Daily Murli for Thursday 5 January 2023

अब ab

Now.

अच्छा achchhā

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

आधाकल्प ādhākalp

Half a cycle, half a kalpa, 2500 years.

अधिकार adhikār

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

आदि ādi

Etcetera.
Beginning.
Early, initial, primordial.

आदमी ādmī

A man, human being.

ऐसा aisā

Such, of this type.

ऐसे नहीं aisē nahī̃

'not so', Do not believe.

अकर्म akarm

Inactivity, inertia.
(Bābā) Absence of karma, action without consequence. In the golden and silver ages, our actions are without consequence. They are good but do not entail any merit. The quality of these actions and happiness are the fruit of our merit accumulated today in the age of encounter with God.

आखरीन ākhrīn

Last, final, ultimate.
Finally.

अक्षर akṣhar

Letter of the alphabet, character, syllable (in Hindi, each character is a syllable).
Word.

almighty authority

Almighty Authority.

आना ānā

To come.

आनंद ānand

Bliss, happiness, joy, pleasure, delight.
(vedānta) Joy of Divine union.

आनंदमय ānandmay

Made of bliss.
Blissful, blessed; an epithet of the Deity.

अन्धियारा, अंधेरा andhiyārā, andhērā

Dark.
Darkness.

अंग्रेज aṅgrēj

An Englishman.

आंसू āṅsū

Tear, tears.

अन्त ant

End.

अन्तिम antim

Last, final, ultimate, concluding, conclusive.

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.

अर्पण arpaṇ

Delivering, entrusting, placing in or upon.
Presenting an offering.
An offering, sacrifice.
A gift.
A sum set apart for religious or charitable purposes.
Surrender(ing).

अर्थ arth

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

अथवा athavā

Or.
That is.

आत्मा ātmā

The soul, the spirit, the self.

और aur

And.
Else.
Other.

बाबा bābā

Father.

बच्चा bachchā

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

बच्ची bachchī

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

बदलना badalnā

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

बादशाही bādśhāhī

Regal, royal, pertaining to the crown, imperial.
Rule, government, sway.
Empire, kingdom.

बहुत bahut

Many, much.
Very.

बजाना bajānā

To play (an instrument, a recording).
To strike (a bell, gong); to beat (a drum).
To clap (the hands).

बाकी bākī

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

बाकी bākī

But if.., but, nevertheless.

balance

Balance.

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.

बंद band

Closed, shut, locked, locked up.
Stopped, discontinued.

बनना bannā

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

बाप bāp

Father.

बाप कहते हैं bāp kahtē haĩ

The Father says.

बाप समान bāp samān

Similar, identical, equal to the Father.

बापदादा bāpdādā

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

बड़ा baṛā

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

बड़ाई baṛāī

Praise, eulogy.
Greatness.

बस bas

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

बात bāt

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

बतलाना batlānā

To explain, tell.
To talk, converse.

बेहद bēhad

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

बेहद का bēhad kā

Limitless, unlimited, unbounded.

बेहद का बाप bēhad kā bāp

The unlimited Father.

भगवान bhagvān

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

भगवती bhagvatī

The goddess of fortune Lakṣmī.
The goddess Durgā.

भाग्य bhāgya

Fortune, fate, luck, destiny.

भक्त bhakt

A devotee.

भक्ति bhakti

Religious devotion, adoration, loving faith, piety, devoted service.
(Bābā) Bhakti, the system of worship based on faith in God, devotion and love for Him, devoid however of the true knowledge (gyan) about Him.

भक्ति मार्ग bhakti mārg

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).

भारत bhārat

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

भारी bhārī

Heavy.
Difficult to digest.
Weighty, massive.
Grave.
Burdensome.

भरना bharnā

To fill, to refill.

भटकना bhaṭaknā

To lose one's way, to go astray.
To gad, to meander, to wander about.

भव bhav

(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.

भविष्य bhaviṣhya

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

भी bhī

Inclusive emphatic particle: too, also, even.

भिन्न bhinn

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

भुजा bhujā

The arm, the upper arm.
The proboscis of an elephant.
The side of a rectilineal figure; one of the shorter sides of a right-angled triangle (i.e. either the perpendicular or the base).

बिछुड़ना bichhuṛnā

To part company, to separate.

ब्रह्मा brahmā

(Hinduism) Brahmā or the Supreme Being regarded as a person, the first deity of the Hindū triad and the Creator of the World.
(Bābā) The first human being in which the Supreme Being descends to give the knowledge allowing us to free ourselves from our bonds of karma.

ब्रह्माकुमार brahmākumār

Son of Brahmā.

ब्राह्मण brāhmaṇ

(Hinduism) The first of the four castes in traditional Hindu social hierarchy whose main duty, as prescribed, was to study, to teach, to perform yagya and to subsist through alms.
(Brahma Kumaris) The mouth born child of Brahma.

बुद्धि buddhi

The intelligent mind that thinks, observes its thoughts, sets a goal, imbibes knowledge or beliefs and judges what is right or not, what conforms to its purpose or not. This mind grows until an adult age.

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.

चक्र, चक्कर chakra, chakkar

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.

चलना chalnā

Continue.

चन्द्रवंशी chandravanśhī

The one belonging to the lunar dynasty or race.
(Bābā) A descendant of the lunar lineage (kṣatriya lineage of the Silver Age).

चढ़ना chaṛhnā

To go up, to ascend, to climb, to rise, to increase.

चरित्र charitra

Character.

चौड़ा chauṛā

Wide, broad, expanded, ample.
Pertaining to breadth, of breadth or width.
Destroyed, ruined; abandoned (as a tenement, &c.)
A large open space in a jungle or remote from human habitation

छीनना chhīnnā

To snatch, to grab, to seize.

छोटेपन chhōṭēpan

Smallness, pettiness.
Condition of a small being, young or younger being, child, junior.

Christ

Christ.

छुड़ाना chhuṛānā

To free.

छूटना chhūṭnā

To be left behind or out, to lag.
To be dismissed, discharged or released.
To get rid of.
To be abandoned.

चित्र chitra

Picture, painting, illustration, figure, photo.

दैवी daivī

Divine, ethereal, celestial.

डालना ḍālnā

To put in, to pour, to drop, to thrust.

देखना dēkhnā

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

देना dēnā

To give.

देवी-देवता dēvī-dēvtā

Goddess and god.

देवता dēvtā

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

देवता बनना dēvtā bannā

To become a divinity.

धर्म dharm

What is to be held or kept: the complex of religious and social obligations which a devout Hindu is required to fulfil, right action, duty; morality; virtue, virtuous life; justice.
Customary observances of community or sect, etc.
The prescriptions or sanctions of religion; moral law.
Religion.
Particular nature or character; walk of life; way of life (e.g. of a woman as opposed to a man, of a man as opposed to a youth); caste.
Spiritual merit, as deriving from the fulfilment of dharma.

धरना dharnā

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 dhārṇā

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

धारणा के लिए मुख्य सार dhārṇā kē liē mukhya sār

Essence for dhārṇā.

धरती dhartī

The Earth.
Earth, soil; land.

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.

दुःख duḥkh

Sorrow, unhappiness, suffering, grief, distress.

दुःखी duḥkhī

Sorrowful, sad, unhappy, grief-stricken, afflicted, woeful.

दुःखना duḥkhnā

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

दुनिया duniyā

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.

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).

ever

Ever.

फ़र्क fark

Difference, distinction, distance.

final

Final.

गाना gānā

To sing, to chant.
A song.

गति gati

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

घर ghar

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

घोर ghōr

Awful, formidable, terrible.
Dense, thick, deep.
Sharp.

गीता gītā

(Hinduism) The Bhagvadgītā which contains the celebrated discourse of Lord Kr̥ṣṇa directed to Arjun, the stupefied hero of the Mahābhārat.
(Bābā) The true Gītā is the murlī.

गीता का भगवान gītā kā bhagvān

The Bhagvān, the Supreme Being or the God of the Gītā.

golden age

Golden age.

good morning

Good morning.

गोरा gōrā

White, fair-skinned.
A whiteman, a European.

government

Government.

guide

Guide.

गुम gum

Lost, wanting, missing, absent, invisible.
Wandering, distracted, confounded.

ज्ञान gyān

Knowledge directly taught by God.

ज्ञान सागर gyān sāgar

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

ज्ञान यज्ञ gyān yagya

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).

हां hā̃

Yes, yea.

हम ham

We.
(rustic form) I.

हज़ार hazār

Thousand, 1000.

ही hī

Emphatic particle with a sense of exclusion : only.

होना hōnā

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

in

In.

Iron Age

Iron age. Kaliyug.

इस समय is samay

At this time, now.

इसलिए isliē

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

ईश्वर īśhvar

God, Ruler, Master, Lord.

इतना itnā

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

इज्ज़त izzat

Prestige, honour, respect.

जब jab

(Relative pronoun) When.

जैसा jaisā

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

जाना jānā

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

जन्मना janamnā

To be born.

जंजीर jañjīr

A chain, shackle.

जन्म janm

Birth, origin, genesis.
Life, existence.

जानना jānnā

To know, to become aware of, to perceive.

जास्ती jāstī

More. (often used as a comparison)

झोली jhōlī

A small bag, any cloth stretched out to collect something, begging bag.
A bag, sack, pouch, wallet.

जिस्मानी jismānī

Physical, bodily.

जितना jitnā

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

जो jō

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

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)

कभी kabhī

Sometime, ever.

कदर kadar

Worth, merit.
Estimation, appreciation.
(Bābā) Respect, value.

कहाँ kahā̃

Interrogative pronominal adverb : Where ?

कहना kahnā

Say.

कैसा kaisā

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

कल्प kalp

(Hinduism) Great cosmological cycle of creation, where the material Universe is created, degrades and is annihilated during the kalpānta.
(Hinduism) Cosmological period of one day (half-day) of Brahmā, duration of a creation of the Universe, worth 1000 great eras [mahāyuga] (approximately 4.32 billion years); each kalpa consists of 14 eras of Manu [manvantara].
(Bābā) Great cosmological cycle of creation, where the material Universe is created in its state of maximum purity, degrades and is then destroyed and recreated (transformation and not annihilation).
(Bābā) cosmological period of one day (paradise for 2500 years) and one night (hell for 2500 years) of Brahmā, duration of a creation of the Universe, worth 5000 years.

काम kām

Passion, lust.
Desire.

काम kām

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

कराना karānā

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

कर्म karm

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

कर्म-अकर्म karm-akarm

karm and akarm.

करना karnā

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

कार्य kārya

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

कौन kaun

interrogative pronoun. Who

कायदा kāydā

A rule, regulation, law, ordinance.
Regularity.

के बाद kē bād

After.

के बदले kē badlē

In exchange for, in return for, in lieu of.

के लिए kē liē

For, for the sake of.

के साथ kē sāth

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

key

Key.

खण्डन khaṇḍan

Breaking into pieces, destroying, dividing, interrupting, preventing.
Refuting, contradicting, belying, revoking.
(Bābā) Falsified.

खराब kharāb

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

खुशी khuśhī

Joy, delight, happiness.

कि ki

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

कितना kitnā

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

को kō

को is used for denoting:

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

कोई kōī

Some, any, someone, anyone.

कोई भी kōī bhī

Anyone, someone, any.

करोड़ krōṛ

100 lākh, 10 000 000.

कृष्ण kr̥iṣhṇa

Black, dark.
Lord Kr̥iṣhṇa.

कुख वंशावली kukh vaṅśhāvalī

Lineage through the womb, genealogical lineage, lineage.

कुमारी kumārī

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

कूटना kūṭnā

To pound, beat, bruise, crush.
To macerate, to thresh (corn, &c.)
To cudgel.

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.

लक्ष्मी lakṣhmī

(Hinduism) The goddess of wealth and spouse of Lord Vishṉū.
Prosperity, fortune.
Used deferentially for a woman as symbolising prosperity.
(Bābā) The goddess empress of the Golden Age and wife of the god emperor Nārāyaṇ. The couple is symbolized by Vishṉū who sustains the world through the cycle, especially in the golden and silver ages.

लक्ष्मी-नारायण lakṣhmī-nārāyaṇ

Lakṣmī and Nārāyaṇ.

लम्बा lambā

Long, lengthy, tall.

लड़ाई laṛāī

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

law

Law.

ले जाना lē jānā

'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.

लेकिन lēkin

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

लेना lēnā

To take.

मचना machnā

To be occasioned, to happen, to be caused, to be raised up, to be committed, to be perpetrated.

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).

माँगना mā̃gnā

To demand, to ask, to call for, to claim, to invite, to solicit.

महादेव mahādēv

'The great deity,' an epithet of Śhiv.

मैं maĩ

I. (personal pronoun)

majority

Majority.

मक्खन makkhan

Butter.

माला mālā

A garland (of flowers), wreath.
Rosary, string of beads.
Series, chain, row, line.

मालिक mālik

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

मालिकपन mālikpan

The condition of being master, lord, owner.

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.

मनुष्य manuṣhya

A man, a human being.

मनुष्य सृष्टि manuṣhya sr̥iṣhṭi

Creation of human beings.
Human world.

मात-पिता, माता-पिता māt-pitā, mātā-pitā

Mother and father, parents.
Lord, master, protector.

माया māyā

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

में mē̃

में is used for denoting :

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

मेहनत mēhnat

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

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.

मीठा mīṭhā

Sweet, pleasant.
Sweetmeat, jaggery.

मीठे बच्चे mīṭhē bachchē

Sweet children.

मुख mukh

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

मुख वंशावली mukh vaṅśhāvalī

Oral line, oral lineage, lineage by the mouth.

मुख्य mukhya

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

मुक्तिधाम muktidhām

Abode of liberation, of final deliverance, of salvation.: the incorporeal world of souls.

मूलवतन mūlvatan

Original homeland, root homeland. (the world where non-incarnate souls reside)

मुरली murlī

Flute, pipe.
(Bābā) The words of God, the instrument to enchant us, to make us dance in happiness in the company of the Supreme Being, the Beloved Being.

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.

नाम nām

Name.

नमः namaḥ

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)

नारायण nārāyaṇ

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

नशा naśhā

Intoxication, drunkenness.

नया nayā

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

ने nē

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

निमित्त nimitt

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

निराकार nirākār

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.

निशानी niśhānī

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

number

Number.

नम्बरवार number-wār

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

ओम् ōm

(Hinduism) Sacred syllable symbolising God Almighty.
Sacred syllable symbolising the almighty soul in general. (Hindus confuse the soul and the Supreme Soul)
I am.
Me the soul.

ओम् शान्ति ōm śhānti

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

one

One.

पद pad

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).

पहले pahlē

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

पाण्डव pāṇḍav

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

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.

परन्तु parantu

But, however.

पढ़ाना paṛhānā

To teach, to instruct, to educate.

पढ़ना paṛhnā

To read, to study, to recite.

परिस्तान paristān

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.

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.

पार्ट बजाना part bajānā

To play one's part. When the soul incarnates, it becomes an actor and plays the part eternally inscribed within it.

पार्वती pārvatī

The spouse of Lord Śhiv, an epithet of Goddess Durgā.
(Hinduism) Goddess of faithfulness, to whom Śhiv told a story of immortality sitting high in the mountains.
(Bābā) Bābā says to His children: You are all Pārvatī. He tells us the story of immortality. It transforms us into gods and goddesses, and thus into immortal beings.

past

Past.

पता patā

Address, whereabouts, information, knowledge.

पति pati

Husband, master.

पावन pāvan

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

पवित्र pavitr

Holy, sacred, pure.

पवित्रता pavitratā

Holiness, sanctity, purity.

फिर phir

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

फिर भी phir bhī

Notwithstanding, even then, in spite of that.

फिर से phir sē

Anew, afresh.

फिरना phirnā

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

पिलाना pilānā

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

plan

Plan.

point

Point.

प्रभु prabhu

Master, lord, ruler.
God.

practical

Practical.

प्रजा prajā

Subjects, public, people.

प्रजापिता prajāpitā

“Father of people”, creator, procreator, father.
(Hinduism) prajāpati Lord of creatures, an epithet of the divinity Brahmā.
Father of humanity, an epithet of Brahmā.

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.

प्रातःमुरली prātaḥmurlī

Early morning Murlī.

प्रति prati

Towards.

प्रवेश करना pravēśh karnā

To enter.

प्रेम prēm

Love, affection, attachment.

पूछना pūchhnā

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

पुजारी pujārī

Worshipper.
A priest who officiates at a shrine and lives upon the offerings made to the idol.

पूज्य pūjya

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

पुकार pukār

Calling out, a shout, cry (as for help), call (to action).
Invocation.
Petition, suit, complaint.
Call, need, lack.
fig. Outcry, agitation, complaint.

पुकारना pukārnā

To call.
To cry out.
To call for help.
To exclaim, to proclaim.

पुनर्जन्म punarjanma

New or second birth.
The birth of new principles within, leading to a change of life and character, regeneration.
Future birth by transmigration, metempsychosis.

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.

राधे rādhē

Name of a celebrated cowherdess or gōpī, the favourite mistress and consort of Kr̥iṣhṇa during his residence in Vṛindāvan amongst the cowherds.

राधेकृष्ण rādhēkr̥iṣhṇa

Rādhē and Kr̥iṣhṇa.

रहना rahnā

To remain, to stay.

राजा rājā

King, monarch, prince.

राजा रानी rājā rānī

King and queen.
Prince and princess.

राजाई rājāī

Kingship, royalty, rank or function of a king, sovereignty, princedom, kingly dignity or authority, supremacy, government, sway, rule, reign.

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.

रमेश भाई ramēśh bhāī

Brother Ramēśh. Rajyogi Brahmakumar Ramesh Bhaiji.
Director of Rajyoga Education & Research Foundation Art & Culture Wing – Brahmakumaris. Additional Secretary General of Prajapita Brahma Kumaris Ishwariya Viswa Vidyalaya and Managing trustee of World Renewal Spiritual Trust. Editor of Swarnim Sanskruti Kala Sandesh Paper and Chairman of Godlywood Studio. Senior Brother Rajyogi Ramesh Bhaiji flew to Avyakt vatan in Bapdada’s lap.

राणी rāṇī

Queen, beloved.

राज़ rāz

Secret.

रीति rīti

Method, manner, mode.
Custom, way, practice, vogue.
Tradition.
Style.

रोना rōnā

To weep, to cry, to bewail, to lament.

रोज़ rōz

A day.
Everyday, daily.

रूद्र rūdra

'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.

रूहानी rūhānī

Spiritual.

सब sab

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

सबसे sabsē

(superlative) Of all, the most.

सच्चा sachchā

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

सदा sadā

Always, perpetually, continually, ever.

सद्गति sadgati

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).

सागर sāgar

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

सहज sahaj

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

सकना saknā

To can, to be able to.

साक्षात्कार sākṣhātkār

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

समझदार samajhdār

Discerning, intelligent, sensible, wise, prudent.

समझना samajhnā

To understand.

समान samān

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

समय samay

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

सम्बन्ध sambandh

Connection, relationship.

समझाना samjhānā

(Causative of samajhnā) To persuade, explain.

शंकर śhaṅkar

(Hinduism) 'Causing happiness', an epithet of Śiv or Mahādev.
(Hinduism) The annihilator of the universe.
(Hinduism) Name of a celebrated teacher of the Vedānta philosophy (he was a man of remarkable learning and sanctity; and is supposed to have lived between A.D. 650 and 740; but according to tradition he flourished 200 B.C.: he is said to have eradicated the Jain sect).
(Bābā) The subtle divinity representing destruction, part of the trimurti with Brahma and Vishnu.

सांवरा sāṅvarā

Dark-complexioned. (connotation of ugliness in northern India because light complexion is a criterion of beauty).
Title of a lover or husband; specifically title of Kr̥ṣṇa.
(Bābā) Blackened or soiled by vice. The condition of us all in the Iron Age (regardless of skin color).

साफ sāph

Clean, clear, undefiled.
Plain, frank, categorical, forthright, straightforward.
Processed, refined.
Distinct.
Unscathed.
Openly, frankly, plainly, fully, clearly, cleverly.

सफल saphal

Successful, effective, fruitful.

सफलतामूर्त saphaltāmūrt

Image of success.

सपूत sapūt

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

सरस्वती sarasvatī

(Hinduism) The wife of Brahmā, the goddess of speech and eloquence, the patroness of music and the arts, and the inventress of the Sanskrit language and the Devanāgarī character.
(Bābā) Goddess of knowledge. Mama is named Jagadamba Saraswati (World Mother) by Shiv Baba.
The river Sarsūtī (it rises in the mountains bounding the north-east part of the province of Dehlī, and, running in a south-westerly direction, becomes lost in the sands of the great desert; according to the Hindūs, however, the river only disappears in this place, and, continuing its course underground, joins the Ganges and Jamna at the junction at Allahabad)
A river (generally).
Speech, eloquence.
An excellent woman, an eloquent or an inventive woman.
A name of Durgā.
A cow.

शरीर śharīr

Body.

सर्व sarv

All ; whole, entire, complete.

साथ sāth

With, together, along with.
Company, association.

सतोप्रधान satōpradhān

(Bābā) The highest level of purity, fullness and perfection; stage of golden age.

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.

सतयुगी satyugī

Of satyug, of the age of truth, golden aged.

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)

see

See.

service

Service.

serviceable

Serviceable.

सेवा sēvā

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

सिद्ध करना siddh karnā

To accomplish, bring about, realise.
To complete, perfect.
To demonstrate, to prove.

सिखाना sikhānā

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

सिखलाना sikhlānā

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

सीखना sīkhnā

To learn.

सिकीलधे sikīladhē

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

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.

सिवाए sivāē

Except, but, with the exception (of).

शिवबाबा śhivbābā

The Father Śiv.

slogan

Slogan.

सोचना sōchnā

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

सोमनाथ sōmnāth

Soma's lord. (Soma = nectar, ambrosia, beverage of the gods or the deity who personifies this drink).
Name of a celebrated Linga, i.e. columnar emblem of Śiva or Mahādev, or of the place or temple where it was set up (this temple was established in the town of Somnāth-pattan, and was one of the twelve celebrated Linga temples which, in various parts of India, are held in especial veneration; it was so famed for its splendour and enormous wealth, that it attracted the attention of the celebrated Maḥmūd of Gaznī, who, in A.D. 1024, under pretext of destroying its idols, carried off its treasures along with its renowned gates).
(Bābā) Śhiv The Lord of the beverage of Knowledge who brings immortality and transforms us into divinity.

सोमरस sōmras

The juice of the moon-plant, soma-juice.
Nectar, ambrosia, the beverage of the gods.
(Bābā) The beverage that constitutes the Knowledge that God offers us to become immortal (future gods and goddesses).

सोना sōnā

To sleep.

श्रेष्ठ śhrēṣhṭha

The best, good, excellent, superior.

श्रीकृष्ण śhrīkr̥iṣhṇa

The Divine Kṛiṣhṇa.

स्थापना, स्थापन sthāpanā, sthāpan

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

स्त्री strī

Woman, wife.

शूद्र śhūdra

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

Happiness, pleasure, comfort, felicity, contentment.

सुख-शान्ति sukh-śhānti

Happiness and peace.

सूक्ष्मवतन sūkṣhmavatan

Subtle homeland.

सुल्टा sulṭā

Straight, direct.

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.

सूर्यवंशी sūryavanśhī

The one belonging to the solar dynasty or race.
(Bābā) A descendant of the solar lineage (lineage of golden age deities).

स्वर्ग svarg

Paradise, heaven, abode of gods : Earth or Bharat in the Golden Age.

तब tab

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

तमोप्रधान tamōpradhān

(Bābā) The highest level of impurity, degradation: stage of iron age.

तरीका tarīkā

'path'. Manner (of acting), practice, method.
Custom, usage, system (of procedure).
Manner, style (as of life).

तथा tathā

And.
So.

ठीक ṭhīk

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

थोड़ा thōṛā

A little, some, meagre, scanty.
Short.

थोड़ेही thōṛēhī

Little indeed, in no part or degree, not at all, in no wise, never.

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')

त्रिमूर्ति trimūrti

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.

तुम tum

You (between equals).

तुम जानते हो tum jāntē hō

You know.

उदास udās

Sad, dejected, gloomy.

उल्टा ulṭā

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

ऊंच ūñch

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

ऊपर ūpar

On, upon, above, upward, over.

उत्तर uttar

Answer, reply.
North.
Later.

वा vā

Or.

वह vah

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

वहां vahā̃

There.

वही vahī

(emphatic form of vah) That very, that very one.

वाला vālā

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

वन्नी vannī

Bride.

वंशी vanśhī

Belonging to the lineage, dynasty, clan of.

वापिस, वापस vāpis, vāpas

Back, back again.

वरदान vardān

Granting a favor or a wish, blessing.
(Hindu mythology) A blessing, typically a supernatural power, granted to an ascetic by a god or goddess.

वर्ष varṣh

Year.

वर्सा varsā

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

विघ्न vighna

Interruption, interference, meddling, obstacle, disturbance.

विकर्म vikarm

Prohibited or unlawful act, misdeed, fraud.
(Bābā) Bad karma, bad action.

विकर्माजीत vikarmājīt

Conqueror of his bad actions, his bad karma, his passions.

विलायत vilāyat

A foreign land or country, Europe, England.

विनाश vināśh

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

विष्णु viṣhṇu

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.

विश्व viśhva

The world, universe.

wonderful

Wonderful.

या yā

Or, either.

याद yād

Remembrance, recollection, memory.

याद करना yād karnā

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

याद-प्यार yād-pyār

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

यज्ञ yagya

Sometimes Baba also says that it is the imperishable sacrificial fire of knowledge created by God, Rudra, in which a horse is sacrificed for attaining the kingdom.
The word “yagya” stands for “sacrificial fire” Yagyas are normally conducted for protection against natural calamities, wars, for rain-making etc.
Ashwamedh yagya (where a horse is sacrificed) is mentioned in ancient scriptures A ritual described there is performed by a king (raja) who strives for becoming a great king, or an emperor (maharaja) Before the yagya is conducted, a horse is set loose to roam around wherever it chooses for a few months or a year If the inhabitants of the lands that the horse crosses let it cross their territory without any obstruction, it means they accept the raja’s rule over them In this way the raja becomes a chakravarti raja (literally - the ruler of the entire globe).
In Baba’s murlis the word “yagya” often stands for this Godly University, or this system of giving the knowledge and providing God’s sustenance, created by Baba at the Confluence age Every Baba’s service place is the yagya. Madhuban is often called Mahayagya (the Great Yagya).

यह yah

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

यहाँ yahā̃

Here, hither, in/at this place.

यही yahī

Emphatic form of yah: this very.

यथा yathā

In which manner, as, like as, like, according to.
Thus, so.
As is right or proper; fitly, suitably.

योगबल yōgbal

Power of Yōg.

युगल yugal

A pair, couple; both, the two.

ज़रूर zarūr

Certainly, undoubtedly, positively, without fail.