Daily Murli for Thursday 23 September 2021
Words are sorted according to their frequency (number of times the word occurs in the murli). This frequency appears in parentheses.
होना hōnā (112)
To be.
To happen, to occur.
To exist.
To be born.
करना karnā (76)
To do.
Also used after a transitive English verb to conjugate.
का kā (71)
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)
बनना bannā (46)
To become, be, change, belong (with a possessive pronoun or a noun in the genitive case).
तो tō (39)
Then, therefore, moreover.
An emphatic particle (e.g. मैं तो जाऊँगा).
At any rate, however, at least.
को kō (36)
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)
नहीं nahī̃ (35)
No.
Not.
में mē̃ (34)
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)
भी bhī (29)
Inclusive emphatic particle: too, also, even.
तुम tum (29)
You (between equals).
बाप bāp (28)
Father.
वह vah (28)
Third person personal pronoun: he, she, it (and also they).
Distant demonstrative pronoun and adjective: that (and also those).
key (25)
Key.
यह yah (24)
3rd person personal pronoun, demonstrative pronoun or determiner in a close context : he, she, this (also they, these).
आना ānā (23)
To come.
से sē (22)
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)
Best of men, an excellent or superior man.
The highest being, Supreme Spirit, an epithet of Vishṇu, Krishṇa or Rama.
मैं maĩ (19)
I. (personal pronoun)
ही hī (18)
Emphatic particle with a sense of exclusion : only.
कहना kahnā (18)
Say.
कोई kōī (18)
Some, any, someone, anyone.
फिरना phirnā (17)
To turn.
To wander, to ramble, to walk about, to go round.
और aur (16)
And.
Else.
Other.
बच्चा bachchā (16)
Child, kid, baby, infant.
Inexperienced, raw, of unripe age.
जो jō (16)
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.
K (16)
The letter K of our alphabet (used as an initial in acronyms).
फिर phir (16)
Then, again, afterwards, thereafter, in future, a second time.
जानना jānnā (14)
To know, to become aware of, to perceive.
बनाना banānā (13)
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.
जाना jānā (13)
To go, to depart, to lose, to flow.
बात bāt (12)
A matter, topic, subject, concern, fact, thing.
पावन pāvan (12)
Holy, sacred, immaculate, pure.
A suffix denoting one who or that which purifies.
आत्मा ātmā (11)
The soul, the spirit, the self.
नया nayā (10)
New, novel, fresh, unused, green, recent, modern, raw, inexperienced, young.
वाला vālā (10)
A suffix denoting an agent, doer, owner, possessor, keeper or inhabitant : the one of, the one with, the one who.
disservice (9)
Service that results in harm; an (intentionally or unintentionally) unhelpful, harmful action.
के लिए kē liē (9)
For, for the sake of.
कि ki (9)
That (to report indirect speech, example he says that).
न na (9)
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)
देना dēnā (8)
To give.
सब sab (8)
All, entire, whole, total.
Every.
All people, everybody, the whole.
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).
बाप कहते हैं bāp kahtē haĩ (7)
The Father says.
भारत bhārat (7)
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)
गाना gānā (7)
To sing, to chant.
A song.
कर्म karm (7)
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.
माया māyā (7)
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.
पर par (7)
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 (7)
Opposite, inimical, other, alien, higher.
परन्तु parantu (7)
But, however.
रहना rahnā (7)
To remain, to stay.
बन ban (6)
दुनिया duniyā (6)
World.
The present world, the present life or state of existence.
The people of this world, people.
Worldly enjoyments or blessings, worldly goods, the good things of this life, wealth, riches.
एक ēk (6)
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).
कितना kitnā (6)
(interrogative) How much, how many.
(exclamative) So, so much, so many.
महिमा mahimā (6)
Exaltation, greatness, grandeur, glory, dignity, majesty, importance.
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.
सकना saknā (6)
To can, to be able to.
याद yād (6)
Remembrance, recollection, memory.
यहाँ yahā̃ (6)
Here, hither, in/at this place.
बहुत bahut (5)
Many, much.
Very.
इसलिए isliē (5)
On this account, for this reason, hence, therefore.
कराना karānā (5)
To cause to be done, cause to be made; to actuate, effect, make; to perform (sacrifice, etc.), to assist.
लेना lēnā (5)
To take.
मनुष्य manuṣhya (5)
A man, a human being.
माता mātā (5)
Mother.
An affectionate or respectful term of address to a woman.
The small-pox (so named from the goddess Devī; cf. sītalā).
निंदा nindā (5)
Ill-speaking, censure, condemnation.
पतित patit (5)
Fallen, depraved.
सबको sabkō (5)
sab + kō : everything, everyone.
समझाना samjhānā (5)
(Causative of samajhnā) To persuade, explain.
सिर्फ sirph (5)
The best, good, excellent, superior.
स्त्री strī (5)
Woman, wife.
उत्तम uttam (5)
The best, excellent, good.
अब ab (4)
Now.
ऐसा aisā (4)
Such, of this type.
बैठना baiṭhnā (4)
To sit, to squat, to occupy a seat, to settle, to board, to mount.
बड़ा baṛā (4)
Big, large, great, huge, important, commodious, expansive.
Noble, reputed.
Elder, elderly, senior.
Grown up.
Rich.
adv. Very, exceedingly.
देखना dēkhnā (4)
To see, to look, to view, to perceive, to observe.
To consider.
To experience.
दोनों dōnō̃ (4)
द्वारा dvārā (4)
By, through, through the medium of, through the agency of, by means of, with.
ज्ञान gyān (4)
Knowledge directly taught by God.
हम ham (4)
We.
(rustic form) I.
जन्म janm (4)
Birth, origin, genesis.
Life, existence.
कड़ा kaṛā (4)
Hard, strict, stiff, harsh, cruel, arduous, sharp, rigid, strong.
के बाद kē bād (4)
After.
खाना khānā (4)
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.
क्या kyā (4)
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).
क्योंकि kyōṅki (4)
Because, since.
मेहनत mēhnat (4)
Labour, hard work, toil.
Industry, application.
Exercise.
मिलना milnā (4)
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.
ने nē (4)
A postposition denoting the subject (ergative case that is to say with a past participle).
पाना pānā (4)
पवित्र pavitr (4)
Holy, sacred, pure.
पुरूष purūṣh (4)
Man.
Soul.
सहयोग sahyōg (4)
Cooperation, collaboration.
सार sār (4)
Essence, substance, best or essential part, heart, core, marrow.
Sap.
Gist, sense; content.
Essential worth or value.
विस्तार vistār (4)
Spreading, spread; expansion.
Extent.
Expansion, development (of an organisation, an activity).
Amplitude; detail.
युग yug (4)
An age, epoch, era, period, times.
One of the four ages-viz satyug, trētā, dvāpar, kaliyug - of the world according to Indian tradition.
(Bābā) To which is added the age of the meeting (age of confluence). The 4 previous ages being of equal duration, i.e. 1250 years.
ज़रूर zarūr (4)
Certainly, undoubtedly, positively, without fail.
अच्छा achchhā (3)
Good.
Well.
All right, well done.
So long.
actor (3)
Actor.
अपना apnā (3)
Reflexive possessive pronoun and adjective : my, mine, myself, your, yours, yourself, etc.
अर्थात् arthāt (3)
That is, that is to say, namely (viz.).
और कोई aur kōī (3)
Someone else, anyone else.
अवज्ञा avagyā (3)
Disregard, disrespect, contempt, disdain.
Defiance, insubordination.
बेहद bēhad (3)
Limitless, unlimited, unbounded.
Excessive, too, too much.
भागना bhāgnā (3)
To run, to run off or away, fly, flee, take flight, escape, abscond, make oneself scarce.
भगवान bhagvān (3)
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.
The path of Bhakti, the path of devotion (one of the three paths prescribed for the achievement of human salvation; the other two being gyān and yōg).
(Bābā) All paths aspiring to liberation other than that the path God teaches. (which therefore fail in the liberation of the soul).
The regent of the planet Jupiter and preceptor of the gods.
The planet Jupiter.
Thursday.
चक्र chakra (3)
चक्र, चक्कर chakra, chakkar (3)
Circle, disc.
Cycle, circular movement, rotation, revolution, circumambulation, round.
(Sanskrit) The royal wheel, badge of sovereignty.
(Sanskrit) Region, country; sovereignty.
myth. Flaming disc, solar weapon of Viṣṇu.
दशा daśhā (3)
State, condition.
Situation, circumstances; period or stage of life.
(astrology) Situation of heavenly bodies; conjunction, or influence.
drama (3)
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.
दुःखना duḥkhnā (3)
To pain, to ache, to smart, to throb.
To feel pity or compassion (for).
To feel compunction or remorse.
गंगा gaṅgā (3)
The Ganges (considered to be the most sacred river by the Hindus).
गुरू gurū (3)
A teacher, mentor, preceptor, spiritual guide.
Jupiter, the Preceptor of the gods.
(Bābā) A spiritual guide to achieve liberation.
India (3)
India.
जैसा jaisā (3)
Similar to, like, resembling, as, such as.
कहाँ kahā̃ (3)
Interrogative pronominal adverb : Where ?
कैसा kaisā (3)
(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 (3)
(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.
काम kām (3)
Passion, lust.
Desire.
काम kām (3)
Work, task, job, employment, performance, function.
कोई भी kōī bhī (3)
Anyone, someone, any.
मददगार madadgār (3)
Helper, supporter, assistant.
Give your mind to me ; Remember Me alone ; Fix your mind on one ; Fix your mind on me; Remember Father.
To make deferential salutation.
To bow low.
To yield.
new (3)
New.
(pāpātmā) Sinner, impious; a sinner, an evildoer.
(Bābā) Sinful soul, guilty soul, wicked soul, impious soul, vicious soul, criminal soul, bad soul.
पड़ना paṛnā (3)
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').
The Saviour of the fallen, the One who purify the sinful (epithet of the supreme being).
प्राप्ति prāpti (3)
Obtaining, acquisition; attainment (to a goal, a level); fulfilment (of a request).
Gain, advantage; income.
Receipt (of a letter, &c.); reception (of guests).
पूरा pūrā (3)
Complete, all, whole, entire, full, gross, total, thorough, adequate.
Sufficiency, adequacy.
रचना rachnā (3)
राज्य rājya (3)
Kingdom, rule, reign, polity, the state.
सहज sahaj (3)
Easy, simple.
Spontaneous, straightforward, ingenuous.
Innate, natural, congenital.
समझना samajhnā (3)
To understand.
समाना samānā (3)
To be contained, to enter, to fit, to permeate.
second (3)
Second.
सुख sukh (3)
Happiness, pleasure, comfort, felicity, contentment.
तब tab (3)
Then, at that time, afterwards, thereupon, therefore, hence.
ऊंच ūñch (3)
High, lofty, tall, raised, elevated, exalted, eminent.
विघ्न vighna (3)
Interruption, interference, meddling, obstacle, disturbance.
अभ्यास abhyās (2)
Practice, exercise, habituation, frequent repetition of a thing in order to fix it on the memory.
आदि ādi (2)
Etcetera.
Beginning.
Early, initial, primordial.
aim object (2)
Aim, object, objective, target.
अजामिल ajāmil (2)
The name of a certain Brāhman mentioned in the Rāmāyaṇ who was a great sinner and a penitent.
आना ānā (2)
अर्थ arth (2)
Meaning.
Import, sense.
Wealth, money.
For, for the sake of.
बाबा bābā (2)
Father.
बाकी bākī (2)
Remaining, left over, remainder, balance, arrears, subtraction.
बाकी bākī (2)
But if.., but, nevertheless.
बंद band (2)
Closed, shut, locked, locked up.
Stopped, discontinued.
Similar, identical, equal to the Father.
बापदादा bāpdādā (2)
Bāp and Dādā.
The Father Śhiv and the elder brother Brahmā,
The father Brahmā and the Grandfather Śhiv.
बार bār (2)
Time, occasion.
बताना batānā (2)
To say, to speak, to tell, to inform, to point out, to express, to thrash, to instruct.
भरना bharnā (2)
To fill, to refill.
बिगर bigar (2)
(prep. and postp. generally preceded by kē) Without, excluding, to the exclusion of.
ब्रह्मा brahmā (2)
(Hinduism) Brahmā or the Supreme Being regarded as a person, the first deity of the Hindū triad and the Creator of the World.
(Bābā) The first human being in which the Supreme Being descends to give the knowledge allowing us to free ourselves from our bonds of karma.
ब्राह्मण brāhmaṇ (2)
(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.
चलना chalnā (2)
Continue.
छोड़ना chhōṛnā (2)
To leave.
To abandon.
To release.
छूटना chhūṭnā (2)
To be left behind or out, to lag.
To be dismissed, discharged or released.
To get rid of.
To be abandoned.
clear (2)
दबाना dabānā (2)
To press, to press down.
To suppress, to cause to yield/submit, to coerce.
To cow down, to subdue.
To hush up.
To cool down.
To cover.
(Bābā) To massage.
डालना ḍālnā (2)
To put in, to pour, to drop, to thrust.
डरना ḍarnā (2)
To be afraid, be frightened, be daunted, to fear, dread.
Goddess and god.
द्रौपदी draupadī (2)
Draupadī is the wife of the 5 Pāṇḍav. It is shown that when her honour was at stake, Draupadī surrendered herself to God, then Śhrīkr̥iṣhṇa came and saved her from being naked. In fact, ŚhivBābā says that in this Kaliyug, ŚhivBābā saves everyone from being naked. Then it is said that Kr̥iṣhṇa pressed the feet of Draupadī, whose spiritual meaning is that Bābā gives rest to the minds of those who come tired from the path of devotion.
दुःख duḥkh (2)
Sorrow, unhappiness, suffering, grief, distress.
earth (2)
Earth.
फ़ारकती fārkatī (2)
Deed of separation, deed of riddance, deed of dissolution, quittance.
follow (2)
Follow.
गुप्त gupt (2)
Hidden, secret, latent, confidential.
house (2)
House.
interfere (2)
To interfere.
इस समय is samay (2)
At this time, now.
ईश्वर īśhvar (2)
God, Ruler, Master, Lord.
इतना itnā (2)
As much as this, this much; so much, so many.
जब jab (2)
(Relative pronoun) When.
जन्मना janamnā (2)
To be born.
जास्ती jāstī (2)
More. (often used as a comparison)
कभी kabhī (2)
Sometime, ever.
कनिष्ट kaniṣhṭ (2)
Younger.
Small or little.
Inferior (in merit &c.)
The least, last, lowest, worst; the third of the three stages uttam (the highest), madhyam (the middle), kaniṣṭ (the lowest).
कथा kathā (2)
Story, tale, fable, narrative, religious discourse.
कौन kaun (2)
interrogative pronoun. Who
खण्ड khaṇḍ (2)
Piece, fragment, part, portion.
Division (of a house, or a country, or of the earth).
Subdivision, section (of a work), chapter.
Apartment (of a house, &c.).
Side, quarter.
District, province, region.
कुछ kuchh (2)
Something; anything.
A little, some.
fig. sthg. particular.
Some; any.
A few.
Somewhat, a little, at all.
कूटना kūṭnā (2)
To pound, beat, bruise, crush.
To macerate, to thresh (corn, &c.)
To cudgel.
क्यों kyō̃ (2)
Why.
लगना lagnā (2)
लड़ाना laṛānā (2)
लेकिन lēkin (2)
But, but still, on the other hand, however, notwithstanding, nevertheless, yet.
लिए liē (2)
For, with a view to, for the sake of, on account of.
Taking, carrying, bearing.
light (2)
Light.
(Bābā) Electricity.
मंत्र mantra (2)
Incantation, charm, spell, vedic hymn, sacred formula, mystical verse, magical formula.
might (2)
Might.
Sweet children.
ना nā (2)
Emphatic particle at the end of the sentence: no?, isn't it?
No.
(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)
पद pad (2)
Office, status, rank.
A versified composition (esp. eulogizing God or His sport).
Foot (of a measure or verse).
Footstep, step.
Expression, term, word in its particular context.
Articles (like an umbrella, shoes, clothes, utensils) given away for the gratification of the soul of a deceased.
(Bābā) Position obtained in the Golden Age (king, queen, subject, servant, etc.) through current efforts (of the Age of Encounter).
पहला pahlā (2)
पहले pahlē (2)
First, first of all, in the beginning, in olden times, originally, before, beforehand.
पांव pāṅw (2)
Foot, leg.
A fairyland.
An enchanting world of beauty.
(Bābā) The kingdom of fairies which is the kingdom of divinities (a divinity is beautiful like a fairy): Satyug.
पता patā (2)
Address, whereabouts, information, knowledge.
फल phal (2)
Fruit (from a tree).
(fig.) Fruit, reward, return, effect, outcome, result, consequence, product.
पीना pīnā (2)
To drink, to swill, to sip.
To smoke (as cigarette).
To conceal a secret, to absorb, to suppress (as anger).
practical (2)
Practical.
पुण्य puṇya (2)
Good, virtue, right, moral or religious merit.
Good deed, righteous action.
Sacred, holy, virtuous, righteous.
पुराना purānā (2)
Old, ancient.
Worn out, old-fashioned, antiquated, obsolete, out of date.
Experienced, sage, knowing.
पुस्तक pustak (2)
A book.
रखना rakhnā (2)
To put, to place, to keep, to possess, to have, to employ, to appoint.
The rule of Rām. Golden rule. Just, equitable and ideal rule.
(Bābā) The kingdom of God. (in the golden age for gods and goddesses and established by God)
रावण rāvaṇ (2)
The king of ancient Ceylon (Laṅkā) who kidnapped Rām's queen consort Sītā and later fought him and was killed, villain of the great epic Rāmāyaṇ.
A demonic person.
(Bābā) Ravan, a ten-headed demon-king, the ruler of Lanka. Symbolic of five vices in males and five vices in females.
Kingdom of Rāvaṇ.
सदा sadā (2)
Always, perpetually, continually, ever.
सजना sajnā (2)
सारा sārā (2)
All, the whole, whole, entire, complete, universal.
शरीर śharīr (2)
Body.
(Bābā) The highest level of purity, fullness and perfection; stage of golden age.
सतयुग satyug (2)
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.
सज़ा sazā (2)
Punishment, penalty.
service (2)
Service.
सिर sir (2)
Head.
Top, apex, highest part or point.
श्रीमत śhrīmat (2)
The divine (śrī) doctrine containing the directions or opinions of God : the murlī.
सृष्टि sr̥iṣhṭi (2)
Creation.
The world.
सुनना sunnā (2)
To hear, to listen, to pay heed.
Hearing, audition.
Late, deceased.
Inhabitant of heaven.
तैयारी taiyārī (2)
(Bābā) The highest level of impurity, degradation: stage of iron age.
teacher (2)
Teacher.
ठौर ṭhaur (2)
tribunal (2)
Tribunal.
You know.
तूफान tūphān (2)
Storm, tempest, hurricane, typhoon.
उल्टा ulṭā (2)
Reverse, reversed, topsy-turvy, opposite, contrary, overturned, inverted.
वा vā (2)
Or.
वही vahī (2)
(emphatic form of vah) That very, that very one.
वैसा vaisā (2)
वर्ष varṣh (2)
Year.
वर्सा varsā (2)
The inheritance. What our father leaves behind after he leaves.
विष्णु viṣhṇu (2)
The Preserver of the world who adds himself to the Creator Brahmā and the Destroyer Śaṅkar (confused with Śiv the Supreme Being in Hinduism) to form the trimūrti.
(Bābā) Four-armed deity. A symbol of harmony of masculine and feminine qualities in a perfect person. A symbol of pure family path, a symbol of perfect couple.
अबला ablā (1)
A member of the weaker sex, a woman.
(Bābā) Helpless woman, weak woman. (maybe a woman who depends on her husband financially and whose husband does not accept celibacy)
अगर agar (1)
If, if so be, in case, in the event of.
Time of ignorance.
अहो ahō (1)
Oh ! O !
'not so', Do not believe.
आजकल ājkal (1)
Nowadays, these days.
अक्षर akṣhar (1)
Letter of the alphabet, character, syllable (in Hindi, each character is a syllable).
Word.
America (1)
America.
अनादि anādi (1)
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.
अन्दर andar (1)
In, inside, within.
अन्धों की लाठी andhō̃ kī lāṭhī (1)
'The blind's stick'; the only support for helpless people.
(Bābā) We are the sticks for the blind by showing the way to others through our enlightened knowledge.
अन्तिम antim (1)
Last, final, ultimate, concluding, conclusive.
अनुभव anubhav (1)
Experience.
अनुसार anusār (1)
According to, in conformity with.
अन्य anya (1)
Other, another, different; separate.
अपवित्र apavitr (1)
Unclean, unholy, impure, defiled.
Astonishing, wonderful, extraordinary.
Astonished, amazed.
आसुरी āsurī (1)
Of or belonging to evil spirits (asur), devilish, diabolical, demoniacal.
आवागमन āvāgaman (1)
Coming and going.
Transmigration.
बचना bachnā (1)
बदलना badalnā (1)
To change, to alter, to replace.
To convert, to be converted.
To go back (on one's word).
बजाना bajānā (1)
To play (an instrument, a recording).
To strike (a bell, gong); to beat (a drum).
To clap (the hands).
Ready made, finished, complete, perfect, entire.
बनवाना banvānā (1)
(double causative of bannā) To cause to be made, constructed, or prepared, &c.; to have or get (a thing) made, &c.
To make, construct, &c. ( = banānā).
बाप को याद करना bāp kō yād karnā (1)
To think of the father.
बेहद का bēhad kā (1)
Limitless, unlimited, unbounded.
भाग्य bhāgya (1)
Fortune, fate, luck, destiny.
भक्ति bhakti (1)
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.
भारी bhārī (1)
Heavy.
Difficult to digest.
Weighty, massive.
Grave.
Burdensome.
भाषण bhāṣhaṇ (1)
Speech, address.
भटकना bhaṭaknā (1)
To lose one's way, to go astray.
To gad, to meander, to wander about.
भटकाना bhaṭkānā (1)
To cause to stray or wander, to lead astray, to mislead, to bewilder, to baulk, to deceive.
भव bhav (1)
(imperative of 'to be', 'to become' in Sanskrit) Just become.
(Bābā) The word introduces a blessing 'May you be...' placed at the beginning in English but at the end in Hindi.
भव bhav (1)
भूल bhūl (1)
Forgetfulness, oversight, neglect, negligence, omission, failure, miss, slip, mistake, error, blunder, fault.
भूलना bhūlnā (1)
To forget.
बीमार bīmār (1)
Sick, ill, ailing, unwell, indisposed.
Sick person, patient.
बोझ bōjh (1)
Burden, load.
बुरा burā (1)
Bad.
Wicked, evil.
Ill.
Mis-
Faulty, defective.
चाहिए chāhiē (1)
Is necessary, is needful, is requisite, is proper, is right.
It behoves.
Should, ought, must (be).
चाहना chāhnā (1)
To wish, to want, to like, to love, to be fond of, to crave for, to desire, to require.
चित्र chitra (1)
Picture, painting, illustration, figure, photo.
common (1)
cum (1)
दासी dāsī (1)
Maid (female servant).
दवाई davāī (1)
देहली dēhlī (1)
Delhi (the capital of India).
Threshold.
detail (1)
Detail.
देवाला dēvālā (1)
Bankruptcy, insolvency (the origin of the word is the same as that of diwālī, the festival so called; the failure of a merchant or banker being indicated by one or more lamps attached to his house).
धनधा dhandhā (1)
Vocation, occupation, business, work.
To bear.
To possess.
To wear.
To assume.
To seize, retain.
To draw, to absorb, &c.
धर्मराज dharmrāj (1)
धारणा के लिए मुख्य सार dhārṇā kē liē mukhya sār (1)
Essence for dhārṇā.
ढेर ḍhēr (1)
Heap, pile, accumulation, bulk, lot.
Plenty, abundant.
दिन din (1)
A day (comprised of twenty-four hours from sunrise to sunrise).
A day (extending from sunrise to sunset), daytime.
Time(s).
Remover of sorrow, unhappiness, suffering, grief, distress.
दूर dūr (1)
Distant, remote.
Removed (as a difficulty).
(prefix) Distant; tele-.
Far, far off.
Distance, remoteness.
द्वापर dvāpar (1)
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).
eye (1)
Eye.
गत मत gat mat (1)
गिराना girānā (1)
गिरना girnā (1)
To fall.
गीत gīt (1)
good morning (1)
Good morning.
हाथ hāth (1)
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).
हे hē (1)
Accounts.
hospital (1)
Hospital.
I (1)
irreligious (1)
Irreligious.
जगह jagah (1)
झाड़ jhāṛ (1)
Tree, bush.
जो कुछ jō kuchh (1)
Whatever, whatsoever, anything.
कब kab (1)
Interrogative adverb: When? At what time ?
कलष kalaṣh (1)
कलियुग kaliyug (1)
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.
कम kam (1)
Less (also used in comparisons).
Little, few, scanty, short, small, deficient.
Rarely, seldom.
कारण kāraṇ (1)
Reason, cause.
Agency, instrument.
For the reason, because (of, -ke), on account (of), for the sake (of), &c.
Yōgī in action. One who remembers God while acting.
कर्तव्य kartavya (1)
Duty.
To be done, to be accomplished.
कार्य kārya (1)
Action, act, activity.
Work, task, duty, function, role.
Occupation.
Business, matter (in hand), agenda.
कौन सा kaun sā (1)
Interrogative adjective and pronoun : which.
के आगे kē āgē (1)
In front of, ahead of, before.
के साथ kē sāth (1)
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".
खड़ा khaṛā (1)
Standing, erect, upright, straight, vertical, steep, stationary.
ख़त्म ḵẖatm (1)
Ended, completed, concluded.
खेल khēl (1)
Play; sport; amusement; dallying.
A game.
Something easy or unimportant: a trifle.
A wonder, a spectacle.
Showing (as of a film).
खेलना khēlnā (1)
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.
खोलना khōlnā (1)
To open, to unfold, to untie, to detach, to unravel, to unroll, to unfasten.
की जगह kī jagah (1)
कोशिश kōśhiśh (1)
Effort, endeavour.
कोट kōṭ (1)
कुछ भी kuchh bhī (1)
Anything, whatsoever, anything at all.
लड़ाई laṛāī (1)
Fight, war, battle, quarrel, encounter, clash, enmity.
ले जाना lē jānā (1)
'to take and go'.
To go away with, to run away with.
To take away, to carry, to convey, to export, to carry off, to carry away, to bear off.
To refer.
To win, to conquer, to master.
मधुबन madhuban (1)
(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).
मध्यम madhyam (1)
मगरूरी magarūrī (1)
Pride, arrogance, haughtiness.
(prefix) Great, illustrious.
Mighty, strong, big, large, ample, excessive, grievous.
Very, extremely, very much.
महापापी mahāpāpī (1)
मालिक mālik (1)
Master, employer, owner, lord (as landlord), proprietor.
Husband.
मम mam (1)
मारना mārnā (1)
To kill.
To beat, to belabour, to hit, to strike, to punish, to subdue.
To misappropriate, not to repay.
To chop off.
To win.
To turn ineffective.
To reduce to ashes.
मशहूर maśhhūr (1)
मत mat (1)
Opinion, view. Doctrine (which contains the author's opinions).
मात-पिता, माता-पिता māt-pitā, mātā-pitā (1)
Mother and father, parents.
Lord, master, protector.
मेला mēlā (1)
A large concourse of people for religious or commercial purposes, a fair.
missile (1)
Missile.
मीठा mīṭhā (1)
Sweet, pleasant.
Sweetmeat, jaggery.
मोक्ष mōkṣh (1)
Release from rebirth in the world.
Deliverance, emancipation, release.
(Bābā) Final liberation from the cycle of birth and death (which is actually impossible to get).
मुझे याद करो mujhē yād karō (1)
Remember Me.
मुक्ति mukti (1)
Liberation, freedom; deliverance.
Final deliverance, salvation.
मूल mūl (1)
Root, the principal (the sum), origin, source.
Radical, original, essential, fundamental, basic, principal, chief, parent.
'to operate the flute', to play the flute, to transmit the murlī, to transmit the words of God.
नहीं तो nahī̃ tō (1)
Otherwise, or else, if not, lest, but for.
No, certainly not.
नई दुनिया की स्थापना naī duniyā kī sthāpanā (1)
The establishment of the new world.
नमः namaḥ (1)
A bow, salutation, reverential salutation, paying honour (by gesture or words); adoration, obeisance (performed by joining the palms and inclining the head; — often used in connection with the name of a deity in the S. dat., e.g. Gaṇeśāya namas, 'salutation or reverence to Ganeś)
Naked, nude, bare.
Leafless.
Shameless.
नर nar (1)
A man, mâle.
(Hinduism) The original or eternal Man, the divine imperishable spirit pervading the universe. Often associated with his twin Nārāyaṇ; Arjun is his incarnation on Earth.
(Bābā) An ordinary man.
नारायण nārāyaṇ (1)
(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).
निमित्त nimitt (1)
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.
निंदक nindak (1)
One who speaks ill (of somebody), a blamer, slanderer, censurer, calumniator.
(Bābā) One who harms the reputation (of someone by his words or actions)
निरहंकारी, निरहंकार nirahaṅkārī, nirahaṅkār (1)
Without ego.
Free from egoism, devoid of selfishness.
Free from pride, humble, lowly.
निराकार nirākār (1)
Incorporeal.
An epithet of God.
(Hinduism) without form, permeating everything (which makes God omnipresent).
(Bābā) Incorporeal, without physical or subtle body. God is incorporeal but has a form, the form of a point. Likewise the souls in the incorporeal world are incorporeal and have the form of a point.
ओम् ōm (1)
(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.
A turban.
A mark or token of distinction, (hence) honour, distinction, respect, dignity.
पक्का pakkā (1)
Ripe.
Expert, confirmed.
Strong, lasting, permanent, firm.
पालना pālnā (1)
पालना pālnā (1)
To protect, guard, preserve, foster, nourish, cherish, bring up, rear, breed, domesticate.
To adopt.
Parents' sustenance, care, upbringing, support.
पंख paṅkh (1)
Feather.
Wing, pinion.
पाप pāp (1)
Supreme Soul : Śiv and not Brahmā.
Supreme Father.
पढ़ना paṛhnā (1)
To read, to study, to recite.
Change, alteration, variation.
Exchange (of objects, goods); conversion (of funds, currency).
Transformation.
part (1)
Part.
पति pati (1)
Husband, master.
फिर भी phir bhī (1)
Notwithstanding, even then, in spite of that.
पीछे pīchhē (1)
Behind, on the back side of.
After, afterwards.
Backwards.
In the absence of.
powerful (1)
Powerful.
प्रश्न praśhna (1)
Question, query, interrogation, interpellation, problem.
Early morning Murlī.
प्रति prati (1)
Towards.
Visible, perceptible, clear, evident, vivid, real, actual, express, explicit.
Direct, immediate; personal (as acquaintance).
Visible reality, actuality.
Mentality.
Trend, tendency.
inclination, disposition.
Instinct.
Activity.
(Bābā) Household.
प्रवृत्ति मार्ग pravr̥itti mārg (1)
The path of active association with mundane affairs and interest in mundane affairs, the active life.
(Bābā) The household path.
पूछना pūchhnā (1)
To enquire, to ask, to investigate, to interrogate, to question.
पुकारना pukārnā (1)
To call.
To cry out.
To call for help.
To exclaim, to proclaim.
रचना rachnā (1)
Composition, artistic creation; structure.
(Bābā) Creation.
राम rām (1)
Charming (God’s title).
(Hinduism) Ramchandra-the greatest of the ancient Indian kings of Solar dynasty and the hero of the great Indian epic—Ra:ma:yāṉ; God, an incarnation of Vishṉū.
(Bābā) The name of the first king of silver age.
(Bābā) A character from the Ramayana considered as an incarnation of God and symbolizing the forces of Good.
रात rāt (1)
Night.
राज़ rāz (1)
Secret.
राज़ी rāzī (1)
Pleased, well-pleased, content, contented, satisfied, agreed, willing, acquiescent.
Regarding with good will or favour, liking, approving.
(colloq.) Well, in good health.
right hand (1)
Right hand. One who is a helpful member.
रूहानी rūhānī (1)
Spiritual.
रूहानी बाप की रूहानी बच्चों को नमस्ते rūhānī bāp kī rūhānī bachchō̃ kō namastē (1)
सब कुछ sab kuchh (1)
Everything, all.
सद्गति sadgati (1)
Salvation, assignment to a better abode in the post-death existence.
(Bābā) Fruit, the same as jeevanmukti. It is therefore Salvation, life in the golden age but at the same time this Salvation is quantified by the measure of the efforts made today (which gives the future position of king, subject, servant).
The Giver of sadgati: The one who bestows Salvation, a better abode in the post-death existence.
(Bābā) The one who bestows Salvation or Fruit (the reward of the golden age world).
सगाई sagāī (1)
Betrothal, engagement.
सागर sāgar (1)
Sea, ocean (huge expanse of water of which we cannot see the end).
सहयोगी sahyōgī (1)
Colleague, co-worker.
Co-operating.
Co-operative.
सजाना sajānā (1)
To decorate, to adorn, to embellish, to beautify.
To furnish.
To arrange.
To dress neatly.
शक्ति śhakti (1)
Power, strength, potency, energy.
Name of the goddess personifying divine power.
The energy or active power of a deity personified as his wife (as Gaurī of Śhiv, Lakṣhmī of viṣhṇu, &c.)
(Brahma kumaris) Sister, mother.
Śhiv Śhakti, the powers of Śhiv. In Bhakti they are portrayed as goddesses sitting on a lion, swan, lotus etc. They are symbolic of the victory over vices (demons). As power of Śhiv, brothers are Śhiv Śhakti too.
समझ samajh (1)
Understanding, mental grasp, intelligence, sense, judgment.
Mind; opinion, view.
समय samay (1)
Time.
Period.
Times, timings.
Occasion.
Leisure.
A convention.
संभाल sambhāl (1)
To take care of.
To support.
To hold.
To keep in careful custody.
To manage.
To supervise.
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.
संन्यास sannyās (1)
Renunciation, asceticism.
Abandonment of worldly ties or mundane interests.
The fourth stage of life according to Hindu tradition (when one is supposed to renounce all worldly considerations).
(Bābā) Unlimited renunciation is to renounce the world of sorrow.
One who abandons or resigns; one who has abandoned all worldly possessions and affections, an ascetic, a devotee.
A Brāhmaṇ of the fourth order or āśram, a religious mendicant.
संस्कार saṅskār (1)
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.
सर्व sarv (1)
All ; whole, entire, complete.
सतगुरू का निंदक ठौर न पाये satgurū kā nindak ṭhaur na pāyē (1)
सतयुगी satyugī (1)
Of satyug, of the age of truth, golden aged.
सौभाग्यशाली saubhāgyaśhālī (1)
Possessing saubhāgya ( good luck, fortune): fortunate, blessed.
सवाल savāl (1)
Question, query, exercise, problem, demand.
science (1)
Science.
सेवा sēvā (1)
Service.
(Bābā) Selfless use of our mind, body and wealth for the benefit of the world.
Persian word derived from the Sindhi word "sik" which means "very dear". Just like ordinary parents, after waiting a lot, have a lot of sik-sik (love) for the child at birth. Likewise after 5000 years, the children meet at the confluence, then there is a lot of love for the children.
(Bābā) Who disappear and then are found after a long time.
शिव śhiv (1)
Beneficial, favorable, auspicious, salutary.
Well-being, prosperity, happiness.
(Hinduism) Confused with Śhaṅkar. Name of the third god of the Hindū triad, the Deity in the character of producer or destroyer (Śhiv's most distinctive function is to preside over the dissolution of the world at the end of each aeon in order that it may be created anew), or Time personified.
(Hinduism) The phallic or pillar emblem of Śhiv.
(Bābā) The name of the Supreme Being The Auspicious, the Good, the Well-being, etc. who does his work of Creation, Sustainment and Destruction of the World through the trimūrti Brahmā, Viṣhṇu and Śhaṅkar three subtle deities created by God in the subtle world.
(Bābā) The Seed of the Human World Tree.
(Bābā) The Point. He is the Supreme Soul and therefore has the shape of a point like any soul. As He is incorporeal, it was represented with the shape of a pillar or, more anciently, an egg. The degradation of devotion has led Hindus to see it as a phallic representation symbolizing the Creator role of God and others to transgress the rules of Hindu conduct (left path tantra) where sexuality is permitted and revered as a divine activity.
slogan (1)
Slogan.
स्नान snān (1)
Bathing, ablution.
Purification, lustration.
सो sō (1)
सोना sōnā (1)
To sleep.
स्थापना, स्थापन sthāpanā, sthāpan (1)
Establishment.
(in particular) The establishment of the new world.
स्थित sthit (1)
Situated, located, placed.
Circumstanced.
स्थिति sthiti (1)
Position, situation, state, condition, stage, phase.
Happiness Maker.
सुखधाम sukhdhām (1)
Abode of Happiness.
सुनाना sunānā (1)
To cause to hear, to relate, to read out, to recite, to pronounce.
सूरदास sūrdās (1)
स्वर्ग svarg (1)
Paradise, heaven, abode of gods : Earth or Bharat in the Golden Age.
स्वतः svataḥ (1)
By oneself, on one's own.
Of one's own accord or volition.
Involuntarily, automatically.
By nature, naturally.
Self-.
तंग taṅg (1)
तरस taras (1)
Pity, compassion, mercy.
थकावट, थकान thakāvaṭ, thakān (1)
Weariness, fatigue, tiredness; exhaustion.
थकना, फथकना thaknā, phathaknā (1)
To be wearied, to weary, tire, be fatigued, be jaded, be exhausted; to flag, droop, faint; to be enervated; to be inert, sluggish; to be slack or dull.
तीन tīn (1)
Contempt, slight, opprobrium; disregard, disrespect.
traitor (1)
Traitor. One who goes over to the side of the enemy (the army of Rāvaṇ).
Having or assuming three forms or shapes (as Brahmā, Viṣhṇu and Śhiv).
(Hinduism) Trinity, the Hindū triad: Brahmā, Viṣhṇu and Śhiv.
(Bābā) The Hindu Trinity: Brahmā, Viṣhṇu and Śhaṅkar (confused with Śhiv).
(Bābā) The three deities of the subtle region: Brahmā, Viṣhṇu and Śhaṅkar.
(Bābā) The Creator of Brahmā, Viṣhṇu and Śhaṅkar: Śhiv.
टूटना ṭūṭnā (1)
To break, to be broken, to be fractured, to be shattered.
To have twitching pain.
To be on the wane.
To be dissolved.
To fail.
The most elevated, the loftiest, the highest, the most eminent.
university (1)
University.
ऊपर ūpar (1)
On, upon, above, upward, over.
उड़ाना uṛānā (1)
उड़ना uṛnā (1)
To fly.
To fade, to get dim, to vanish.
To explode.
उसका uskā (1)
Genitive case of vah : of him, of her, of that, his, her.
उठना uṭhnā (1)
To raise.
To get up.
To be rented out.
To pass away, to expire.
उतना utnā (1)
उत्तर uttar (1)
Answer, reply.
North.
Later.
वाणी vāṇī (1)
Speech, voice.
Saraswati : the goddess of speech.
Back, back again.
वरदान vardān (1)
Granting a favor or a wish, blessing.
(Hindu mythology) A blessing, typically a supernatural power, granted to an ascetic by a god or goddess.
विचार vichār (1)
वृद्धि vr̥iddhi (1)
Increase, increment, rise, growth, progress, enlargement, augmentation, enhancement, magnification.
वृत्ति vr̥itti (1)
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.
व्यर्थ vyarth (1)
Useless, fruitless, futile, ineffective, unprofitable.
wonderful (1)
Wonderful.
याद का चार्ट रखना चाहिए yād kā chart rakhnā cāhiē (1)
A diary of remembrance should be kept.
Yād and pyār: remembrance and love, remembrance and affection.
यही yahī (1)
Emphatic form of yah: this very.
योगबल yōgbal (1)
Power of Yōg.
युक्ति yukti (1)
Device.
Means.
Tactics, artifice, manoeuvre.
Skill.
Argument, plea.