Daily Murli for Saturday 28 May 2022

Words are sorted according to their frequency (number of times the word occurs in the murli). This frequency appears in parentheses.

होना hōnā (124)

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

का kā (61)

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)

नहीं nahī̃ (58)

No.
Not.

तो tō (56)

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

करना karnā (55)

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

में mē̃ (47)

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)

को kō (35)

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)

भी bhī (34)

Inclusive emphatic particle: too, also, even.

यह yah (34)

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

आत्मा ātmā (30)

The soul, the spirit, the self.

वह vah (27)

Third person personal pronoun: he, she, it (and also they).
Distant demonstrative pronoun and adjective: that (and also those).

रहना rahnā (25)

To remain, to stay.

तुम tum (25)

You (between equals).

ही hī (23)

Emphatic particle with a sense of exclusion : only.

बाप bāp (22)

Father.

हम ham (22)

We.
(rustic form) I.

जाना jānā (20)

To go, to depart, to lose, to flow.

जानना jānnā (20)

To know, to become aware of, to perceive.

K (18)

The letter K of our alphabet (used as an initial in acronyms).

कहना kahnā (18)

Say.

कोई kōī (18)

Some, any, someone, anyone.

से sē (18)

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)

विकार vikār (18)

Deformation, defilement.
Change or variation (for the worse).
Deviation from a natural state, perversion, disorder.
(Bābā) Vice (Sex lust, Anger, Greed, Attachment and Ego).

ब्राह्मण brāhmaṇ (17)

(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.

key (17)

Key.

आना ānā (16)

To come.

बनना bannā (16)

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

शरीर śharīr (12)

Body.

कि ki (11)

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

परन्तु parantu (11)

But, however.

बच्चा bachchā (10)

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

बहुत bahut (10)

Many, much.
Very.

सकना saknā (10)

To can, to be able to.

यज्ञ yagya (10)

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).

देना dēnā (9)

To give.

कोई भी kōī bhī (9)

Anyone, someone, any.

क्या kyā (9)

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).

चलना chalnā (8)

Continue.

काम kām (8)

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

काम kām (8)

Passion, lust.
Desire.

न na (8)

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)

पर par (8)

Opposite, inimical, other, alien, higher.

पर par (8)

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 (8)

Supreme Soul : Śiv and not Brahmā.

पवित्र pavitr (8)

Holy, sacred, pure.

भगवान bhagvān (7)

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.

जैसा jaisā (7)

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

कैसा kaisā (7)

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

फिर phir (7)

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

फिरना phirnā (7)

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

ज़रूर zarūr (7)

Certainly, undoubtedly, positively, without fail.

अब ab (6)

Now.

बनाना banānā (6)

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.

द्वारा dvārā (6)

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

जब jab (6)

(Relative pronoun) When.

जो jō (6)

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.

मैं maĩ (6)

I. (personal pronoun)

निराकार nirākār (6)

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.

पहला pahlā (6)

पहले pahlē (6)

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

पाना pānā (6)

परमपिता parampitā (6)

Supreme Father.

सब sab (6)

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

सदा sadā (6)

Always, perpetually, continually, ever.

समझना samajhnā (6)

To understand.

वाला vālā (6)

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

और aur (5)

And.
Else.
Other.

बड़ा baṛā (5)

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

बात bāt (5)

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

लेना lēnā (5)

To take.

मत mat (5)

Opinion, view. Doctrine (which contains the author's opinions).

पिता pitā (5)

Father, procreator, progenitor.

रावण rāvaṇ (5)

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.

रूप rūp (5)

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.

तब tab (5)

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

वहां vahā̃ (5)

There.

आदि ādi (4)

Etcetera.
Beginning.
Early, initial, primordial.

अगर agar (4)

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

अन्त ant (4)

End.

बाबा bābā (4)

Father.

भल bhal (4)

Even if, even though.

भोगना bhōgnā (4)

To enjoy, to suffer, to undergo, to derive sexual pleasure, to experience (pleasure or pain).
(Bābā) To experience happiness and unhappiness according to the quality of the karma accomplished. In paradise we experience happiness, the fruit of good karma accomplished at the age of encounter. In hell, we experience misfortune as a result of bad karma accomplished.
(Bābā) To enjoy and seek all the pleasures brought by the sense organs. It is experiencing illusory happiness because the karma accomplished is bad and therefore the result of misfortune.

भूत bhūt (4)

Past, bygone.
Ghost, evil spirit.
Matter.
One of the five elements (earth, water, air, fire, and ether).
Any animate or inanimate object of creation.
(suffix) become, turned or rendered.
(Bābā) Evil spirit. Baba generally counts five: that of ego, desire (lust), covetousness (greed), anger and illusion (attachment). These evil spirits are capable of possessing us, distancing us from our nature and deep truth. It is a personification of a vice.

ब्रह्म brahm (4)

(Hinduism) The Supreme Being, the all pervading Spirit and Soul of the universe, the divine essence and source of all being from which all created things emanate and to which they return, the Self-existent, the Absolute, the Eternal.
(Bābā) The substance (element) constituting the place of residence of souls and the Supreme Being.

ब्रह्मा brahmā (4)

(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.

बुद्धि buddhi (4)

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.

ढूँढना ḍhūṇḍhnā (4)

To seek, search for.

दिल dil (4)

Heart, courage, spirit, will.

ज्ञान gyān (4)

Knowledge directly taught by God.

जब तक jab tak (4)

As long as.
(with negation) until.

कभी kabhī (4)

Sometime, ever.

कितना kitnā (4)

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

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).

पढ़ाना paṛhānā (4)

To teach, to instruct, to educate.

पतित पावन patit pāvan (4)

The Saviour of the fallen, the One who purify the sinful (epithet of the supreme being).

फरमान pharmān (4)

A royal edict, royal command, royal decree.

पोलार pōlār (4)

The hollow, empty space, expanse (of the sky).
(Bābā) Cosmic space, empty space.

रचना rachnā (4)

सन्तुष्टमणि santuṣhṭamaṇi (4)

Satisfied, gratified or content jewel.

शास्त्र śhāstra (4)

Scripture(s), a religious or scientific treatise, a composition of divine or secular authority.

अच्छा achchhā (3)

Good.
Well.
All right, well done.
So long.

ऐसा aisā (3)

Such, of this type.

आराम ārām (3)

Rest, comfort, relief.

बैठना baiṭhnā (3)

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

बाकी bākī (3)

But if.., but, nevertheless.

बाकी bākī (3)

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

देखना dēkhnā (3)

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

दिखाना dikhānā (3)

दोनों dōnō̃ (3)

दुनिया duniyā (3)

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.

in (3)

In.

के लिए kē liē (3)

For, for the sake of.

खाना khānā (3)

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.

क्रोध krōdh (3)

Anger, wrath, fury, rage.

कुछ kuchh (3)

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

कुछ भी kuchh bhī (3)

Anything, whatsoever, anything at all.

क्योंकि kyōṅki (3)

Because, since.

मनुष्य manuṣhya (3)

A man, a human being.

माता mātā (3)

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

मुस्कराना muskarānā (3)

To smile, grin, smirk, simper.
(Bābā) To smile.

नहीं तो nahī̃ tō (3)

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

पढ़ना paṛhnā (3)

To read, to study, to recite.

रूद्र rūdra (3)

'The Roarer, or Howler,' the god of tempests, (in the later mythology) an epithet of Śiv ; an epithet of the inferior manifestations of Śiv (as the personified roaring of the storms).
(Bābā) Another name for God Śiv.

सीखना sīkhnā (3)

To learn.

सो sō (3)

सोना sōnā (3)

To sleep.

तब तक tab tak (3)

वैसा vaisā (3)

यहाँ yahā̃ (3)

Here, hither, in/at this place.

आज āj (2)

Today.

अथवा athavā (2)

Or.
That is.

आत्म-अभिमानी ātma-abhimānī (2)

Who considers himself the soul.

और कुछ aur kuchh (2)

बच्ची bachchī (2)

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

बापदादा bāpdādā (2)

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

भागना bhāgnā (2)

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

भेजना bhējnā (2)

भ्रकुटी के बीच bhrakuṭī kē bīch (2)

Middle of the eyebrows.

बिगर bigar (2)

(prep. and postp. generally preceded by kē) Without, excluding, to the exclusion of.

ब्रह्माकुमार कुमारी brahmākumār kumārī (2)

बुरा burā (2)

Bad.
Wicked, evil.
Ill.
Mis-
Faulty, defective.

चाहिए chāhiē (2)

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

चाहना chāhnā (2)

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

चलन chalan (2)

Vogue.
Usage, custom.
Conduct.

चण्डाल chaṇḍāl (2)

चित chit (2)

Consciousness.
Conscious.

दण्ड daṇḍ (2)

Stick, staff, rod; mace; stem, handle.
A pole or measure (of four cubits).
A measure of time (twenty-four minutes).
Assault, attack, violence; correction, corporal chastisement, punishment; amercement, fine, penalty.

दरकार darkār (2)

Necessity, need.
Necessary, needed.

देही-अभिमानी dēhī-abhimānī (2)

(Bābā) Who considers himself as the soul which animates the body.

दुआ duā (2)

Prayer.
Blessing.

दुःखना duḥkhnā (2)

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

दूर dūr (2)

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

एक ēk (2)

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).

फ़ायदा fāydā (2)

Advantage, gain, profit, benefit, utility, use, good result.

गाना gānā (2)

To sing, to chant.
A song.

गन्दा gandā (2)

Dirty, filthy.
Morbid.

घर ghar (2)

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

गुप्त gupt (2)

Hidden, secret, latent, confidential.

ज्ञान यज्ञ gyān yagya (2)

Sacrificial fire of knowledge.
Brahma Kumaris (our school), i.e. Gyān Yagya created by Shiv Baba (Rudra) to enable souls, by studying spiritual knowledge (Gita), to sacrifice body consciousness (ashva means “horse”) and claim self-sovereignty (rajasv). Every Baba’s service place is the yagya. Madhuban is often called Mahayagya (the Great Yagya).

हर्षित harṣhit (2)

Joyous, delighted, cheerful.

हठयोग haṭhyōg (2)

'Yoga with force or violence'. The form of yoga in which emphasis is laid on physical disciplines and exercises (including breath-control) to achieve withdrawal of the mind from external objects.

हे hē (2)

ईश्वर īśhvar (2)

God, Ruler, Master, Lord.

जन्मना janamnā (2)

To be born.

जन्म janm (2)

Birth, origin, genesis.
Life, existence.

कब kab (2)

Interrogative adverb: When? At what time ?

के साथ kē sāth (2)

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".

खुशी khuśhī (2)

Joy, delight, happiness.

लौकिक laukik (2)

Secular, earthly, worldly, mundane.

माँ mā̃ (2)

Mother.

महतत्व mahatatva (2)

मैं आत्मा हूँ maĩ ātmā hū̃ (2)

I am the soul.

मुसाफिर musāphir (2)

नंगा, नगन naṅgā, nagan (2)

Naked, nude, bare.
Leafless.
Shameless.

नया nayā (2)

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

निकलना nikalnā (2)

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.

ओम् शान्ति ōm śhānti (2)

(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)

organ (2)

पाप आत्मा pāp ātmā (2)

(pāpātmā) Sinner, impious; a sinner, an evildoer.
(Bābā) Sinful soul, guilty soul, wicked soul, impious soul, vicious soul, criminal soul, bad soul.

पड़ना paṛnā (2)

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').

पावन pāvan (2)

Holy, sacred, immaculate, pure.
A suffix denoting one who or that which purifies.

प्रसन्नता prasannatā (2)

Happiness, cheerfulness, delight, pleasure, gladness.

प्रतिज्ञा pratigyā (2)

प्रवेश करना pravēśh karnā (2)

To enter.

पूरा pūrā (2)

Complete, all, whole, entire, full, gross, total, thorough, adequate.
Sufficiency, adequacy.

प्यार pyār (2)

Love, affection, amour, amorous relationship.

रात rāt (2)

Night.

रूपी rūpī (2)

(suffix) Having the form of, of the shape of, similar to.

समय samay (2)

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

समझाना samjhānā (2)

(Causative of samajhnā) To persuade, explain.

सारा sārā (2)

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

सर्व sarv (2)

All ; whole, entire, complete.

सिखाना sikhānā (2)

To train, to teach, to instruct, to school.

सिमरण simraṇ (2)

Memory, remembering. repetition (especially of the name of God).
A small rosary worn on the wrist.

सिर्फ sirph (2)

शिवरात्रि śhivrātri (2)

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

स्वयं svayã (2)

तपस्या tapasyā (2)

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

तीर्थ tīrth (2)

A bathing place, a shrine or sacred place of pilgrimage (as Benares, &c.; especially particular spots along the course of sacred streams, as the Ganges, &c.). Pilgrimage.

तुम जानते हो tum jāntē hō (2)

You know.

उड़ना uṛnā (2)

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

वशीभूत vaśhībhūt (2)

विमान vimān (2)

अभिमान abhimān (1)

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

अभ्यास abhyās (1)

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

आदत ādat (1)

Habit.

आधार ādhār (1)

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

अज्ञान agyān (1)

Ignorance, paucity of knowledge.

ऐसे नहीं aisē nahī̃ (1)

'not so', Do not believe.

आकाश ākāśh (1)

Space, vacuity.
Air, atmosphere.
Ether, the fifth element of the Hindūs (the subtle and ethereal fluid supposed to fill and pervade the universe, and to be the peculiar vehicle of life and of sound).
Sky, firmament, the heavens.

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Almighty government.

अन्दर andar (1)

In, inside, within.

अंशमात्र aṅśhmātra (1)

अनुभव anubhav (1)

Experience.

अनुसार anusār (1)

According to, in conformity with.

अपवित्र apavitr (1)

Unclean, unholy, impure, defiled.

अपना apnā (1)

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

अर्थात् arthāt (1)

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

अशरीरी aśharīrī (1)

Incorporeal, bodiless, unembodied.

आसुरी āsurī (1)

Of or belonging to evil spirits (asur), devilish, diabolical, demoniacal.

अथाह athāh (1)

आत्मा कहती है ātmā kahtī hai (1)

(The) soul says.

अवज्ञा avagyā (1)

Disregard, disrespect, contempt, disdain.
Defiance, insubordination.

बैरिस्टरी bairisṭarī (1)

बालक bālak (1)

बालकी bālkī (1)

बन ban (1)

Bangalore (1)

बांस bāns (1)

Foul smell, bad odour, disagreeable odour.

बाप कहते हैं bāp kahtē haĩ (1)

The Father says.

बस bas (1)

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

बसना basnā (1)

बेहद का बाप bēhad kā bāp (1)

The unlimited Father.

भगत bhagat (1)

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.

भराना bharānā (1)

भारत bhārat (1)

The ancient name of India (so called because it was the patrimony of Bharat, son of Dushyant, who is said to have been the first monarch of all India)

भरना bharnā (1)

To fill, to refill.

भरपूर bharpūr (1)

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

भाषा bhāṣhā (1)

Language, speech.
The vernacular of any country.
Dialect.
The Hindī language.

भाषण bhāṣhaṇ (1)

Speech, address.

भव bhav (1)

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.

भीख bhīkh (1)

भोग bhōg (1)

बिन्दी bindī (1)

A point, dot.
Zero.
A small round mark (of virmilion, sandal, etc.) on the forehead.

बोलना bōlnā (1)

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

ब्रह्म तत्व brahm tatva (1)

The highest reality or substance.
(Bābā) The name of the reality or substance in Paramdhām.

ब्रह्माकुमार brahmākumār (1)

Son of Brahmā.

बुलाना bulānā (1)

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

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चैन chain (1)

Relief, rest, tranquillity, calm and quiet.

चलता-फिरता chaltā-phirtā (1)

Mobile.
caltē-phirtē, By moving, by strolling, by walking.

छोड़ना chhōṛnā (1)

To leave.
To abandon.
To release.

छोटा chhōṭā (1)

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

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दर्पण darpaṇ (1)

Mirror, looking glass.

दाता dātā (1)

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

देवी dēvī (1)

The Goddess.
A goddess.
A consort of a god: esp. Durgā (wife of Śiva in Hinduism).
A lady.

देवता dēvtā (1)

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

धनधा dhandhā (1)

Vocation, occupation, business, work.

धरना dharnā (1)

To hold, to keep; to possess; to assume (as powers), to obtain; to fix, to determine (as a time); to suspend (as an undertaking); to hold (as an opinion).
To seize; to detain; to restrain; to check, to counter (a stratagem, &c.).
To place, to put; to deposit; to pawn; to stake (a wager).
To put on, to apply; to wear.
To apply (as the mind, or ear).

धारणा के लिए मुख्य सार dhārṇā kē liē mukhya sār (1)

Essence for dhārṇā.

दिखना dikhnā (1)

To be seen, to appear, to seem.

दो dō (1)

Two, 2.

डॉक्टरी ḍôkṭarī (1)

The medical profession, medicine.

दुःख duḥkh (1)

Sorrow, unhappiness, suffering, grief, distress.

दुःखधाम duḥkhdhām (1)

Abode of Sorrow.

female (1)

Female.

गंद gand (1)

गीत gīt (1)

good morning (1)

Good morning.

government (1)

Government.

ज्ञान सागर gyān sāgar (1)

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

ज्ञानी gyānī (1)

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

हां hā̃ (1)

Yes, yea.

हमेशा hamēśhā (1)

हँसी hansī (1)

Laughter, joke, derision, ridicule.

हर्ज़ा harzā (1)

Harm, loss, damage.

इस समय is samay (1)

At this time, now.

इसलिए isliē (1)

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

ईश्वरीय īśhvarīy (1)

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

इतना itnā (1)

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

जबरदस्ती jabardastī (1)

जबकि jabki (1)

जादू jādū (1)

Magic, enchantment, incantation, charm, conjuring, prestidigitation.

जहाँ jahā̃ (1)

Where, wherever.

जलाना jalānā (1)

To light, to kindle, to burn, to scorch, to excite envy, to provoke jealousy.

जयन्ती jayantī (1)

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

जिस्मानी jismānī (1)

Physical, bodily.

जीवनमुक्ति jīvanmukti (1)

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 कुछ jō kuchh (1)

Whatever, whatsoever, anything.

कहाँ kahā̃ (1)

Interrogative pronominal adverb : Where ?

कई kaī (1)

Several, sundry, divers, some, some few.

कल्याण kalyāṇ (1)

Welfare.

कम kam (1)

Less (also used in comparisons).
Little, few, scanty, short, small, deficient.
Rarely, seldom.

कमाई kamāī (1)

Earnings.

कमाना kamānā (1)

To earn, to acquire, to get.
To accumulate, to save.

कन्या kanyā (1)

A girl, a virgin.
A daughter.
The sign Virgo.
A name of Durgā.

कड़ा kaṛā (1)

Hard, strict, stiff, harsh, cruel, arduous, sharp, rigid, strong.

कारण kāraṇ (1)

Reason, cause.
Agency, instrument.
For the reason, because (of, -ke), on account (of), for the sake (of), &c.

करनी karnī (1)

कौन सा kaun sā (1)

Interrogative adjective and pronoun : which.

कौरव kaurav (1)

(Hinduism) The descendants of king Kuru, representing the vanquished party amongst the belligerents in the great Indian war : the Mahābhārat.
Kauravas. characters from “Mahabharata”, a symbol of people who don’t have love for God, whose intellect is diverted away from God.
The Kauravas, those who claim to be religious but lead a vicious life Baba uses this word for body conscious residents of Bharat (in distinction from the Yadavas, Europeans or Westerners).

कायदा kāydā (1)

A rule, regulation, law, ordinance.
Regularity.

खबरदारी khabardārī (1)

Cautiousness, watchfulness.

खलास khalās (1)

खड़ा khaṛā (1)

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

खराब kharāb (1)

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

खर्च, खर्चा kharch, kharchā (1)

Expenditure, expense, cost, outlay.

खुश khuśh (1)

Happy, pleased.
Good.

खुटना khuṭnā (1)

knowledge (1)

Knowledge.

कोशिश kōśhiśh (1)

Effort, endeavour.

क्रोध का भूत krōdh kā bhūt (1)

कृष्ण kr̥iṣhṇa (1)

Black, dark.
Lord Kr̥iṣhṇa.

कुमारी kumārī (1)

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

लगाना lagānā (1)

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.

लाना lānā (1)

लायक lāyak (1)

Able, capable, competent.
Worthy, fit.
Proper.

लिए liē (1)

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

लिखना likhnā (1)

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

लीन līn (1)

Absorbed, engrossed, merged, vanished, disappeared.

लोग log (1)

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)

मदद madad (1)

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

मददगार madadgār (1)

Helper, supporter, assistant.

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).

महिमा mahimā (1)

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

mail (1)

male (1)

Male.

मनाना manānā (1)

'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.

मनुष्य मात्र manuṣhya mātra (1)

मनुष्य सृष्टि का बीजरूप manuṣhya sr̥iṣhṭi kā bījrūp (1)

The form of the seed of the Creation of human beings.

मंज़िल mañzil (1)

Destination, stage, storey.

मासी māsī (1)

मात māt (1)

मौज mauj (1)

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 (1)

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.

मेहनत mēhnat (1)

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

मेल mēl (1)

Meeting; assembly.
Mixture, mixing.
Connection; association, combination.
Concord, harmony.
Reconciliation.
Consistency, balance, proportion (between parts); similarity.
Counterpart; kind, sort.
Balance (as of an account); tally.
Band, company; union, alliance.

मीठा mīṭhā (1)

Sweet, pleasant.
Sweetmeat, jaggery.

मीठे बच्चे mīṭhē bachchē (1)

Sweet children.

मलेच्छ mlēchchh (1)

मुक्ति mukti (1)

Liberation, freedom; deliverance.
Final deliverance, salvation.

मुर्दा murdā (1)

नौकरी naukrī (1)

Service, job, employment.

नाज़ुक nāzuk (1)

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.

निवास nivās (1)

निवासी nivāsī (1)

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

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पहचान pahchān (1)

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

पहचानना pahchānnā (1)

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

पैदा paidā (1)

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

पैर pair (1)

A foot, leg.
Footing, footprint.

पालन pālan (1)

पाण्डव pāṇḍav (1)

(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.

परमात्म-अभिमानी paramātma-abhimānī (1)

परमधाम paramdhām (1)

परिचय देना parichay dēnā (1)

पारलौकिक बाप pārlaukik bāp (1)

part (1)

Part.

पता patā (1)

Address, whereabouts, information, knowledge.

पतित patit (1)

Fallen, depraved.

पत्ता pattā (1)

Leaf (of a tree).
Playing card.

पवित्रता pavitratā (1)

Holiness, sanctity, purity.

फल phal (1)

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

फट phaṭ (1)

फटना phaṭnā (1)

पिलाना pilānā (1)

To make to drink, to cause to drink, to administer.

पीपल pīpal (1)

The holy fig-tree, Ficus religiosa.

प्रदर्शनी pradarśhanī (1)

Exhibition.

प्रलय pralay (1)

Universal destruction, annihilation, destruction of the whole world. Catastrophe.

प्राणायाम prāṇāyām (1)

प्राप्त करना prāpt karnā (1)

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

प्रसन्न prasann (1)

Pleased, happy, cheerful, delighted, glad.

प्रश्न praśhna (1)

Question, query, interrogation, interpellation, problem.

प्रातःमुरली prātaḥmurlī (1)

Early morning Murlī.

प्रति prati (1)

Towards.

पूछना pūchhnā (1)

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

पुण्य puṇya (1)

Good, virtue, right, moral or religious merit.
Good deed, righteous action.
Sacred, holy, virtuous, righteous.

पुराना purānā (1)

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

रचयिता rachayitā (1)

Creator, composer, author.

रचता rachtā (1)

Creator one who makes.

राज rāj (1)

रखना rakhnā (1)

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

रास्ता rāstā (1)

Road, way, path, street, lane.
Way, manner.

रात्रि rātri (1)

The night.

रावण राज्य rāvaṇ rājya (1)

Kingdom of Rāvaṇ.

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.

रूहानी rūhānī (1)

Spiritual.

रूहानी बाप की रूहानी बच्चों को नमस्ते rūhānī bāp kī rūhānī bachchō̃ kō namastē (1)

सा sā (1)

सब कुछ sab kuchh (1)

Everything, all.

सबका sabkā (1)

(genitive case of sab) Of everyone.

सच्चा sachchā (1)

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

सागर sāgar (1)

Sea, ocean (huge expanse of water of which we cannot see the end).

शैतानी śhaitānī (1)

'Devilish, diabolical'. Naughtiness; mischievousness, wickedness.

सजाना sajānā (1)

To decorate, to adorn, to embellish, to beautify.
To furnish.
To arrange.
To dress neatly.

सजना sajnā (1)

साकार, साकारी sākār, sākārī (1)

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

समान samān (1)

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

सामान sāmān (1)

Goods; luggage, bag and baggage; material, stuff; stock.

सम्भालना sambhālnā (1)

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

संगम saṅgam (1)

Confluence, union, meeting.

संकल्प saṅkalp (1)

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

संन्यासी sannyāsī (1)

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.

सन्तान santān (1)

Offspring, children, descendants.
A son or daughter.

शान्तिधाम śhāntidhām (1)

Abode of Peace, Calmness, Rest, Silence.

सन्तुष्ट santuṣhṭ (1)

Satisfied, gratified, content.

सन्तुष्टता santuṣhṭatā (1)

Complete satisfaction, contentment, gratification.

सार sār (1)

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

सर्वव्यापी, सर्वव्यापक sarvavyāpī, sarvavyāpak (1)

All-pervading, universal (in the Pantheistic sense): an epithet of the Supreme Being (attributed wrongly).

सत sat (1)

सत् sat, good, pious, virtuous, present, true.
सत sat, Essence, juice, strength, vitality, truth, truthfulness.

सत्यानाश satyānāśh (1)

Destruction, ruin, total destruction, perdition, annihilation.
(Bābā) Destruction of all truth.

सज़ा sazā (1)

Punishment, penalty.

school (1)

School.

see (1)

See.

सेवा sēvā (1)

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

सिद्धि siddhi (1)

Acquisition, accomplishment, fulfilment.
Proof.
Success.
Supernatural powers supposed to be acquired through Yogic practices.

सिकीलधे sikīladhē (1)

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.

शिक्षा śhikṣhā (1)

Education, instruction, teaching.
Moral.

सितारा sitārā (1)

A star.
Fortune, fate, destiny.

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.

शिवबाबा śhivbābā (1)

The Father Śiv.

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Slogan.

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Star.

स्थापना, स्थापन sthāpanā, sthāpan (1)

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

स्थिति sthiti (1)

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

शुद्ध śhuddh (1)

Pure, sacred.
Unadulterated, uncorrupt.
Correct, rectified, amended.
Clean.

शूद्र śhūdra (1)

Member of the fourth or servile caste of the Hindūs (whose only business, according to Manu, was to serve the three higher castes; he is fabled to have sprung from the feet of Brahmā).
(Bābā) Human beings in the Iron Age are all of this social class.

सुख sukh (1)

Happiness, pleasure, comfort, felicity, contentment.

सुखधाम sukhdhām (1)

Abode of Happiness.

सुखी sukhī (1)

Happy, contented.

स्वरूप svarūp (1)

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.

ताज tāj (1)

Crown, diadem.

तक tak (1)

To, upto, till, until, by.

ताकत tākat (1)

Power, force, strength, might.

तकलीफ taklīph (1)

Trouble, distress.
Ailment.

तत्व tatva (1)

Real state or nature; essence.
(Hinduism) The supreme spirit.
One of the five traditionally distinguished elementary substances (ether, air, fire, water, earth).
(chemistry) An element.
A basic principle; an axiom.
An element, aspect or factor (in a system).
(Vedanta philosophy) The real nature of the human soul (as identical with the all-pervading supreme spirit (false concept)).

ठहरना ṭhaharnā (1)

To stay, to wait.
To stop, to halt, to pause.
To stabilise.

ठहराना ṭhahrānā (1)

To cause to stand or stay, to stop.
To ascertain, to establish, to prove, to demonstrate, to conclude, to consider.
To ascribe, to appropriate.
To fix, to settle, to decide, to determine, to decree, to judge, to adjudge, to fix on, to appoint, to constitute.

थोड़ा thōṛā (1)

A little, some, meagre, scanty.
Short.

तो भी tō bhī (1)

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

ऊंच ūñch (1)

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

ऊपर ūpar (1)

On, upon, above, upward, over.

उड़ाना uṛānā (1)

उत्तर uttar (1)

Answer, reply.
North.
Later.

वा vā (1)

Or.

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.

वरदाता vardātā (1)

वेद vēd (1)

The most ancient and sacred scriptures of the Hindus, four in number, viz, Rigveda, Yajurveda, Samaveda, Atharvaveda; knowledge, divine knowledge.

वेश्या vēśhyā (1)

Prostitute.

वेश्यालय veśhyālay (1)

'abode of the prostitute'. Brothel.
(Bābā) Iron age.

विचार vichār (1)

विधाता vidhātā (1)

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

विद्या vidyā (1)

Learning, knowledge, education, science, discipline, skill.

विकारी vikārī (1)

Variable, changeable (for the worse), undergoing change, changed.
Harmful (as to health).
Perverse.
(grammar) Oblique.
(Bābā) Vicious (having one of the 5 vices: sexual desire, anger, greed, attachment and ego).

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व्यास vyās (1)

याद करना yād karnā (1)

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 (1)

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

यही yahī (1)

Emphatic form of yah: this very.

योग yōg (1)

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).

युक्ति yukti (1)

Device.
Means.
Tactics, artifice, manoeuvre.
Skill.
Argument, plea.