Avyakt murli for Thursday 13 November 1997

अब ab

Now.

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.

अधिक adhik

More, much, many, plenty, surplus, abundant.
More, the most, -er, -est (used in comparatives or superlatives).

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.

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.

अखुट akhuṭ

Inexhaustible.

अलग alag

Different, separate, apart, distinct.

आना ānā

To come.

अनादि anādi

Having no beginning, ever-existent, eternal.
(Bābā) Having no beginning, ever-existent, eternal (as the Drama for example).
(Bābā) Outside of time, outside of the cycle of Creation, in the incorporeal world of souls.

अनन्य ananya

Identical, unique.
Close, intimate.
Completely loyal, exclusive.

and

And.

अन्दर andar

In, inside, within.

अंगुली, उंगली aṅgulī, uṅglī

Finger, finger's breadth.

अन्त ant

End.

अन्तिम antim

Last, final, ultimate, concluding, conclusive.

अनुभव anubhav

Experience.

अनुसार anusār

According to, in conformity with.

आप āp

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

आपस में āpas mē̃

Among themselves, with each other or one another, together, mutually, in common, in concert.

आपेही āpēhī

Alone, by or within one's ownself; automatically.

अपना apnā

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

आराम ārām

Rest, comfort, relief.

अर्थात् arthāt

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

असम्भव asambhav

Impossible.
Inconceivable; improbable.

आत्मा ātmā

The soul, the spirit, the self.

और aur

And.
Else.
Other.

अवस्था avasthā

Condition, state, age, stage, phase.

अविनाशी avināśhī

Indestructible, imperishable, everlasting, immortal, entire.

अव्यक्त avyakt

Not manifest, not apparent, imperceptible, indistinct.

बच्चा bachchā

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

बचपन bachpan

Childhood.

बदलना badalnā

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

बदले badlē

In exchange, in return, in lieu.

बहुत bahut

Many, much.
Very.

बैठना baiṭhnā

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

बाकी bākī

But if.., but, nevertheless.

बाकी bākī

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

बल bal

Strength, power, force.
Army.
Potency, vigour, vitality.
Emphasis, stress.

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-बिहार baṅgāl-bihār

Bengal and Bihar.

बनना bannā

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

बाप bāp

Father.

बापदादा bāpdādā

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

बड़ा baṛā

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

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).

बस bas

Enough.
Ample, very much, too much.
And so; in short, in a word.
Only, merely.
Enough! stop! that's all! that'll do!

बात bāt

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

बताना batānā

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

बेदाग bēdāg

Spotless, clean, flawless, blemishless, speckless, unspecked.

बेहद bēhad

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

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.

भाई bhāī

Brother.

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.

भरपूर bharpūr

Quite full, brimful, chokeful, crammed, replete, overflowing.
Sufficient, quite enough.
High (as a tide).
Full (as the moon).

भविष्य bhaviṣhya

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

भावना bhāvnā

Sentiment, feeling, emotion.

भी bhī

Inclusive emphatic particle: too, also, even.

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.

ब्रह्माकुमार brahmākumār

Son of Brahmā.

ब्रह्माकुमारी brahmākumārī

Daughter of Brahmā.

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.

busy

Busy.

चाहे chāhē

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

चाहना chāhnā

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

चक्र लगाना chakra lagānā

To take rounds, to go around, to revolve, to whirl; to swirl.

चलना chalnā

Continue.

चारों ओर chārō̃ ōr

On all sides, all around, everywhere.

chance

Chance.

छिपाना chhipānā

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

छोड़ना chhōṛnā

To leave.
To abandon.
To release.

छोटा chhōṭā

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

छुट्टी chhuṭṭī

Permission.
Leave, holiday, furlough.

circumstance

Circumstance.

चीज़ chīz

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

चुप chup

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

दादी dādī

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

दान dān

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

दरी darī

A cotton carpet.

दाता dātā

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

date

Date.

date fix

To fix a date (in Hindi the object is placed before the verb).

देखना dēkhnā

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

देना dēnā

To give.

देरी dērī

Delay, lag.

देश dēśh

Country, land, native home, region, space.

देव dēv

A god, a deity.

देवी-देवता dēvī-dēvtā

Goddess and god.

देवता dēvtā

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

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.

diamond

Diamond.

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.

दिलशिकस्त dilśhikast

Broken-hearted, comfortless; sorely afflicted.

दिमाग dimāg

The brain, mind intellect; conceit.

direct

Direct.

दो dō

Two, 2.

double

Double.

drama

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

drill

Drill.

दूर dūr

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

दूसरा dūsrā

Second.
Other, another.
Next.

द्वापर dvāpar

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

द्वारा dvārā

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

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).

emerge

To emerge.

end

End.

fix

To fix.

foreign

Foreign.
Abroad.

foreigner

Foreigner.

foundation

Foundation.

full

Full.

गति gati

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

गोला gōlā

A ball.
Sphere, globe.
Cannon-ball, bomb shell.
(Bābā) The picture of World cycle.

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).

गुणा guṇā

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

ज्ञान gyān

Knowledge directly taught by God.

हाँ जी hā̃ jī

Yes (polite), Yes Sir, yes Madam.

हद had

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

हाल hāl

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

हाल-चाल hāl-chāl

General condition, state of affairs.
News.

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.

हाज़िर hāzir

Present, ready.

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.

होंठ hōṇṭh

The lip.

इन्तजार intjār

Wait.

invention

Invention.

इस समय is samay

At this time, now.

इसलिए isliē

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

इतना itnā

As much as this, this much; so much, so many.

जब jab

(Relative pronoun) When.

जहाँ jahā̃

Where, wherever.

जैसा jaisā

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

जल्दी jaldī

Hurry, haste.
Quickly, urgently, immediately.

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.

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.

झलकना jhalaknā

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

जिगरी jigrī

Belonging to the liver or heart.
Dear, beloved, intimate, close (friend).

जितना jitnā

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

जो jō

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

ज्यादा jyādā

More, -er (also used in comparatives and superlatives).
Additional; superfluous, redundant; too much, excessive.
Superfluously; excessively, &c.
Many, much, plenty.

ज्योति jyōti

Light, flame, lustre.
Vision.

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.

कदम kadam

Step, pace, footstep.

कहलाना kahlānā

To cause to speak, to cause to say, to cause to tell; to call.
To be called, or named, or designated, to go by the name of; to be said to be.

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.

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.

कल्याणकारी kalyāṇkārī

Who makes happiness.

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.

कराना karānā

To cause to be done, cause to be made; to actuate, effect, make; to perform (sacrifice, etc.), to assist.

कर्म karm

Action (with its fruit, and implications of merit); an act, deed.
(moral) duty or obligation.
A religious observance, action or rite (as sacrifice, ablution, funeral obsequies).
Fate (as the consequence of previous acts); fortune, lot.
Result, effect.

करना karnā

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

कार्य kārya

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

कौन kaun

interrogative pronoun. Who

कौन सा kaun sā

Interrogative adjective and pronoun : which.

के आगे kē āgē

In front of, ahead of, before.

के लिए kē liē

For, for the sake of.

के प्रति kē prati

Towards.

के साथ kē sāth

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

के ऊपर kē ūpar

On, upon.
Above.

key

Key.

खजाना khajānā

Treasure.
Treasury, repository.

खाली khālī

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

खाना-पीना khānā-pīnā

To eat and drink.
Food, eating and drinking.

खड़ा khaṛā

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

खींचना, खैंचना khīñchnā, khaiñchnā

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

खुलना khulnā

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

खुशी khuśhī

Joy, delight, happiness.

कि ki

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

कितना kitnā

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

को kō

को is used for denoting:

  • A Person who 'does' something involuntarily (such as—like, dislike, remember, be injured, be offended, suffer, feel, enjoy, receive, happen, to have, to meet, to know, to see or to hear, or to do something under compulsion, requirement, necessity, obligation, etc.).
  • An Animate Object, provided it denotes a particular being.
  • The object of a Verb in the Neutral Construction.
  • Every Secondary Object (which is usually animate).
  • The Object of a Verb requiring a predicative word (referring to the object).
  • Nouns denoting time when used adverbially.
    (A Basic Grammar of Modern Hindi)

कोई kōī

Some, any, someone, anyone.

कोना kōnā

Corner.

क्रोध krōdh

Anger, wrath, fury, rage.

क्रोधमुक्त krōdhmukt

Free from anger.

कृष्ण kr̥iṣhṇa

Black, dark.
Lord Kr̥iṣhṇa.

कुछ kuchh

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

कुमार kumār

(hindi) Bachelor.
Boy, young man, son.
(Bābā) Chaste and unmarried boy (apparently applies to all ages).

कुमारी kumārī

Virgin, maiden, unmarried, damsel, young girl.
Daughter.

कुर्सी kursī

A chair.
Plinth (of a building).
A position of authority, authority.

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.

लाख lākh

A hundred thousand, 100 000.

लकीर lakīr

A line, lineament.
A streak, stripe.

लम्बा lambā

Long, lengthy, tall.

लव lav

Name of a son of Rāmcandra and Sītā.

लेकिन lēkin

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

लेना lēnā

To take.

लिए liē

For, with a view to, for the sake of, on account of.
Taking, carrying, bearing.

लोग log

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

love

Love.

low

Low.

मधुर madhur

Sweet, melodious, pleasant, mellifluous.

महान्, महा mahān, mahā

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

मैं maĩ

I. (personal pronoun)

माना mānā

(it) Means, that is.

मंगाना maṅgānā

To send for, to ask for, to call for.

मनोबल manōbal

Strength of Man, 'strength of mind', morale, moral strength.

मन्सा mansā

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

मस्तक mastak

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

master

Master.

में mē̃

में is used for denoting :

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

मेहनत mēhnat

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

merciful

Merciful.

merge

To merge.

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.

मुबारक mubārak

Congratulations. Best wishes.

मुख mukh

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

मुक्त mukt

Free, liberated, delivered.
In particular freed from the bonds of attachment to the world.

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.

मूर्ति, मूर्त mūrti, mūrt

Idol, statue, image.

मुस्कान muskān

A smile.

न na

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

ना nā

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

नहीं nahī̃

No.
Not.

नशा naśhā

Intoxication, drunkenness.

नया nayā

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

नयन, नैन nayan, nain

Eye.

ने nē

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

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.

निवासी nivāsī

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

नियम niyam

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

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.

ओम् शान्ति ōm śhānti

(Hinduism) Om! Peace! Peace! Peace! (Shanti Mantra or hindu prayer for peace in the Upanishads)
Me the soul ! Peace !
I am Peace !
Hello, good morning, good afternoon, good evening (greeting between bk)

पदम padam

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

पदमगुणा padamguṇā

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

पहले pahlē

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

पहुंचना pahuñchnā

To reach, to arrive.

पक्का pakkā

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

पांव pāṅw

Foot, leg.

पर par

Opposite, inimical, other, alien, higher.

पर par

पर denotes :

  • Location or position on or upon or at something.
  • Point of time at which an action takes place.
  • Sequence of actions of happenings.
  • Cause or reason.
  • Objects of (compound) Verbs signifying mercy, faith, confidence, anger etc.
    (A Basic Grammar of Modern Hindi)

परछाया, परछाई parchhāyā, parchhāī

A shadow. Reflection.

पर्दा pardā

A curtain, screen, veil.
Privacy.
(ear) drum.
Surface (like that of the Earth)

परिवार parivār

Family, household.

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.

पसन्द pasand

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

pass

To pass.

पता patā

Address, whereabouts, information, knowledge.

फैलाना phailānā

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

फल phal

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

फरिश्ता phariśhtā

An angel, a divine messenger.

फिर phir

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

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.

प्रजा prajā

Subjects, public, people.

प्रालब्ध prālabdh

Predestination, destiny, fortune, fate, lot, venture, chance.
(Bābā) Destiny resulting from actions performed in a previous birth (fruit of karma).

प्रमाण pramāṇ

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

प्राप्त prāpt

Got, obtained; procured, acquired.

प्राप्ति prāpti

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

प्रति prati

Towards.

प्रत्यक्ष pratyakṣh

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

प्रत्यक्षता pratyakṣhatā

Visibility, evidence, reality, actuality.
(Bābā) Revelation.

पूछना pūchhnā

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

पूज्य pūjya

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

पूज्य-पना pūjya-panā

Honourability, respectability, venerability, adorableness.

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.

पुरूषार्थी purūṣhārthī

Diligent, industrious.
Valorous, heroic.
Who makes a personal effort, who has a goal.

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.

रेखा rēkhā

Line, lineament, mark, furrow.
Lines on the palm of the hand or the forehead, fate, destiny.

result

Result.

royal family

Royal family.

रूहानी rūhānī

Spiritual.

रूप rūp

Rūp, the one who smiles while making the flowers of virtues emerge from his lips. He is the embodiment of Yoga.
Form, shape, appearance, aspect, image, beauty, good looks, mould, type.

सब sab

All, entire, whole, total.
Every.
All people, everybody, the whole.

शब्द śhabd

Word, term, sound.

सभा sabhā

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

सदा sadā

Always, perpetually, continually, ever.

साधन sādhan

The act of accomplishing, or achieving, processing.
An accomplishment, achievement, solution, realization.
Means, medium; expedient.
Appliance(s), equipment, device, an implement.
Resource(s).
(bābā) Material things, comforts, facilities.

साधारण sādhāraṇ

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

साधना sādhnā

Devotion.
Practice, mental training.
Spiritual endeavour or performance (esp. aspiring for an end).
(Bābā) Spiritual efforts.

सहज sahaj

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

सहित sahit

With, together with, along with, accompanied by.

सहयोग sahyōg

Cooperation, collaboration.

सहयोगी sahyōgī

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

साकार, साकारी sākār, sākārī

Formal, having a form.
Concrete, real, visible.
Incarnate.
(Bābā) Corporeal, which has a physical, material form.

सकना saknā

To can, to be able to.

साक्षात्कार sākṣhātkār

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

शक्ति śhakti

Power, strength, potency, energy.
Name of the goddess personifying divine power.
The energy or active power of a deity personified as his wife (as Gaurī of Śhiv, Lakṣhmī of viṣhṇu, &c.)
(Brahma kumaris) Sister, mother.
Śhiv Śhakti, the powers of Śhiv. In Bhakti they are portrayed as goddesses sitting on a lion, swan, lotus etc. They are symbolic of the victory over vices (demons). As power of Śhiv, brothers are Śhiv Śhakti too.

साल sāl

A year.

समझना samajhnā

To understand.

समाप्त samāpt

Finished, ended, concluded, terminated, completed.

समाप्ति samāpti

The end, conclusion, termination.
Completion.

समाप्ति के समय samāpti kē samay

The final time, the end of times, the time of the end.

समय samay

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

सम्बन्ध sambandh

Connection, relationship.

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).

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.

संगठन saṅgaṭhan

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

संस्कार saṅskār

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

शान्ति śhānti

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

शान्तिवन śhāntivan

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

सफलता saphaltā

Success, achievement.

सारा sārā

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

सर्व sarv

All ; whole, entire, complete.

साथ sāth

With, together, along with.
Company, association.

साथी sāthī

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

science

Science.

से sē

से is used for denoting :

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

season

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

second

Second.

see

See.

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.

सीटी sīṭī

A whistle.

स्मृति smr̥iti

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

स्नेह snēh

Love, affection.
Oil, oily substance.

सोचना sōchnā

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

सोना sōnā

To sleep.

स्पष्ट spaṣhṭ

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

श्रेष्ठ śhrēṣhṭha

The best, good, excellent, superior.

स्थापना, स्थापन sthāpanā, sthāpan

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

स्थित sthit

Situated, located, placed.
Circumstanced.

स्थिति sthiti

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

शुभ śhubh

Auspicious, good.
The good, well-being.

सुखी sukhī

Happy, contented.

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.

तक tak

To, upto, till, until, by.

तकदीर takdīr

Fate, destiny.

तरफ taraph

Side, direction.
Towards.

थोड़ा thōṛā

A little, some, meagre, scanty.
Short.

टिकना ṭiknā

To last.
To stay.
To tarry.
To stand (one's ground).

तीव्र tīvr

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

तो tō

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

तो भी tō bhī

Even so, even then, in spite of this/that, nevertheless, nonetheless, still. (often used with bhal 'even though')

तुम tum

You (between equals).

उमंग-उत्साह umaṅg-utsāh

Enthusiasm, zeal.

ऊंच ūñch

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

ऊपर ūpar

On, upon, above, upward, over.

use

Use.

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.

वाणी vāṇī

Speech, voice.
Saraswati : the goddess of speech.

वानप्रस्थ vānprasth

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

वर्तमान vartamān

Present, existing; current.
The present.

vibration

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

विदेश vidēśh

Foreign country.

विधि vidhi

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

विघ्न विनाशक vighna vināśhak

One who removes/counters all obstructions.
An epic of the deity Gaṉesh (whose worship is supposed to counter all obstacles).

विनाश vināśh

Utter destruction, disappearance, destruction, utter loss, ruin, death, annihilation.
(in particular) The destruction of the old world.

विराजमान virājmān

(Graciously) seated.
Sitting (used deferentially), gracing (an occasion;) by one's presence.
Looking splendid or glorious.

विशेष viśhēṣh

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

विश्व viśhva

The world, universe.

वृद्धि vr̥iddhi

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

वृत्ति vr̥itti

Behaviour, conduct, mode of life.
Natural tendency, instinct.
Business, employment, profession.
Means of subsistence, allowance, pension.
Commentary (on a text).
Usage (of a term or expression).
(Bābā) Attitude, thought pattern, tendencies, inclinations, instincts.

world

World.

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).

यही yahī

Emphatic form of yah: this very.

zone

Zone.