Daily Murli for Thursday 8 May 2025

अब ab

Now.

आबरू ābrū

Honour.
Chastity.

अच्छा achchhā

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

आधा-पौना ādhā-paunā

Half or three-quarters.

आधाकल्प ādhākalp

Half a cycle, half a kalpa, 2500 years.

आदि ādi

Etcetera.
Beginning.
Early, initial, primordial.

आदि-मध्य-अन्त ādi-madhya-ant

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

अद्वैत advait

Absence of duality, absence of difference, negation of duality, negation of difference; unity.
(Hinduism) Non-duality; philosophical doctrine preached by Śaṅkara; it postulates the identity of paramātman, the universal Soul, with jīvātman, the individual soul.
(Bābā) Non-duality in the sense that the soul of every human being and the Supreme Soul are one and the same is a mistake. Each soul is distinct and eternally so.

अगर agar

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

आगे āgē

Ahead, in front of, before; in future.

ऐसा aisā

Such, of this type.

अक्षर akṣhar

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

आना ānā

To come.

अनादि-आदि anādi-ādi

Without beginning and in the beginning, eternally and in the beginning.
(Bābā) Outside of time (in the incorporeal world of souls) or eternally and at the beginning of time (in the golden age).

आनंद ānand

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

अन्दर andar

In, inside, within.

अनेक anēk

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

अनुभव anubhav

Experience.

अनुभवी anubhavī

Experienced, veteran, seasoned.

अनुभूति anubhūti

Emotional experience, inner experience, realisation.

अनुसार anusār

According to, in conformity with.

आप āp

You (to a superior, a stranger, his father).
(reflective pronoun) Self, himself, oneself, yourself, themselves...

आपेही āpēhī

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

अपना apnā

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

अर्थ arth

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

अर्थात् arthāt

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

अशुभ aśhubh

Unlucky, inauspicious, unpropitious, unfavourable.
Evil, bad.
The evil.

असुर asur

Evil spirit, demon.
(Hinduism) The Asurs are said to inhabit the South pole, and are considered to be demons of the first order, and in constant hostility with the gods.
(Bābā) The human being in the iron age (who possesses the evil spirits of vices).

अथवा athavā

Or.
That is.

आत्मा ātmā

The soul, the spirit, the self.

और aur

And.
Else.
Other.

और कोई aur kōī

Someone else, anyone else.

अव्यक्त avyakt

Not manifest, not apparent, imperceptible, indistinct.

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.

बाद bād

After, later, subsequently.

बाहर bāhar

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

बहुत bahut

Many, much.
Very.

बैठना baiṭhnā

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

बजा bajā

Struck.
O'clock.

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.

बाकी सब bākī sab

Everything else, everyone else, all the rest.

बल bal

Strength, power, force.
Army.
Potency, vigour, vitality.
Emphasis, stress.

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.

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 की याद bāp kī yād

Remembrance of the Father.

बाप को याद करना bāp kō yād karnā

To think of the father.

बापदादा bāpdādā

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

बार bār

Time, occasion.

बड़ा baṛā

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

barrister

Barrister.

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.

be

To be.

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.

भगवानुवाच bhagvānuvāch

Bhagvān says, God says. (expression repeated in the Gītā)

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)

भारतवासी bhāratvāsī

Inhabitant of Bhārat.

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.

भी bhī

Inclusive emphatic particle: too, also, even.

भ्रष्टाचारी bhraṣhṭāchārī

(One who is) corrupt, depraved, wanton.

बोलना bōlnā

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

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 का दिन brahmā kā din

Day of Brahmā.
(Hinduism) One kalp or 1000 great eras (mahāyug) (about 4.32 billion years).
(Bābā) The golden and silver ages.
(Bābā) Half a kalp or 2500 years.

ब्रह्मा की रात brahmā kī rāt

Night of Brahmā.
(Hinduism) One kalp or 1000 great eras (mahāyug) (about 4.32 billion years).
(Bābā) The copper and iron ages.
(Bābā) Half a kalp or half of 5000 years: 2500 years.

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.

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.

चलना chalnā

Continue.

centre

Centre.

certificate

A certificate.

छोरा chhōrā

Orphan, street child.
(Bābā) Boy who left school or his parents.

छोटा chhōṭā

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

चित्र chitra

Picture, painting, illustration, figure, photo.

चिट्ठी chiṭṭhī

A letter (written message).

चीज़ chīz

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

दान dān

Donation, charity, alms, a religious gift (in cash or kind).
A suffix used to denote a stand, container or pot etc.

डरना ḍarnā

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

देहधारी dēhdhārī

(One) who has a body, embodied, incarnate. (describes human beings)

देही-अभिमानी dēhī-abhimānī

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

देखना dēkhnā

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

देना dēnā

To give.

देश dēśh

Country, land, native home, region, space.

देवी-देवता dēvī-dēvtā

Goddess and god.

देवता dēvtā

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

धनधा dhandhā

Vocation, occupation, business, work.

धार dhār

An edge.
Sharp edge, sharpness.
Current, flow, jet.
(suffix) Who holds or supports.

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 के लिए मुख्य सार dhārṇā kē liē mukhya sār

Essence for dhārṇā.

ढेर ḍhēr

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

difficult

Difficult.

दिन din

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

दो dō

Two, 2.

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.

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.

दुश्मन duśhman

Enemy, foe.

द्वैत dvait

Duality, doubling, the being doubled, duplication.
Dualism (in Philosophy), the assertion of two principles (as of life and soul, spirit and matter, God and the universe, &c.)
Doubt.
Discrimination, separation, distinction, division.

द्वारा dvārā

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

earth

Earth.

easy

Easy.

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).

एकदम ēkdam

In a breath, in a moment; (all) at once; immediately.
Quite, completely.

emerge

To emerge.

फ़िदा fidā

Sacrifice, consecration, devotion, devoting oneself (to save another).
A thing devoted.
Devoted, sacrificed or dying (for).
(Bābā) Sacrificing the self, giving all that one possesses (body, mind, wealth) to God, giving bodily pride, all vices to God to be burned.

गाना gānā

To sing, to chant.
A song.

गाँव gānv

Village.

गंवाना ganvānā

To lose, to waste, to squander.

घण्टा ghaṇṭā

Bell, gong, clock, hour.

घर ghar

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

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.

ग्लानि glāni

Weariness, languor, lassitude, fatigue, exhaustion; inertness; depression (of mind); debility; sickness. Unwillingness, reluctance; aversion, disgust.
Remorse, repentance.
(Bābā) Defamation.

गोला gōlā

A ball.
Sphere, globe.
Cannon-ball, bomb shell.
(Bābā) The picture of World cycle.

good morning

Good morning.

गुम gum

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

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.

हालत hālat

State, condition.
(plural) Conditions, circumstances.

हम ham

We.
(rustic form) I.

हर एक har ēk

Each, every.
Each one, everybody.

हठयोग haṭhyōg

'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.

हज़ार hazār

Thousand, 1000.

hear no evil

Hear no evil.

ही hī

Emphatic particle with a sense of exclusion : only.

हिस्सा hissā

Part, portion, share, division.

होना hōnā

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

इम्तहान imtahān

Examination, test.

in

In.

insolvent

Insolvent.

इस समय is samay

At this time, now.

इशारा iśhārā

Sign, signal, hint, indication, gesture.

इसलिए isliē

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

ईश्वरीय īśhvarīy

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

इतना itnā

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

इज्ज़त izzat

Prestige, honour, respect.

जब jab

(Relative pronoun) When.

जब तक jab tak

As long as.
(with negation) until.

जादू jādū

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

जहाँ jahā̃

Where, wherever.

जैसा jaisā

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

जलाना jalānā

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

जमा jamā

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

जमाना jamānā

To freeze, to solidify, to make firm, to harden, to make coagulate.
To establish, to settle.
To make sit for a long time.
To fix.
To make take root.
To make effective.

जमना jamnā

To freeze, to solidify, to become firm or hard, to clot.
To be established, to be settled, to settle, to have a prolonged sitting, to sit for long, to be fixed, to take root.
To be effective.

जाना jānā

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

जन्मना janamnā

To be born.

जन्म janm

Birth, origin, genesis.
Life, existence.

जानना jānnā

To know, to become aware of, to perceive.

जौहरी jauhrī

A jeweller; appraiser (of precious stones).
An expert, connoisseur.

झगड़ना jhagaṛnā

To quarrel, to altercate, to scramble.

झूला jhūlā

A swing.
A cradle.

झुलाना jhulānā

To swing, to rock.
To keep in suspense, to keep in uncertainty.

झूठ jhūṭh

Falsehood, lie, untruth.
False, untrue, incorrect.

जिस्मानी jismānī

Physical, bodily.

जीवन jīvan

Life, animation, existence.

जीयदान jīyadān

Gift of life, gift of existence.

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.

जो कुछ jō kuchh

Whatever, whatsoever, anything.

K

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

का kā

का denotes one of the under-mentioned relations between a Noun or a Pronoun and another Noun which follows the former. If the Noun that follows is Feminine (singular or plural), का changes to की; if it is Masculine and Plural, or has an oblique form, का changes to के.

  • Possession and relationship.
  • Material or composition.
  • Worth and measure (space or time).
  • Source, origin, cause.
  • Subject (doer of an act).
  • Object (of an activity).
  • Part of a whole.
  • Purpose.
  • Characteristic.
    (A Basic Grammar of Modern Hindi)

कब kab

Interrogative adverb: When? At what time ?

कभी kabhī

Sometime, ever.

कहलाना kahlānā

To cause to speak, to cause to say, to cause to tell; to call.
To be called, or named, or designated, to go by the name of; to be said to be.

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.

कलियुग kaliyug

The kali age, the iron age, the fourth and the last age of the universe according to the Hindu mythology.
(fig.) the age of vice.

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.

कल्याण kalyāṇ

Welfare.

काम kām

Passion, lust.
Desire.

काम kām

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

कन्या kanyā

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

कारण kāraṇ

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

कराना karānā

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

कर्म karm

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

करना karnā

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

कौन kaun

interrogative pronoun. Who

कौन सा kaun sā

Interrogative adjective and pronoun : which.

कायदा kāydā

A rule, regulation, law, ordinance.
Regularity.

के लिए kē liē

For, for the sake of.

के पास kē pās

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

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.

खेल khēl

Play; sport; amusement; dallying.
A game.
Something easy or unimportant: a trifle.
A wonder, a spectacle.
Showing (as of a film).

खेलना khēlnā

To play, sport, gambol, frisk, frolic; to amuse or divert oneself.
To play at, to gamble, to play a part or character, to act, to perform.
To nod the head under the influence of a spirit.

खोलना khōlnā

To open, to unfold, to untie, to detach, to unravel, to unroll, to unfasten.

खुशी khuśhī

Joy, delight, happiness.

ख्वाब khvāb

A dream.

ख्याल khyāl

An idea, thought.
View, opinion.
One of the principal forms of modern Hindustani classical vocal music.

ख्याल-ख्वाब khyāl-khvāb

Thought or dream.

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.

कृष्ण kr̥iṣhṇa

Black, dark.
Lord Kr̥iṣhṇa.

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.

कुमारी kumārī

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

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.

लहर lahar

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

लहराना laharānā

To rise in waves (water), to ripple.
To wave (as foliage, crops).
To wave, to flap (a flag).
To wind (as a stream).
To undulate in movement (a snake).
To gust (as heat).
To be moved suddenly (the heart, by emotion).
To be wafted (fragrance).
To be radiant (the beauty of nature).
To cause to flutter, or to wave; to put out (a flag); to raise (a flag, standard). To raise delusive hopes in (a person); to excite, to tantalise.

लाख lākh

A hundred thousand, 100 000.

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.

लड़ना laṛnā

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

लश्कर laśhkar

An army, a host, a military force.
A camp.
An encampment (the word, in India, is sometimes used with especial reference to Sindia's army).

लौकिक laukik

Secular, earthly, worldly, mundane.

लायक lāyak

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

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.

लेना lēnā

To take.

liberate

Liberate.

life

Life.

लिखना likhnā

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

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.

महान्, महा mahān, mahā

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

महिमा mahimā

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

मैं maĩ

I. (personal pronoun)

मालिक mālik

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

माना mānā

(it) Means, that is.

मनमनाभव manmanābhav

Give your mind to me ; Remember Me alone ; Fix your mind on one ; Fix your mind on me; Remember Father.

manner

Manner.

मनुष्य manuṣhya

A man, a human being.

मारना mārnā

To kill.
To beat, to belabour, to hit, to strike, to punish, to subdue.
To misappropriate, not to repay.
To chop off.
To win.
To turn ineffective.
To reduce to ashes.

मत mat

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

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.

मिसल misāl

Like.
Example.

mission

Mission.

मीठा mīṭhā

Sweet, pleasant.
Sweetmeat, jaggery.

मीठे बच्चे mīṭhē bachchē

Sweet children.

मुक्तिधाम muktidhām

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

मूल mūl

Root, the principal (the sum), origin, source.
Radical, original, essential, fundamental, basic, principal, chief, parent.

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.

नाचना nāchnā

To dance.
To caper, or frisk about.

नहीं nahī̃

No.
Not.

नर nar

A man, mâle.
(Hinduism) The original or eternal Man, the divine imperishable spirit pervading the universe. Often associated with his twin Nārāyaṇ; Arjun is his incarnation on Earth.
(Bābā) An ordinary man.

नारायण nārāyaṇ

(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.

नाटक nāṭak

Drama, play.

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.

निजी, निज nijī, nij

One's own, personal, individual.
Private.
Unofficial.
(Bābā) Own, intrinsic, innate, original.

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.

निर्वाण nirvāṇ

Becoming extinguished; disappearance, extinction; dissolution, death.
(Hinduism) Final emancipation from matter and from the necessity for further transmigration, and reunion with the Supreme Spirit, eternal bliss.
(Buddhism and Jainism) Absolute extinction, annihilation.
(Bābā) Final emancipation from matter and reunion with the Supreme Soul in the incorporeal world of souls (the souls remaining close and separated from the Supreme Soul and not merged in Him).
(Bābā) Without voice, without music, beyond sound.

निश्चय करना niśhchay karnā

'to do faith'. To have faith, to have conviction. Faith can be obtained by studying or simply by accepting what the Father teaches us.

निवारण nivāraṇ

Prevention.
Removal (of a fault, a weakness); cure (of an illness).
Exclusion.
(Bābā) Solution.

नम्बरवार number-wār

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

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)

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).

पहनना pahannā

To wear (as clothes).
To put on (as clothes, watch, ornaments, etc.)

पहले pahlē

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

पहनाना pahnānā

To cause to wear, to cause to put on, to clothe.

पाई-पैसे pāī-paisē

paï and paise, cents.

पैसा paisā

(historicallly) A copper coin, a pice (the fourth part of an ānā; in value about a farthing and a half).
Paisa (1⁄100 of a rupee).
Money, cash, wealth, riches, fortune.

पक्का pakkā

Ripe.
Expert, confirmed.
Strong, lasting, permanent, firm.

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.

परम param

Extreme, ultimate, absolute, supreme, best, utmost.
The Supreme Being, God.
Extremely, ultimately, absolutely, supremely, to the highest degree.

परमात्मा paramātmā

Supreme Soul : Śiv and not Brahmā.

परमपिता parampitā

Supreme Father.

परन्तु parantu

But, however.

पारसबुद्धि pārasbuddhi

Philosopher's Stone Mind. The mind that uses divine Knowledge to turn everything into gold transforming the Iron Age into a Golden Age.

पढ़ाई paṛhāī

Study, education, learning.

पढ़ाना paṛhānā

To teach, to instruct, to educate.

पढ़ना paṛhnā

To read, to study, to recite.

परिवर्तन parivartan

Change, alteration, variation.
Exchange (of objects, goods); conversion (of funds, currency).
Transformation.

पड़ना paṛnā

To fall, to fall down, to drop.
To lie (down).
To occur, to befall.
To be involved; to be hit.
(Following the uninflected infinitive of another verb, paṛnā, like honā, signifies 'have to,' 'must'; e.g. usko jāne paṛā, 'he had to go'; — annexed to the base of some neuter verbs it forms intensives, as gir-paṛnā, 'to fall down'; — annexed to the base of a transitive verb it has generally the sense of honā, as dekh paṛnā, 'to be seen,' 'to become visible').

part

Part.

परवाना parvānā

Moth.
(poetry) Lover, one who is attracted like a moth to a flame.
(Bābā) The soul that surrenders, sacrifices itself for God thus demonstrating his love for Him.

pass

To pass.

पता patā

Address, whereabouts, information, knowledge.

पतित patit

Fallen, depraved.

पतित पावन patit pāvan

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

पत्थर patthar

Stone.
Hard-hearted, heartless, unfeeling (person).

पत्थर बुद्धि patthar buddhi

patthar mind. Stone mind, hard-hearted, heartless, unfeeling mind.
The mind that uses the erroneous knowledge of human beings, the knowledge of the Iron Age.

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.

personality

Personality.
(Bābā) The person's nature or disposition.

फेरना phērnā

To turn.
To return.
To obvert.
To invert.
To repeat again and again.
To proclaim, to announce.
To change the order.
To shuffle.

फिदा होना phidā hōnā

To be sacrificed, to be devoted.
To sacrifice oneself, to dedicate oneself, to devote oneself, to consecrate oneself.
(Bābā) To sacrifice the self, to give all possessions (body, mind, wealth) to God, to give bodily pride, all vices to God to be burned.

फिर phir

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

फिर भी phir bhī

Notwithstanding, even then, in spite of that.

फिरना phirnā

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

practical

Practical.

practice

Practice.

प्रजा prajā

Subjects, public, people.

प्रश्न praśhna

Question, query, interrogation, interpellation, problem.

प्रातःमुरली prātaḥmurlī

Early morning Murlī.

प्रति prati

Towards.

प्रत्यक्ष pratyakṣh

Visible, perceptible, clear, evident, vivid, real, actual, express, explicit.
Direct, immediate; personal (as acquaintance).
Visible reality, actuality.

प्रेम prēm

Love, affection, attachment.

prince-princess

Prince and princess.

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.

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.

purity

Purity.

पुरूषोत्तम purūṣhōttam

Best of men, an excellent or superior man.
The highest being, Supreme Spirit, an epithet of Vishṇu, Krishṇa or Rama.

रचना rachnā

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

रचता rachtā

Creator one who makes.

रचता और रचना rachtā aur rachnā

The Creator and creation.

रहाना rahānā

To make stay, to make remain.

रहना rahnā

To remain, to stay.

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.

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)

रस्म-रिवाज rasm-rivāj

Customs and practices.

रथ rath

Chariot, vehicle (of a god).

रावण rāvaṇ

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.

रावण राज्य rāvaṇ rājya

Kingdom of Rāvaṇ.

rough

Rough.

royalty

Royalty.

रूहानी rūhānī

Spiritual.

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.

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).

साधू-संन्यासी sādhū-sannyāsī

Sādhū and sannyāsī.

सागर sāgar

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

साहूकार sāhūkār

A money-lender, private banker, rich man, man of means.

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.

शमा śhamā

A candle, lamp.

समझना samajhnā

To understand.

समान samān

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

समर्थ samarth

Capable, competent.
Powerful.

समर्थी samarthī

Capability, competence.

समय samay

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

सम्बन्धी sambandhī

A relative, relation.
(suffix) Related with, pertaining to.

समझाना samjhānā

(Causative of samajhnā) To persuade, explain.

सनातन sanātan

Existing from of old, immemorial; continuing, eternal.

संदली sandlī

lit. 'The place for the sandals or boots'; a bench, a seat; a movable scaffold; (it is said to have been the custom in old times to place the boots or shoes of princes and nobles on a bench in an ante-chamber; whence the term sandalī).

संग saṅg

Company, association, contact.

संगम saṅgam

Confluence, union, meeting.

संगमयुग saṅgamyug

The age of meeting. The fifth age of the cycle allowing the transition from the Iron Age to the Golden Age. The age when human beings can know, meet, remember and learn from God to become deities and go to heaven.

संकल्प-स्वप्न saṅkalp-svapn

Thought or dream.

संन्यासी sannyāsī

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

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.

सार sār

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

सारा sārā

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

सर्व sarv

All ; whole, entire, complete.

सर्वशक्तिमान् sarvśhaktimān

Almighty, all powerful, omnipotent.

शास्त्र śhāstra

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

सत sat

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

सतो, सतोगुण satō, satōguṇ

Virtue, the quality of purity and goodness.
(Bābā) Pure. Having the purity of the Silver Age.

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.

सतयुगी satyugī

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

शौक śhauk

Desire, yearning.
Predilection, taste, fancy.
Eagerness, pleasure (in doing something).
A hobby.

सवेरे savērē

In the early morning, at dawn, early, soon.

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)

service

Service.

सेवा sēvā

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

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.

सीरान sīrān

Grindstone. Tool used to grind or sharpen or polish.

सीढ़ी sīṛhī

Ladder, stairs, staircase, escalator, stile, stepping stone.

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).

slogan

Slogan.

स्मृति smr̥iti

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

solvent

Solvent.

सोना sōnā

Gold, an excellent thing.

सोना sōnā

To sleep.

श्रेष्ठ śhrēṣhṭha

The best, good, excellent, superior.

श्री śhrī

An honorific adjective prefixed to male names; Mr. Wealth, treasure, prosperity. Lustre, brilliance, radiance, splendour.
Myth. n.p. of Śhrī “Fortune”, epith. of Lakṣhmī, goddess of prosperity, wife-śhakti of Viṣhṇu; she is said to come from the churning of the primordial sea of milk, or else the daughter of Bhṛigu and Kyāti; she is the patroness of commerce.
(before proper nouns or books) excellent, splendid, honorable, eminent, famous, famous, illustrious, holy, revered, sacred.

श्रीमत śhrīmat

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

स्थल sthal

Land, place, site, location, venue, field.

स्थापना, स्थापन sthāpanā, sthāpan

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

student

Student.

शुभ śhubh

Auspicious, good.
The good, well-being.

सुख sukh

Happiness, pleasure, comfort, felicity, contentment.

सुखधाम sukhdhām

Abode of Happiness.

सुनना sunnā

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

शुरू śhurū

Beginning, commencement.

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).

स्वराज्य अधिकारी svarājya adhikārī

Self-sovereign, self-governor, self-king, self-master. One who controls his mind, his intellect, his sanskars (man-buddhi-sanskār) and his faculties of interaction (karmēndriy).

स्वर्ग svarg

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

स्वरूप svarūp

Shape, form.
Appearance.
Character, nature.
(Hinduism) Form assumed by a deity, or by the ultimate being; image, idol.
Of the same nature or character; similar.
(suffix) Having the nature or character (of), by way of, as, amounting to.
(Bābā) Form assumed by the soul; image.

तब tab

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

ताज tāj

Crown, diadem.

ताकत tākat

Power, force, strength, might.

ताली tālī

Clapping the hands.

तन्दरुस्ती tandarustī

Health, healthiness.

तरफ taraph

Side, direction.
Towards.

teacher

Teacher.

ठहरना ṭhaharnā

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

ठीक ṭhīk

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

तो tō

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

तोड़ना tōṛnā

To break, to violate, to fracture, to pluck, to disband, to twist, to demolish, to snap.
To change (into coins or currency notes of smaller denomination).
To reduce.
To win over, to cause to defect.

तुम tum

You (between equals).

उद्धार uddhār

Deliverance, salvation, redemption, riddance, restoration, uplift.

ऊंच ūñch

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

ऊंच ते ऊंच ūñch tē ūñch

The most elevated, the loftiest, the highest, the most eminent.

उतरना utarnā

To get down, to alight, to go down.
To come off or decay; to be dislocated.
To land, to disembark.

उठाना uṭhānā

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

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.

वापिस जाना vāpis jānā

To go back, to return, to retire, to recede.

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.

वेद-शास्त्र vēd-śhāstra

Vēd and Śhāstra, Vedas and sacred texts.

विचित्र vichitr

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

विकार vikār

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

विकर्म vikarm

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

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.

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.

यात्रा yātrā

Pilgrimage, march, journey, travel, wayfaring, trip, tour.

योगबल yōgbal

Power of Yōg.

युद्ध yuddh

War, warfare, battle, fight, fighting, combat, hostilities.

युक्ति yukti

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