Avyakt murli for Sunday 30 November 2003

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.

अचल achal

Immovable, immobile, stationary, motionless, still, firm.

अचानक achānak

All of a sudden, suddenly, unexpectedly.

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.

आधाकल्प ādhākalp

Half a cycle, half a kalpa, 2500 years.

आधार ādhār

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

अधिकार adhikār

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

अधिकारी adhikārī

Governor, ruler, minister, functionary, official, officer, (and generally) one invested with power or authority.
Proprietor, owner, master, heir.
Agent, deputy; one who possesses a right, title, or privilege.

आदि ādi

Etcetera.
Beginning.
Early, initial, primordial.

अगर agar

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

आगे āgē

Ahead, in front of, before; in future.

अहो ahō

Oh ! O !

ऐसा aisā

Such, of this type.

आज āj

Today.

अलग alag

Different, separate, apart, distinct.

आना ānā

To come.

अंधकार andhkār

Darkness; gloom.

अन्तर antar

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

अन्तर्मुखी antarmukhī

Introverted.

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...

आपेही āpēhī

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

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.

अर्थ arth

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

अर्थात् arthāt

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

आश, आशा āśh, āśhā

Hope, expectation.
Wish, desire.

अशुद्ध aśhuddh

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

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.

authority

Authority.

आवश्यकता āvaśhyaktā

Necessity, need, requirement.

अविनाशी avināśhī

Indestructible, imperishable, everlasting, immortal, entire.

अव्यक्त avyakt

Not manifest, not apparent, imperceptible, indistinct.

बाबा bābā

Father.

बच्चा bachchā

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

बच्ची bachchī

A girl, a female child, baby or infant.
(feminine) Inexperienced, raw, of unripe age.

बहुत bahut

Many, much.
Very.

बैठना baiṭhnā

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

बाजा bājā

Musical instrument; instrumental music, music.

बाम्बे bāmbē

Bombay.

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.

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.

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.

बेहद bēhad

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

भगाना bhagānā

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

भागना bhāgnā

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

भगवान bhagvān

Fortunate, prosperous, happy, glorious, illustrious, adorable, divine, worshipful.
(epithet) God, the Lord Almighty, the Supreme Being (Śhiv and not Viṣhṇu).
(Hinduism) (epithet) The god Nārāyaṇ.

भाग्य bhāgya

Fortune, fate, luck, destiny.

भाग्य विधाता bhāgya vidhātā

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

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.

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)

भी bhī

Inclusive emphatic particle: too, also, even.

भिन्न bhinn

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

भूल bhūl

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

भूलना bhūlnā

To forget.

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.

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.

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.

बुद्धिवान buddhivān

Endowed with understanding, intelligent, sagacious, sensible, wise, intellectual, learned; ingenious, skilful.

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.

चाहना chāhnā

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

चलना chalnā

Continue.

चार chār

Four.

चारों chārō̃

The four, the whole four, all four.

चारों ओर chārō̃ ōr

On all sides, all around, everywhere.

challenge

Challenge.

chance

Chance.

check

Check.

छोटा chhōṭā

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

circumstance

Circumstance.

चीज़ chīz

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

दादा dādā

A paternal grandfather.
An elder brother; a term of veneration or respect addressed to Brāhmans.

दादी dādī

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

देह dēh

Body.

देह-अभिमान dēh-abhimān

Considering oneself as the body.
Bodily pride.

देहभान dēhbhān

Perception of the body, consciousness of the body, recollection of the body. (to be distinguished from dēh-abhimān 'considering oneself as the body' and body consciousness 'corporeal consciousness')

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.

धारण dhāraṇ

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

धारणा dhārṇā

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

दिल dil

Heart, courage, spirit, will.

दिलाना dilānā

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

दिनचर्या dincharyā

Daily routine.
Daily observance of bk rules throughout the day.

दो dō

Two, 2.

double

Double.

drill

Drill.

दृष्टि dr̥iṣhṭi

Sight, view, vision, glance.
(Bābā) Vision, look.

दुआ duā

Prayer.
Blessing.

दुलार dulār

Fondness, love, affection.

दूर dūr

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

दूसरा dūsrā

Second.
Other, another.
Next.

द्वारा dvārā

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

earth

Earth.

एक ēk

One, 1, a, single, alone.
The number one.
The One, the Number One. God. There is only one God (Supreme Being) but many gods and goddesses (golden age deities).

emerge

To emerge.

ever ready

Ever-ready.

extra

Extra.

eye

Eye.

फ़र्क fark

Difference, distinction, distance.

final

Final.

foreigner

Foreigner.

गाना gānā

To sing, to chant.
A song.

घण्टा ghaṇṭā

Bell, gong, clock, hour.

घड़ी-घड़ी ghaṛī-ghaṛī

Every now and again; again and again; repeatedly; constantly, every moment.

group

Group.

गुजरात gujarāt

Gujarat, state of India.

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.

गुप्त gupt

Hidden, secret, latent, confidential.

ज्ञान gyān

Knowledge directly taught by God.

ज्ञानी gyānī

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

हद had

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

हलचल halchal

Commotion, hustle.
Agitation, movement.

हम ham

We.
(rustic form) I.

हर एक har ēk

Each, every.
Each one, everybody.

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.

हज़ार hazār

Thousand, 1000.

ही hī

Emphatic particle with a sense of exclusion : only.

हिलाना hilānā

To shake, to jolt.
To swing.

होना hōnā

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

होशियार hōśhiyār

Clever, wise, intelligent, careful.

house

House.

इन्तजार intjār

Wait.

इशारा iśhārā

Sign, signal, hint, indication, gesture.

इसलिए isliē

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

इतना itnā

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

जब jab

(Relative pronoun) When.

जब तक jab tak

As long as.
(with negation) until.

जबसे jabsē

Since that time, since.

जादूगर jādūgar

Magician, sorcerer, wizard, enchanter, conjurer, prestidigitator.

जगना jagnā

To wake up, to awaken.

जैसा jaisā

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

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.

जनक janak

Used as a suffix to mean causing or bringing forth.
Father, progenitor, procreator, originator.
Name of a king of Mithila who was the father of Sītā, Rām's wife. He is known for knowing how to assume his role as king and at the same time remain detached from the world. He is the symbol of liberation in life.

जन्मना janamnā

To be born.

जन्म janm

Birth, origin, genesis.
Life, existence.

जानना jānnā

To know, to become aware of, to perceive.

झगड़ना jhagaṛnā

To quarrel, to altercate, to scramble.

झगड़ा jhagṛā

A quarrel, dispute, altercation, scramble, fray.

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.

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.

जोड़ना jōṛnā

To add, to sum up.
To link, to unite, to connect, to attach, to bind.
To collect, to accumulate, to assemble.
To weld.
To cement.
To set (a bone etc.).
To save up.

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.

कहाँ kahā̃

Interrogative pronominal adverb : Where ?

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.

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

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

काम kām

Passion, lust.
Desire.

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.

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.

कर्मणा karmaṇā

Throught the deed.

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”.

कर्मयोगी karmyōgī

Yōgī in action. One who remembers God while acting.

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.

कार्यक्रम kāryakram

Programme, timetable, scheduled activity.

कौन kaun

interrogative pronoun. Who

कौन सा kaun sā

Interrogative adjective and pronoun : which.

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).

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.

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.

खींचना, खैंचना khīñchnā, khaiñchnā

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

खुदा khudā

'Having his own law,' the Supreme Being, God.
Lord, master, ruler, owner (chiefly in comp.)

खुदा दोस्त khudā dost

God the Friend.

कि ki

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

कितना kitnā

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

knowledge

Knowledge.

knowledgeful

Knowledgeful.

को kō

को is used for denoting:

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

कोई kōī

Some, any, someone, anyone.

कोई भी kōī bhī

Anyone, someone, any.

कोशिश kōśhiśh

Effort, endeavour.

करोड़ krōṛ

100 lākh, 10 000 000.

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.

कुमारी kumārī

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

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.

लड़ाई laṛāī

Fight, war, battle, quarrel, encounter, clash, enmity.

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.

light

Light.
(Bābā) Electricity.

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)

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).

महान्, महा mahān, mahā

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

महत्व mahatva

Importance.
Significance.
Greatness.
Magnitude.

महिमा mahimā

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

मैं maĩ

I. (personal pronoun)

मैं देह हूँ maĩ dēh hū̃

I am the body (mistake of human beings because Baba says that we are actually souls).

मनन manan

Meditation, contemplation, brooding, pondering or thinking deeply over something.

मांस māns

Meat, flesh.

मन्सा mansā

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

मर्तबा martabā

Time, occasion, turn.
Position, office, rank, order.

मास mās

Month.

मस्त mast

Intoxicated.
Intoxicated by passion.
Carefree, wanton.
Sexually excited.
Radiant with joy, in a lively frolic.
(Bābā) Intoxicated, radiant with joy, carefree.

मस्तक mastak

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

माता mātā

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

मौज mauj

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

माया māyā

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

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.

might

Might.

mike

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

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.

मिटना miṭnā

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

मुबारक mubārak

Congratulations. Best wishes.

मुख्य mukhya

Principal, chief, main, salient, staple, leading, capital, cardinal, pre-eminent, predominant.

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.

ना nā

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

नहीं nahī̃

No.
Not.

नलिनी nalinī

A lotus, Nelumbium speciosum.
An assemblage of lotuses.
A pond in which the lotus grows or may grow.
A place abounding in lotuses.
A branch of the celestial Ganges.

नाम nām

Name.

नारा nārā

A slogan.

नारायण nārāyaṇ

(Hinduism) God, Lord Vishṉu. A name of Vishṇu (considered as the first of living beings, and the dwelling-place of mortals; or as the being who existed before all worlds, and moved on the waters of creation).
(Bābā) The first emperor of the golden age (perfect man).

नशा naśhā

Intoxication, drunkenness.

natural

Natural.

नवीनता navīntā

Novelty, newness, freshness.

नया nayā

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

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).

निभाना nibhānā

To carry on.
To pull on, to accommodate.
To fulfil.
To accomplish.
To perform.
To maintain.

निहाल nihāl

Fulfilled, gratified, delighted.

निकलना nikalnā

To come out, to get out, to emerge, to rise, to ooze out, to proceed, to emanate, to appear, to be extracted, to be deduced, to be solved, to issue or be issued, to be published, to slink away.

निमित्त nimitt

Cause, reason, factor, purpose, motive.
For the sake of, on account of.
(Bābā) Instrument. He who acts for the Cause of God, in His name.

निर्विघ्न nirvighna

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

निश्चय niśhchay

Confidence, faith, certainty.

निवासी nivāsī

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

number

Number.

नम्बरवार number-wār

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

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)

on

On.

on-off

On and/or off.

operation

Operation.

पहचान pahchān

Acquaintance, familiarity, recognition, identification.
Identity, identification mark.

पहचानना pahchānnā

To recognize, to identify. To distinguish, to discern, to discriminate.

पहले pahlē

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

पहुंचना pahuñchnā

To reach, to arrive.

पक्का pakkā

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

पालना pālnā

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

पाण्डव pāṇḍav

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

पाण्डवपति pāṇḍavpati

Lord of the Pāṇḍav. An epithet for God (Śiv and not Kr̥ṣṇa).

पंजाब pañjāb

Punjab.

paper

Paper.
(Bābā) Test in life (test given by Drama allowing us to check our level, to see if we have studied well and assimilated what God teaches us)

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)

परमात्मा paramātmā

Supreme Soul : Śiv and not Brahmā.

परदादी pardādī

(paternal) great-grandmother.
(Bābā) Name affectionately given to Dadi Nirmal Shanta by everyone.

पढ़ाना paṛhānā

To teach, to instruct, to educate.

परिचय parichay

Introduction, acquaintance, familiarity.

परिवर्तन parivartan

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

पड़ना paṛnā

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

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.

pass

To pass.

फिर भी phir bhī

Notwithstanding, even then, in spite of that.

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.

point

Point.

powerful

Powerful.

प्रभु prabhu

Master, lord, ruler.
God.

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).

प्रश्न praśhna

Question, query, interrogation, interpellation, problem.

प्रत्यक्ष pratyakṣh

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

प्रेम prēm

Love, affection, attachment.

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.

पुण्य का खाता puṇya kā khātā

The account of puṇya, the account of 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.

प्यार pyār

Love, affection, amour, amorous relationship.

प्यारा pyārā

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

race

Race.

रचता rachtā

Creator one who makes.

रहना rahnā

To remain, to stay.

राजनीति rājnīti

Politics.

रखना rakhnā

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

रात rāt

Night.

रात-दिन rāt-din

Night and day.
Continually.

रत्न ratna

A gem, precious stone.
The most outstanding individual of a class.
The pupil of the eye.
(in comp.) Anything valuable or desirable, any precious thing, anything excellent or best of its kind (e.g. strī-ratn, 'a pearl of a woman').

रौनक raunak

Brightness, brilliance, splendour, beauty, elegance, grace, ornament, gaiety.

refresh

Refresh.

respond

To respond.
Response.

रूहानी rūhānī

Spiritual.

सब sab

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

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.

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.

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.

सहित sahit

With, together with, along with, accompanied by.

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.

समाचार samāchār

News; information.

समाधान samādhān

(hindi) Solution (of a problem, etc.)
(sanskrit) Fixing the mind in abstract contemplation (as on the true nature of spirit), religious abstraction (as practised by Hindūs), restraining the senses by confining the mind to contemplation, profound absorption or contemplation, religious meditation; intentness, eagerness.

समझना samajhnā

To understand.

समाना samānā

To be contained, to enter, to fit, to permeate.

समाप्त samāpt

Finished, ended, concluded, terminated, completed.

समस्या samasyā

Problem.

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.

समीपता samīpatā

Nearness, proximity, contiguousness, contiguity, vicinity.

समझाना samjhānā

(Causative of samajhnā) To persuade, explain.

सम्मुख sammukh

Before, in front of; opposite, facing, confronting, being face to face.

sample

Sample, specimen, example.

सन्देश sandēśh

Message.

संगम saṅgam

Confluence, union, meeting.

संगमयुग saṅgamyug

The age of meeting. The fifth age of the cycle allowing the transition from the Iron Age to the Golden Age. The age when human beings can know, meet, remember and learn from God to become deities and go to heaven.

संसार saṅsār

Cycle of births or states, transmigration.
The world, the universe.
Life in this world, worldly concerns, illusion as to worldly reality.
(Bābā) The corporeal world in which one reincarnates.

शान्त śhānt

Peaceful, pacific, still, silent, quiet, quiescent, tranquil, unperturbed.

शान्ति śhānti

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

सन्तुष्ट santuṣhṭ

Satisfied, gratified, content.

सन्तुष्टमणि santuṣhṭamaṇi

Satisfied, gratified or content jewel.

सफलता saphaltā

Success, achievement.

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.

शौक śhauk

Desire, yearning.
Predilection, taste, fancy.
Eagerness, pleasure (in doing something).
A hobby.

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).

seat

Seat.

second

Second.

serviceable

Serviceable.

set

Set

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.

सितारा sitārā

A star.
Fortune, fate, destiny.

सिवाए sivāē

Except, but, with the exception (of).

स्मृति smr̥iti

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

स्मृति दिलाना smr̥iti dilānā

To remind.

सोचना sōchnā

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

सोना sōnā

To sleep.

श्रेष्ठ śhrēṣhṭha

The best, good, excellent, superior.

stage

Stage.
(Bābā) State, condition.

स्थान sthān

Place, spot, site.

subject

Subject.

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.

स्वमान svamān

Self-respect, self-esteem, self-honour.
Innate respect, innate esteem, innate honour.
(Bābā) True self-respect is that of acting for one's own benefit: true benefit is consistent with śhrīmat (the doctrine expounded in the murlis). So it’s about doing the right thing. It is also a respect that comes from within when we identify ourselves with our true nature, the inherent nature of the soul (as opposed to acquired nature).
(Bābā) Point of self-respect or title that Bābā gives us (to accept in one's heart to become strong).

स्वमानधारी svamāndhārī

(One) who has svamān: who respects himself, honours himself, esteems himself.

स्वराज्य अधिकारी svarājya adhikārī

Self-sovereign, self-governor, self-king, self-master. One who controls his mind, his intellect, his sanskars (man-buddhi-sanskār) and his faculties of interaction (karmēndriy).

स्वराज्यधारी svarājyadhārī

One who has self-government (svarājya).

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-.

स्वतःयोगी svataḥyōgī

'autoyōgī', yōgī by nature, naturally yōgī.

switch

Switch.

switch on

To switch on. To turn a switch to the "on" position in order to start or enable a device.

तबियत tabiyat

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

तक tak

To, upto, till, until, by.

तख्तनशीन takhtnaśhīn

Enthroned, installed on the throne.

तरफ taraph

Side, direction.
Towards.

teacher

Teacher.

the

The.

ठीक ṭhīk

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

थोड़ा thōṛā

A little, some, meagre, scanty.
Short.

तिलक tilak

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

title

Title.

तो tō

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

तू tū

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

तुम tum

You (between equals).

उल्टा ulṭā

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

उमंग umaṅg

Aspiration, gusto, zeal.

उमंग-उत्साह umaṅg-utsāh

Enthusiasm, zeal.

ऊंच ūñch

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

ऊपर ūpar

On, upon, above, upward, over.

उड़ीसा uṛīsā

Orissa.

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.

उठना uṭhnā

To raise.
To get up.
To be rented out.
To pass away, to expire.

वा vā

Or.

वाचा vāchā

Through speech.

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.

वर्ग varg

Class, group (of similar things or persons).
Social group, class.
Square (of a quantity).
A square (figure).

वारिस vāris

Heir, successor, legatee.

वर्सा varsā

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

वायुमण्डल vāyumaṇḍal

The 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.

विशेषता viśhēṣhtā

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

विश्व viśhva

The world, universe.

वृद्धि vr̥iddhi

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

या yā

Or, either.

याद yād

Remembrance, recollection, memory.

याद करना yād karnā

To think of, to remember, recollect, call to mind.
To commit to memory.
(Bābā) To remember (by making an effort). It is a function of the higher mind (buddhi).

याद-प्यार yād-pyār

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

यादगार yādgār

Anything given as a memorial.
A valuable present (to a mistress or friend).
A token, a souvenir, a keepsake.
A monument, memorial.
Anything memorable, or worthy of remembrance.

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.

यथार्थ yathārth

Real, actual.
Accurate.

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).

योग अर्थात् याद yōg arthāt yād

Yōg = yād (remembrance).

योगी yōgī

(One) who practices yōg.

योगयुक्त yōgyukt

Immersed in deep meditation , absorbed in Yoga.

युक्तियुक्त yuktiyukt

Reasonable, rational, logical.
Appropriate.

ज़रूर zarūr

Certainly, undoubtedly, positively, without fail.

ज़रूरी zarūrī

Important, necessary, needful, compulsory, indispensable.

ज़िम्मेवारी, ज़िम्मेदारी zimmēvārī, zimmēdārī

Responsibility, obligation.

zone

Zone.