either.

याद yād

Remembrance, recollection, memory.

याद-प्यार yād-pyār

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

यज्ञ yagya

Sometimes Baba also says that it is the imperishable sacrificial fire of knowledge created by God, Rudra, in which a horse is sacrificed for attaining the kingdom.
The word “yagya” stands for “sacrificial fire” Yagyas are normally conducted for protection against natural calamities, wars, for rain-making etc.
Ashwamedh yagya (where a horse is sacrificed) is mentioned in ancient scriptures A ritual described there is performed by a king (raja) who strives for becoming a great king, or an emperor (maharaja) Before the yagya is conducted, a horse is set loose to roam around wherever it chooses for a few months or a year If the inhabitants of the lands that the horse crosses let it cross their territory without any obstruction, it means they accept the raja’s rule over them In this way the raja becomes a chakravarti raja (literally - the ruler of the entire globe).
In Baba’s murlis the word “yagya” often stands for this Godly University, or this system of giving the knowledge and providing God’s sustenance, created by Baba at the Confluence age Every Baba’s service place is the yagya. Madhuban is often called Mahayagya (the Great Yagya).

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.

यथा yathā

In which manner, as, like as, like, according to.
Thus, so.
As is right or proper; fitly, suitably.

यथार्थ yathārth

Real, actual.
Accurate.

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).

योग्य yōgya

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

ज़रूर zarūr

Certainly, undoubtedly, positively, without fail.

ज़िम्मेवारी, ज़िम्मेदारी zimmēvārī, zimmēdārī

Responsibility, obligation.