Avyakt murli for Tuesday 28 March 2006

A

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

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.

आधा ādhā

Half.

आधार ādhār

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

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.

advance

Advance.

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.

आकर्षण ākarṣhaṇ

Attraction, charm, allurement.

अखुट akhuṭ

Inexhaustible.

अलग alag

Different, separate, apart, distinct.

अलबेलापन albēlāpan

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

अल्पकाल alpkāl

Short term.

आना ānā

To come.

आना-जाना ānā-jānā

To come and go, to pay visits, to make calls.

आंध्र प्रदेश āndhra pradēśh

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

आंख āṅkh

Eye.
Sight.
Look, glance, regard, observation.
Discernment, judgment, sense.

अन्त ant

End.

अन्तर antar

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

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...

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.

अपने आप apnē āp

By oneself, on one's own.

अरे arē

O !, a form of address (used for inferiors or juniors).
I say! hullo! (attracting attention).
Oh! (expressing astonishment, or concern).

अर्जुन arjun

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

अर्थ arth

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

अर्थात् arthāt

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

आस-पास ās-pās

Near about, in the vicinity.

आश, आशा āśh, āśhā

Hope, expectation.
Wish, desire.

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.

औरों aurō̃

(The) others.

आवश्यकता āvaśhyaktā

Necessity, need, requirement.

आवाज़ āvāz

Sound, noise.
Voice, tone.
Echo.
Shout, call, cry.
Report, fame.

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.

बादशाह bādśhāh

Emperor, king, monarch, sovereign.

बाहर bāhar

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

बहुत bahut

Many, much.
Very.

बैठना baiṭhnā

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

बाकी bākī

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

बाकी bākī

But if.., but, nevertheless.

बाल-बच्चे bāl-bachchē

Children, family.

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.

बन्धन bandhan

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

बनना bannā

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

बांटना bāṇṭnā

To divide, apportion, distribute, portion out, parcel out, divide into shares.
To dispense, dispose of, assign.
To participate, go shares in.

बाप bāp

Father.

बापदादा bāpdādā

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

बार bār

Time, occasion.

बड़ा baṛā

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

बढ़ाना baṛhānā

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

बढ़ना baṛhnā

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

बात bāt

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

बताना batānā

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

बेगमपुर bēgampur

City or town without trouble, without sorrow or anxiety.

बेहद का bēhad kā

Limitless, unlimited, unbounded.

बेफिक्र bēphikr

Carefree, careless, unworried, unmindful.
(Bābā) Worriless, free from anxiety, without worries.

भला bhalā

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

भरपूर bharpūr

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

भाषण bhāṣhaṇ

Speech, address.

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.

भावना bhāvnā

Sentiment, feeling, emotion.

भी bhī

Inclusive emphatic particle: too, also, even.

भूल bhūl

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

भूलना bhūlnā

To forget.

बीच bīch

Middle, centre.

बिल्कुल bilkul

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

बिना binā

Without, exclusive of, wanting, except (it may often be conveniently rendered by the Eng. neg. prefixes un-, in, or by the affix -less).

बीतना bītnā

To pass, elapse, expire (as time).
To come to pass, take place, occur, happen, befall, arrive.
To undergo, suffer, endure.

बोलना bōlnā

To speak, to utter, to pronounce.
To bid.

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.

ब्राह्मण कुल brāhmaṇ kul

Brāhmaṇ community or family.

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.

busy

Busy.

चाहे chāhē

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

चाहिए chāhiē

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

चाहना chāhnā

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

चलन chalan

Vogue.
Usage, custom.
Conduct.

चलना chalnā

Continue.

चार chār

Four.

चारों ओर chārō̃ ōr

On all sides, all around, everywhere.

चेहरा chēhrā

Face, countenance, mask, front.

chance

Chance.

change

Change.

check

Check.

छोड़ना chhōṛnā

To leave.
To abandon.
To release.

छुड़ाना chhuṛānā

To free.

circumstance

Circumstance.

चीज़ chīz

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

class

Class.

clean

Clean.

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.

डरना ḍarnā

To be afraid, be frightened, be daunted, to fear, dread.

देखना dēkhnā

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

देना dēnā

To give.

देश dēśh

Country, land, native home, region, space.

धारण dhāraṇ

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

धारण करना dhāraṇ karnā

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

धारणा dhārṇā

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

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.

दिलाना dilānā

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

दिलशिकस्त dilśhikast

Broken-hearted, comfortless; sorely afflicted.

दिलतख्त diltakht

The Heart and the Throne.

दिन din

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

दिनचर्या dincharyā

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

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.

दृढ़ dr̥iṛh

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

दृष्टि dr̥iṣhṭi

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

दुआ duā

Prayer.
Blessing.

दुःख duḥkh

Sorrow, unhappiness, suffering, grief, distress.

दुःखना duḥkhnā

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

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.

example

Example.

faith

Faith.

फ़खुर fakhur

Just pride, boast, glory.

फ़र्क fark

Difference, distinction, distance.

file

File.

final

Final.

follow

Follow.

follow father

To follow the Father (there is no article in hindi).

foreign

Foreign.
Abroad.

foreigner

Foreigner.

free

Free.

ग़म ġam

Grief, woe.
Tolerance.

गाँव gānv

Village.

गाड़ी gāṛī

Cart, coach, cab, vehicle, carriage, train.

golden

Golden.

गुण guṇ

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

ज्ञान gyān

Knowledge directly taught by God.

हां hā̃

Yes, yea.

हद had

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

हलचल halchal

Commotion, hustle.
Agitation, movement.

हल्का halkā

Light, cheap, thin, faint.

हम ham

We.
(rustic form) I.

हँसी hansī

Laughter, joke, derision, ridicule.

हर एक har ēk

Each, every.
Each one, everybody.

हर्ज़ा harzā

Harm, loss, damage.

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.

हाज़िर hāzir

Present, ready.

ही hī

Emphatic particle with a sense of exclusion : only.

हिम्मत himmat

Courage, boldness.

हिम्मतहीन himmat-hīn

Without courage, without boldness.

हीरा hīrā

Diamond.

हिसाब hisāb

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

home work

Homework.

होना hōnā

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

house

House.

India

India.

इस समय is samay

At this time, now.

इशारा iśhārā

Sign, signal, hint, indication, gesture.

इसलिए isliē

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

ईश्वरीय īśhvarīy

Pertaining to deity, divine, godlike.
(Bābā) Of Īśvar, of God.

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 jamā

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

जमा का खाता jamā kā khātā

Credit account, deposit account, accumulation account.

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.

जानना jānnā

To know, to become aware of, to perceive.

झूला jhūlā

A swing.
A cradle.

झूलना jhūlnā

To swing, to oscillate, to dangle.

जितना jitnā

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

जीवन jīvan

Life, animation, existence.

जीवनमुक्त jīvanmukt

phil. [“delivered alive”] who has achieved spiritual liberation during his life (and can thus go about the affairs of the world without attachment and defilement, and abstain from the rites and duties of his caste); he observes the present with indifference.
adj & sm Exonerated whilst living from future birth or transmigration and all ritual ceremonies. One who is so exonerated.
(Bābā) Delivered alive (in the age of union with God, or in the golden and silver ages)

जीवनमुक्ति jīvanmukti

phil. [“deliverance in this life”] state of liberation, ultimate goal of yoga.
(Vedanta) Liberation in the present state of life, a secondary sort of liberation which conducts the soul after death to live with Brahma not however divested of a subtile corporeal frame.
(Bābā) Liberation in life (in the age of union with God, or in the golden and silver ages)

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 ?

कहाँ kahā̃

Interrogative pronominal adverb : Where ?

कहाँ तक kahā̃ tak

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

कहना kahnā

Say.

कई kaī

Several, sundry, divers, some, some few.

कैसा kaisā

(interrogative adjective and adverb of manner) What-like, what sort of, what kind or manner of, in what manner, how, by what means.

कला kalā

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

कल्याण kalyāṇ

Welfare.

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.

कम होना kam hōnā

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

कमजोरी kamjōrī

Weakness, feebleness ; deficiency ; debility.

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.

करना karnā

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

कर्ता, करतार kartā, kartār

Doer, maker, author, creator, agent.
Workman.
Operator.
Party (in a cause).
Proprietor, master, chief.
Husband.
(Grammar) The nominative case.

कार्य kārya

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

कौन kaun

interrogative pronoun. Who

के आगे kē āgē

In front of, ahead of, before.

के बाद kē bād

After.

के बजाए kē bajāē

In place of, in lieu of, instead of.

के लिए kē liē

For, for the sake of.

के पास kē pās

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

के प्रति kē prati

Towards.

key

Key.

खजाना khajānā

Treasure.
Treasury, repository.

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.

खराब kharāb

Bad, spoiled, wicked, depraved, defective, faulty, miserable.

खाता khātā

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

ख़त्म ḵẖatm

Ended, completed, concluded.

खुश khuśh

Happy, pleased.
Good.

खुशी khuśhī

Joy, delight, happiness.

खुशनुमा khuśhnumā

Pleasant, pleasant-looking, good-looking.

कि ki

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

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 भी kōī bhī

Anyone, someone, any.

क्रोध krōdh

Anger, wrath, fury, rage.

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.

कुर्बान kurbān

'That whereby one draws nigh to God': a sacrifice, victim, offering, oblation.

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.

लगाव lagāv

Attachment, love, affection.

लहर lahar

Wave, ripple, undulation.
A wavy pattern.
Surge, caprice, whim, impulse.

लैस lais

Smallness, littleness.
A small part or portion, a particle, little bit, slight trace.
Mark, sign, effect.
Small, little.

लाख lākh

A hundred thousand, 100 000.

लक्ष्य lakṣhya

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

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.

light

Light.
(Bābā) Electricity.

light house

Lighthouse. A house with a light to direct ships.
(Bābā) Baba says that Sangam Yugi Brahmin children should become beacons for souls wandering in the darkness of ignorance.

लिखना likhnā

To write, to enter, register, record, inscribe, note, compose (a work), enter (in a book).

list

List.

low

Low.

मदद madad

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

मधुबन madhuban

(Hinduism) 'The forest of the demon Madhu,' near the Yamuna river (where Śhatru-ghna, after killing Lavaṇa, son of Madhu, founded the city of Madhurā or Mathurā, the city where Kr̥iṣhṇa was born, where God was incarnated).
(Bābā) Place where the seat of the Brahma Kumaris is located where the Supreme Being has descended on numerous occasions (in the body of Brahmā, then of Dadi Gulzar).

मधुर madhur

Sweet, melodious, pleasant, mellifluous.

मधुरता madhurtā

Sweetness, melodiousness, mellifluence, softness.

महान्, महा mahān, mahā

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

महाराष्ट्र mahārāṣhṭra

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

मैं maĩ

I. (personal pronoun)

majority

Majority.

मालिक mālik

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

मालूम mālūm

Known.
Evident, apparent.

मन man

The instinctive mind that creates thoughts according to its desires or aversions. Faculty of human beings shared with animals and small children.
Thought in the form of desire or aversion.

मनाना manānā

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

मानों mānō̃

As if, as though, supposing, one might suppose.

मांस māns

Meat, flesh.

मन्सा mansā

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

mark

Mark.

मास mās

Month.

मस्तक mastak

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

master

Master.

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)

meeting

Meeting.

मेहनत mēhnat

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

might

Might.

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.

motor

Motor.
(colloquial) Motor car, automobile, goods vehicle.

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.

मुक्ति mukti

Liberation, freedom; deliverance.
Final deliverance, salvation.

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.

नहीं तो nahī̃ tō

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

नशा naśhā

Intoxication, drunkenness.

नशीन naśhīn

A suffix denoting one who sits.

नव nav

New, novel, neo-, young, fresh, recent, modern.
Nine, 9.

नया nayā

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

नयन, नैन nayan, nain

Eye.

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).

नेत्र nētra

The eye.

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.

निर्माण nirmāṇ

Construction, creation, manufacture.

निर्णय nirṇay

Judgment, decision, conclusion.

निर्विघ्न nirvighna

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

निशानी niśhānī

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

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.

number one

Number one.

नम्बरवार number-wār

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

official

Official.

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.

on

On.

order

Order.

ओटना ōṭnā

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

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.

पैदा paidā

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

पैदल paidal

Pedestrian, walking on foot.
A foot-man, an infantryman, a pedestrian, a piece in chess.
On foot.

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

पर denotes :

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

पर par

Opposite, inimical, other, alien, higher.

परमात्मा paramātmā

Supreme Soul : Śiv and not Brahmā.

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.

pass

To pass.

पात्र pātr

Utensil, pot, vessel, container.
Character (in a play, drama, etc.)
A deserving person.
—, का Worthy/deserving of; eligible (for).

percent

Percent, The symbol is %.

percentage

Percentage.

फैलाना phailānā

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

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.

फिक्र phikr

Worry, anxiety, care, concern.

फिर phir

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

फिर भी phir bhī

Notwithstanding, even then, in spite of that.

फिरना phirnā

To turn.
To wander, to ramble, to walk about, to go round.

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.

practical

Practical.

practice

Practice.

प्रमाण pramāṇ

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

प्राप्त prāpt

Got, obtained; procured, acquired.

प्राप्त करना prāpt karnā

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

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.

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.

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.

पूरा करना pūrā karnā

To fill, fill up.
To satisfy.
To end, complete, finish.
To accomplish, to fulfil, carry out, act up to, keep (a promise).
To reimburse.
To make up (a deficiency).

पुराना purānā

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

पूरी pūrī

A thin cake of meal fried in ghī or oil.

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.

पूर्वक pūrvak

Earlier, former, previous, prior, first.
Forefather, ancestor.
(Affixed to a substantive or substantive compound pūrvak signifies 'accompanied by,' 'attended with,' and forms the corresponding adjective or adverb; e.g. niyam-pūrvak, 'Regular'; sukh-pūrvak, 'At ease.')

प्यार pyār

Love, affection, amour, amorous relationship.

प्यारा pyārā

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

रहना rahnā

To remain, to stay.

राजा rājā

King, monarch, prince.

राज्य rājya

Kingdom, rule, reign, polity, the state.

राजयोग rājyōg

'Yoga of the king', Raja Yoga, the highest, kingly yoga. The union of the soul with the Supreme Soul. The yoga that makes us the rulers of the self and the kings of the world.

रखना rakhnā

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

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').

राज़ी rāzī

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

read

Read.

ready

Ready.

result

Result.

रुकना ruknā

To stop, to halt, to stay, to stagnate, to stand.

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.

सबका sabkā

(genitive case of sab) Of everyone.

सबको sabkō

sab + kō : everything, everyone.

सबसे sabsē

(superlative) Of all, the most.

सच्चा sachchā

True, genuine, real.
Truthful, sincere, loyal, faithful.

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.

शहर śhahar

City, town.

साकार, साकारी sākār, sākārī

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

सकना saknā

To can, to be able to.

शक्ति śhakti

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

शक्तिशाली śhaktiśhālī

Who possesses power or strength, powerful, strong.

साल sāl

A year.

समाचार samāchār

News; information.

समझ samajh

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

समझदार samajhdār

Discerning, intelligent, sensible, wise, prudent.

समझना samajhnā

To understand.

समान samān

Equal, equivalent, similar, alike, identical, tantamount.

समाना samānā

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

समाप्ति samāpti

The end, conclusion, termination.
Completion.

समस्या samasyā

Problem.

समय samay

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

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).

सम्पन्नता sampanntā

Prosperity, wealth, success.
Completion, perfection.

सम्पूर्ण sampūrṇ

Whole, entire, complete, perfect.

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.

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.

सन्तुष्ट santuṣhṭ

Satisfied, gratified, content.

सन्तुष्टता santuṣhṭatā

Complete satisfaction, contentment, gratification.

सफल saphal

Successful, effective, fruitful.

सफलता saphaltā

Success, achievement.

सपूत sapūt

A tractable or dutiful son, a good or worthy son.

सारा sārā

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

शरीर śharīr

Body.

सर्व sarv

All ; whole, entire, complete.

सर्वशक्तिवान sarvśhaktivān

Who possesses all powers, omnipotent, all-powerful, almighty.

सतगुरू satgurū

The good spiritual guide, the true spiritual guide, God.

साथ sāth

With, together, along with.
Company, association.

साथी sāthī

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

सतयुग satyug

The first of the four yug of the universe according to Indian mythology. Satyug is said to be the best or golden period or age of creation.

सवेरा savērā

The early morning, dawn.

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.

serious

Serious.

serviceable

Serviceable.

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.

short

Short.

सीखना sīkhnā

To learn.

silence

Silence.

सितारा sitārā

A star.
Fortune, fate, destiny.

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.

stage

Stage.
(Bābā) State, condition.

स्थान sthān

Place, spot, site.

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.

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.

subject

Subject.

successful

Successful.

सुख sukh

Happiness, pleasure, comfort, felicity, contentment.

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.

स्व sva

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

स्वभाव svabhāv

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

स्वदर्शन svadarśhan

(Hinduism) Sudarśhan 'beautiful vision', The name of the mythological discus wielded by Lord Vishṉū.
(Bābā) Darśhan of sva, Vision of one's own self and fortune.

स्वदर्शन चक्रधारी svadarśhan chakradhārī

The chakradhārī of svadarśhan. The one who remembers the cycle with the vision of himself and his fortune.

स्वप्न svapn

A dream.

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.

switch on

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

तब tab

Then, at that time, afterwards, thereupon, therefore, hence.

तक tak

To, upto, till, until, by.

तपस्या tapasyā

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

teacher

Teacher.

थकावट, थकान thakāvaṭ, thakān

Weariness, fatigue, tiredness; exhaustion.

ठीक ṭhīk

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

थोड़ा thōṛā

A little, some, meagre, scanty.
Short.

time

Time.

तीनों tīnō̃

The three, all three.

तीसरा tīsrā

Third.

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')

topic

Topic.

total

Total.

त्रिकालदर्शी trikāldarśhī

Seeing the three times: the past, the present and the future; omniscient; Rishi or divine sage.

तुम tum

You (between equals).

उमंग-उत्साह umaṅg-utsāh

Enthusiasm, zeal.

ऊपर ūpar

On, upon, above, upward, over.

उड़ना uṛnā

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

use

Use.

उसका uskā

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

उठाना uṭhānā

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

वा vā

Or.

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).

वाह vāh

An exclamatory word denoting admiration, appreciation, contempt, opposition, surprise, etc. : well done ! bravo ! excellent ! how can that be ! that can't be so.

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.

वापिस, वापस vāpis, vāpas

Back, back again.

वर्ष varṣh

Year.

वर्सा varsā

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

वतन vatan

Homeland, native country.

वायुमण्डल vāyumaṇḍal

The atmosphere.

विचित्र vichitr

Strange, surprising, amazing, wonderful, queer, curious, peculiar.
(Bābā) Deprived of representation, of photo, of image. (Having no body of His own, God the Supreme Soul cannot be represented because the soul is just a tiny invisible point)

विदेश vidēśh

Foreign country.

विधाता vidhātā

Ordainer, dispenser, arranger, creator.
(Hinduism) Brahmā "the Ordainer of the World", personifying Destiny.
(Bābā) Śhiv.

विधि vidhi

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

विजयी vijayī

Conquering, victorious, triumphant.
A conqueror.

विनाश vināśh

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

विनाशी vināśhī

Perishable, destructible.

विस्तार vistār

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

विश्व viśhva

The world, universe.

व्यवहार vyavahār

Behaviour.
Dealings, treatment.
Transaction.
Practice.
Usage, use.
Application.

या yā

Or, either.

याद-प्यार yād-pyār

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

यह yah

3rd person personal pronoun, demonstrative pronoun or determiner in a close context : he, she, this (also they, these).

यहाँ yahā̃

Here, hither, in/at this place.

यही yahī

Emphatic form of yah: this very.

यंत्र yantra

Machine, instrument, amulet, talisman, mystical diagram.

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.

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).

ज़रूर zarūr

Certainly, undoubtedly, positively, without fail.

ज़रूरी zarūrī

Important, necessary, needful, compulsory, indispensable.

zone

Zone.