Daily Murli for Wednesday 3 May 2023

अब ab

Now.

अच्छा achchhā

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

आदि ādi

Etcetera.
Beginning.
Early, initial, primordial.

आदि देव ādi dēv

The first deity, the first god, the primordial god Brahmā.
(Bābā) Prajapita Brahma (the primordial being from whom everything began, worshipped as a God but in fact a simple human being in whom God is incarnated)

आदि-मध्य-अन्त ādi-madhya-ant

The beginning, the middle and the end.
From beginning to end.

against

Against.

अग्नि agni

Fire, the god of fire, appetite, digestive faculty.

aim object

Aim, object, objective, target.

ऐसा aisā

Such, of this type.

ऐसे नहीं aisē nahī̃

'not so', Do not believe.

आजकल ājkal

Nowadays, these days.

अखण्ड akhaṇḍ

The whole, complete, undivided, indivisible.

अक्षर akṣhar

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

अलग alag

Different, separate, apart, distinct.

अल्फ alpha

alif, The first letter of the Arabic, Persian, and Urdū alphabets.
Alpha, the first letter of the Greek alphabet.
(Bābā) The first thing to remember: ŚhivBābā.

अल्पकाल alpkāl

Short term.

आना ānā

To come.

अनादि anādi

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.

अंधकार andhkār

Darkness; gloom.

अनेक anēk

'not one'. Many, several, various, much, abundant.

अन्त ant

End.

अन्तर्मुखी antarmukhī

Introverted.

अन्तिम antim

Last, final, ultimate, concluding, conclusive.

आपस में āpas mē̃

Among themselves, with each other or one another, together, mutually, in common, in concert.

आपेही āpēhī

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

अपना apnā

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

आसन āsan

Sitting.
Sitting in peculiar postures according to the custom of yōgī in their devotional exercises (of which eighty-four are enumerated).
Mode of sitting, posture, attitude, position.
Seat, place, stool.
A small carpet or deer-skin on which Hindūs sit during prayer.
The withers of an elephant, the part where the driver sits; driver's seat; rider's seat (on a horse).

आस्तिक āstik

Religious, pious, devout, faithful.
A theist, a believer in a deity, future state, &c.
(Bābā) Having the religious disposition taught by God in the murlī: the deities in the golden and silver ages, the brāhmaṇ.

अटल aṭal

Firm, irrevocable, resolute, unwavering, steadfast.

आत्मा ātmā

The soul, the spirit, the self.

आत्मिक ātmik

Spiritual.
Pertaining to self: the soul.

आत्मिक प्यार ātmik pyār

Spiritual love, love relating to the soul (and not the body).

और aur

And.
Else.
Other.

औरों aurō̃

(The) others.

अवस्था avasthā

Condition, state, age, stage, phase.

आवाज़ āvāz

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

बाबा bābā

Father.

बच्चा bachchā

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

बहुत bahut

Many, much.
Very.

बैठना baiṭhnā

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

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.

बनाना banānā

To make, to construct, to compose, to build, to prepare, to make ready, to form.
To pull somebody's leg, to patch up, to develop a good equation with.
To befool.

बन्धन bandhan

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

बांधना bāndhnā

To tie, to fasten, to bind, to pack, to wrap around.

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-टीचर bāp-teacher

The Father and the Teacher.

बापदादा bāpdādā

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

बार bār

Time, occasion.

बड़ा baṛā

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

बरसात barsāt

Rainy season, the rains (the third of the six seasons).
Rain.

बात bāt

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

बेहद bēhad

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

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.

भक्त bhakt

A devotee.

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).

भल bhal

Even if, even though.

भला bhalā

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

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)

भारतवासी bhāratvāsī

Inhabitant of Bhārat.

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.

भावना bhāvnā

Sentiment, feeling, emotion.

भी bhī

Inclusive emphatic particle: too, also, even.

भूलना bhūlnā

To forget.

बिगर bigar

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

बीजरूप bījrūp

Form of the first cause, form of the source, form of the origin, form of the seed.
(Bābā) God (Śhiv) who has in Himself all the knowledge to recreate the young tree of humanity, that is, human beings in the form of divinities in the golden age. He therefore takes the form of the Seed of the human tree and reveals this form by giving us all his knowledge. Similarly, we can contribute to this new Creation by taking ourselves this form of seed where all the Knowledge of God is available and pours out (we are then similar to God at least temporarily).

बिल्कुल bilkul

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

बीमारी bīmārī

Illness, sickness, disease, ailment.

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.

ब्रह्मा-विष्णु-शंकर brahmā-viṣhṇu-śhaṅkar

Brahmā, Viṣhṇu and Śhaṅkar.

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.

brother

Brother.

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.

बुद्धियोग buddhiyōg

Buddhi Yoga. The remembrance of the mind. The yoga of the intellect Baba says that the yoga is the remembrance of the Supreme, and to remember is a task of the intellect.

बुझाना bujhānā

To put out, extinguish, allay, quench, relieve, satisfy.

चाहे chāhē

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

चाहिए chāhiē

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

चाहना chāhnā

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

चलन chalan

Vogue.
Usage, custom.
Conduct.

चलना chalnā

Continue.

चारों chārō̃

The four, the whole four, all four.

छींटा chhīṇṭā

A sprinkle, splash, bespattering, slight shower (of rain).
Aspersion, ironical remark.

छोड़ना chhōṛnā

To leave.
To abandon.
To release.

चिड़िया chiṛiyā

A bird.
Shuttle- cock (in the game of Badminton).
The club (in a suite of cards).

चित्र chitra

Picture, painting, illustration, figure, photo.

creator

Creator.

चुनना chunnā

To select, to choose, to pick, to elect.

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.

देलवाड़ा dēlvāṛā

Dilwala (Delwara) The complex of five jain temples the most famous of which was built of white marble in xII century AD. There are 108 small niches in the Delwara temples with a yogi sitting in every niche in meditation with his eyes open. It is the memorial of the Confluence age of the previous kalpa when we, the Brahmins, made spiritual effort and practiced intense meditation. The temple houses the images of Adi Dev (the first deity, Prajapita Brahma) and Adi Devi (the first goddess, jagadamba Saraswati). The ceiling of the temple depicts the scenes of the golden age which is the reward for our effort at the Confluence.

देना dēnā

To give.

देवी dēvī

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

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.

धनधा dhandhā

Vocation, occupation, business, work.

धारण करना dhāraṇ karnā

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

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.

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.

ढेर ḍhēr

Heap, pile, accumulation, bulk, lot.
Plenty, abundant.

दिल dil

Heart, courage, spirit, will.

दिलवाला dilvālā

The one with a heart.
Spirited, courageous, bold.
Large-hearted, generous, liberal.

दिन din

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

director

Director.
(Bābā) The Director of the great play or the great movie that is the world (as it repeats himself identically it is more of a film than a play).

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.

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.

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).

एकाग्रचित्त ēkāgrachitt

Closely attentive, having full concentration.

ever healthy

Ever healthy.

फ़र्क fark

Difference, distinction, distance.

father

Father.

first class

First class.

गंगा gaṅgā

The Ganges (considered to be the most sacred river by the Hindus).

गंवाना ganvānā

To lose, to waste, to squander.

गऊ gaū

A cow.
A bull, an ox, a bullock.

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.

god

God, the Supreme Being (God with a capital letter).
Deity, divinity, god (god with a lower case): human beings in the golden age.

good morning

Good morning.

गुल gul

A flower.

गुलाम gulām

A slave.

गुण guṇ

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

ज्ञान gyān

Knowledge directly taught by God.

ज्ञान चिता gyān chitā

Funeral pyre of Gyān, funeral pyre of Knowledge. By listening to what God teaches (the murlī), the bodily ego (body consciousness) is burned. This is what is called 'dying alive'.

हम ham

We.
(rustic form) I.

हर एक har ēk

Each, every.
Each one, everybody.

हज़ार hazār

Thousand, 1000.

health

Health.

heaven

Heaven.
(Bābā) Paradise on Earth in the golden age.

ही hī

Emphatic particle with a sense of exclusion : only.

हीरे-जवाहर hīrē-javāhar

Diamonds and precious stones.

holy

Holy.

होना hōnā

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

इकट्ठा ikaṭṭhā

Collected, gathered.
Together, in one lot.

in

In.

injection

Injection.

इस समय is samay

At this time, now.

इसलिए isliē

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

ईश्वर īśhvar

God, Ruler, Master, Lord.

ईश्वरीय परिवार īśhvarīy parivār

Family of Īśhvar, family of God. (the family of brahmākumār kumārī)

इतना itnā

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

जब jab

(Relative pronoun) When.

जब तक jab tak

As long as.
(with negation) until.

जहाँ jahā̃

Where, wherever.

जैसा jaisā

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

जमुना jamunā

Name of a river, the Yamuna, flowing through Delhi (Paristhān).
In golden age, our palaces will be on the banks of river Yamuna.

जाना jānā

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

जन्मना janamnā

To be born.

जन्म janm

Birth, origin, genesis.
Life, existence.

जानना jānnā

To know, to become aware of, to perceive.

जानवर jānvar

An animal, a beast.

जयन्ती jayantī

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

जी jī

Mind, heart.
A form of address, a term of endearment or respect: Sir, Master, Madam.
Yes Sir, yes Madam, yes Master, yes, very good.

जीना jīnā

To live, to be alive.

जिस्मानी jismānī

Physical, bodily.

जीवनमुक्ति jīvanmukti

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

जो jō

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

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.

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.

काला kālā

Black, dark.
Great, fearful, terrible.
A name of Kr̥iṣhṇa.
The black and most venomous variety of the cobra, Coluber naga.
A sepoy.
(Bābā) Blackened, soiled by vices.

काली kālī

Black.
An epithet of the goddess Durgā, wife of Śhiv (the Hecate of the Hindūs, to whom human sacrifices are offered).
Goddess, chasing away devils with her fearsome form.

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

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

काम kām

Passion, lust.
Desire.

काम चिता kām chitā

Funeral pyre of desire.

कंगाल kaṅgāl

Poor, indigent, miserable, wretched, penniless.

कारण kāraṇ

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

कराना karānā

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

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 आगे kē āgē

In front of, ahead of, before.

के लिए kē liē

For, for the sake of.

के प्रति kē prati

Towards.

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".

के ऊपर kē ūpar

On, upon.
Above.

key

Key.

खाना khānā

To eat, to feed on, to consume, to swallow, to take.
to get, to receive.
To feel, to suffer, to endure.
Eating, food, meal, dinner.

खुद khud

Self (myself, himself, itself, &c.).
Own, private, personal.

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.

कुछ kuchh

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

कुछ भी kuchh bhī

Anything, whatsoever, anything at all.

कुत्ता kuttā

A dog.

कुत्ता-बिल्ली kuttā-billī

Dog and/or cat.

क्या kyā

Interrogative pronoun What? for an open question.
Interrogative adjective What?, Which? (if followed by a name).
Interrogative pronoun for a closed question (yes/no type).

क्यों kyō̃

Why.

क्योंकि kyōṅki

Because, since.

लगाना lagānā

To engage, to employ.
To attach, to join, to connect.
To plant.
To apply.
To affix.
To make someone hang around.
To levy.
To touch.
To invest.
To paste, to stick.
To set, to fix.
To shut, to close.
To keep.
To backbite.
To inflame.
To add.

लक्ष्मी-नारायण lakṣhmī-nārāyaṇ

Lakṣmī and Nārāyaṇ.

लड़ना laṛnā

To quarrel, to fight, to struggle, to collide, to clash, to contend, to wrestle, to combat.

लटकना laṭaknā

To hang, to depend.
To hang loosely, to dangle, to swing.
To be suspended, to be swung.
To be kept waiting or in suspense.
To be put off, be postponed.

लटकाना laṭkānā

To cause to hang or dangle.
To hang, suspend, swing.
To append, to attach.
To keep (one) waiting or in suspense.
To put off, to defer, postpone.

लेकिन lēkin

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

लेना lēnā

To take.

लिए liē

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

लोग log

A man.
People, public.
Placed after the pronoun ham (we), tum (you or you) or āp (you) grammatically plural to remove ambiguity on the number of people (at least 2 people)

माँ-बाप mā̃-bāp

Parents, mother and father.

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).

महल mahal

A palace, palatial mansion.

महिमा mahimā

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

मैं maĩ

I. (personal pronoun)

मालामाल mālāmāl

Opulent, very prosperous, immensely rich.

मालिक mālik

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

मनाना manānā

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

मन्दिर mandir

Temple.

मंत्र mantra

Incantation, charm, spell, vedic hymn, sacred formula, mystical verse, magical formula.

मनुष्य manuṣhya

A man, a human being.

मरना marnā

To die, to pass away, to wither away, to become ineffective, to vanish, to disappear, to discontinue, to be absorbed, to fall for. Death, post-death rites.

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)

मिलाना milānā

To unite.
To compare.
To recoṉcile.
To mix, to mingle, to blend.
To join, to connect.
To harmonize, to tune.
To cause to meet, to bring together.

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.

मोक्ष mōkṣh

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).

मुक्त mukt

Free, liberated, delivered.
In particular freed from the bonds of attachment to the world.

मुक्ति mukti

Liberation, freedom; deliverance.
Final deliverance, salvation.

मूर्ति, मूर्त mūrti, mūrt

Idol, statue, image.

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.

नदी nadī

River.

नहीं nahī̃

No.
Not.

नहीं तो nahī̃ tō

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

नाम nām

Name.

नास्तिक nāstik

'Saying (or one who says) nāsti, "it is notʼ"; denying, atheistical, unbelieving.
One who denies the authority of the Vedas, or who expresses doubts as to the authenticity of the Purāṇas.
One who denies a future state.
An atheist, unbeliever, infidel.
(Bābā) Not having the religious disposition taught by God in the murlī: human beings in the copper and iron ages.

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).

नीचे nīchē

Below, under, beneath, at the bottom, down, below.

निकलना nikalnā

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

निश्चय niśhchay

Confidence, faith, certainty.

not

Not.

occupation

Occupation.

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)

पहचान pahchān

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

पहचानना pahchānnā

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

पहले pahlē

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

पंच pañch

5, five.
An arbitrator or a body of arbiters or jury.
The headman of a caste or village.

पर par

पर denotes :

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

पर par

Opposite, inimical, other, alien, higher.

परमात्मा paramātmā

Supreme Soul : Śiv and not Brahmā.

परमपिता parampitā

Supreme Father.

परन्तु parantu

But, however.

पारलौकिक pārlaukik

Relating to the next world.

part

Part.

pass

To pass.

पता patā

Address, whereabouts, information, knowledge.

पाठशाला pāṭhśhālā

A school (esp. a primary school).
A Sanskrit school.
A room for reading or studying.

पतित patit

Fallen, depraved.

पतित पावन patit pāvan

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

पत्ता pattā

Leaf (of a tree).
Playing card.

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.

penny

Penny.

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.

पिछाड़ी pichhāṛī

(sindhi) The end, conclusion, latter part.
The rear, back, hinder part.
In the rear, behind, at the back.

पीछे pīchhē

Behind, on the back side of.
After, afterwards.
Backwards.
In the absence of.

पीना pīnā

To drink, to swill, to sip.
To smoke (as cigarette).
To conceal a secret, to absorb, to suppress (as anger).

प्रकार prakār

Manner, way.

प्रश्न praśhna

Question, query, interrogation, interpellation, problem.

प्रातःमुरली prātaḥmurlī

Early morning Murlī.

प्रति prati

Towards.

प्रवेश करना pravēśh karnā

To enter.

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.

पूरा pūrā

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

पुराना purānā

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

pure

Pure.

पूरी pūrī

A thin cake of meal fried in ghī or oil.

पुरुषार्थ puruṣhārth

Human effort or exertion; valour; industry.
An object of human pursuit.
(Hinduism) The four basic aims of human existence (viz. dharm discharge of duty; arth acquirement of wealth; kām gratification of desire; mokṣha final emancipation).
(Bābā) The effort made by the soul to attain perfection.
(Bābā) Spiritual effort. The effort made for the sake (arth) of development of the soul (puruṣh). This effort includes the steps we take for attaining the perfect state of our original and eternal self.

प्यार pyār

Love, affection, amour, amorous relationship.

रचना rachnā

Composition, artistic creation; structure.
(Bābā) Creation.

रहना rahnā

To remain, to stay.

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.

राम राज्य rām rājya

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)

रात rāt

Night.

राज़ी rāzī

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

रोला rōlā

Noise, shout, uproar, commotion, excitement, tumult, riot, sedition, rebellion.
An alarm.

रूह rūh

The soul, the spirit.

रूहानी rūhānī

Spiritual.

रूप rūp

Rūp, the one who smiles while making the flowers of virtues emerge from his lips. He is the embodiment of Yoga.
Form, shape, appearance, aspect, image, beauty, good looks, mould, type.

सब sab

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

सबका sabkā

(genitive case of sab) Of everyone.

सबको sabkō

sab + kō : everything, everyone.

सबसे sabsē

(superlative) Of all, the most.

सच्चा sachchā

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

सदा sadā

Always, perpetually, continually, ever.

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.

शक्ति śhakti

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

समझ samajh

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

समझना samajhnā

To understand.

सम्बन्ध sambandh

Connection, relationship.

समझाना samjhānā

(Causative of samajhnā) To persuade, explain.

संपन्न sampann

Prosperous, rich, well-off.
Completed, accomplished.
(suffix) Equipped, provided, endowed with, abundantly endowed with, possessed of (as of wealth, learning).

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.

संस्कार saṅskār

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.

शान्ति śhānti

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

सफलतामूर्त saphaltāmūrt

Image of success.

सारा sārā

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

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.

सर्वव्यापी, सर्वव्यापक sarvavyāpī, sarvavyāpak

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

सर्वशक्तिमान् sarvśhaktimān

Almighty, all powerful, omnipotent.

सत् चित आनंद sat chit ānand

sat, cit and ānand: Truth, Consciousness and Bliss (an epithet of the Supreme Being)

साथ sāth

With, together, along with.
Company, association.

सतसंग satsaṅg

Association with the virtuous or the good.
Good people or company.
A congregation gathered to worship and sing bhajans.
(Bābā) The company (sang) of the Truth (sat), that is the company of the Supreme Father and His knowledge.

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.

school

School.

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)

शेर śhēr

Tiger, lion.
A lion of a man, a brave man.

service

Service.

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.

सीधा sīdhā

Straight, simple, right, direct, forthrightly.
Erect, upright.
Gentle, naive, good.

सिखलाना sikhlānā

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

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.

शिफ्त śhipht

Characteristic, quality, attribute.

सिरताज sirtāj

Crown, the best.
Diadem.
Chief, master, husband.

शीतल śhītal

Cool, cold, frigid.
Without passion, calm.

शीतला, शीतला देवी śhītlā, śhītlā dēvī

Smallpox.
(Hinduism) The goddess of cold who can cure or inflict smallpox. In Punjabi folk religion, she is accompanied by 6 other sisters who also cause or cure pustular disease.
(Bābā) Goddess of coolness who extinguishes the fire of vices.

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.

शिवबाबा śhivbābā

The Father Śiv.

slogan

Slogan.

स्मृति smr̥iti

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

स्नेह snēh

Love, affection.
Oil, oily substance.

solvent

Solvent.

सोना sōnā

Gold, an excellent thing.

सोना sōnā

To sleep.

श्रेष्ठ śhrēṣhṭha

The best, good, excellent, superior.

श्रीकृष्ण śhrīkr̥iṣhṇa

The Divine Kṛiṣhṇa.

श्रीमत śhrīmat

The divine (śrī) doctrine containing the directions or opinions of God : the murlī.

सृष्टि sr̥iṣhṭi

Creation.
The world.

सुख sukh

Happiness, pleasure, comfort, felicity, contentment.

सुनना sunnā

To hear, to listen, to pay heed.
Hearing, audition.

स्वराज्य svarājya

An independent, sovereign state.
Independence, autonomy, home-rule, self-government.
(Bābā) The state of the soul when it has attained complete control over its sense-organs, mind, intellect and sanskaras. The soul can be seen as the king of a kingdom of its own: the body and the 3 faculties of the soul (man, buddhi and sanskār).

स्वर्ग svarg

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

तब tab

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

तकदीर takdīr

Fate, destiny.

टपकना ṭapaknā

To drip, to leak, to drop, to dribble.
(Bābā) To fall drop by drop (into the knowledge vessel of the mind when speaking of knowledge).
(maybe not) (Bābā) To emerge into consciousness (speaking of drops of knowledge).

तपस्या tapasyā

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

तपत tapat

Heat.

तरफ taraph

Side, direction.
Towards.

तत-त्वम् tat-tvam

(Vedānta) You are that (mahāvākya).
(Bābā) Same applies to you.

ठहरना ṭhaharnā

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

ठहराना ṭhahrānā

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.

ठण्डा ṭhaṇḍā

Cool, cold.
Bleak.
Dull, insipid, lifeless, unresponsive, unfeeling.

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 शिव trimūrti śhiv

Śhiv of the three forms (trimūrti). Śhiv who created the three deities of the subtle region (Brahmā, Viṣhṇu, Śhaṅkar).

तू tū

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

तुम tum

You (between equals).

ऊंच ūñch

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

ऊपर ūpar

On, upon, above, upward, over.

उसका uskā

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

उत्तर uttar

Answer, reply.
North.
Later.

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.

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.

वश vaśh

Power, control, subjugation.
(suffix) Because of, out of ; obliged by, compelled by.

वशीकरण vaśhīkaraṇ

Fascinating or enchanting into submission or control.

विशेषता viśhēṣhtā

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

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.

वृद्धि vr̥iddhi

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

व्यवहार vyavahār

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

wonder

Wonder.

worth

Worth.

worth pound

Worth a pound, worth a lot, having value.

या yā

Or, either.

याद yād

Remembrance, recollection, memory.

याद करना yād karnā

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

याद-प्यार yād-pyār

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

यादगार yādgār

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

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.

योग yōg

Connection, union.
Combination; conjuncture (as of heavenly bodies); agreement, similarity.
Yoga, a theory or practice of abstract meditation undertaken to bring the soul towards or into union with the supreme spirit; bodily exercises or disciplines, as conducive to the above.
(Bābā) Union in remembrance (especially with the Father).

ज़रूर zarūr

Certainly, undoubtedly, positively, without fail.