Daily Murli for Tuesday 3 March 2026

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

होना hōnā (134)

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

का kā (99)

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)

करना karnā (68)

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

वह vah (64)

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

तो tō (61)

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

यह yah (48)

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

बाप bāp (44)

Father.

भी bhī (40)

Inclusive emphatic particle: too, also, even.

नहीं nahī̃ (33)

No.
Not.

तुम tum (33)

You (between equals).

आना ānā (30)

To come.

कहना kahnā (29)

Say.

को kō (29)

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)

से sē (29)

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)

K (28)

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

key (27)

Key.

ही hī (22)

Emphatic particle with a sense of exclusion : only.

मिलना milnā (22)

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.

कोई kōī (21)

Some, any, someone, anyone.

और aur (20)

And.
Else.
Other.

हम ham (20)

We.
(rustic form) I.

कौन kaun (20)

interrogative pronoun. Who

समझाना samjhānā (19)

(Causative of samajhnā) To persuade, explain.

ज्ञान gyān (16)

Knowledge directly taught by God.

जो jō (16)

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

में mē̃ (16)

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)

सकना saknā (15)

To can, to be able to.

बच्चा bachchā (14)

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

देना dēnā (14)

To give.

समझना samajhnā (13)

To understand.

वर्सा varsā (13)

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

बात bāt (12)

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

ब्रह्मा brahmā (12)

(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.

द्वारा dvārā (12)

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

संग saṅg (12)

Company, association, contact.

बनना bannā (11)

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

गुरू gurū (11)

A teacher, mentor, preceptor, spiritual guide.
Jupiter, the Preceptor of the gods.
(Bābā) A spiritual guide to achieve liberation.

रहना rahnā (11)

To remain, to stay.

ऐसा aisā (10)

Such, of this type.

बाबा bābā (10)

Father.

मनुष्य manuṣhya (10)

A man, a human being.

न na (10)

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)

जानना jānnā (9)

To know, to become aware of, to perceive.

कि ki (9)

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

नाम nām (9)

Name.

अच्छा achchhā (8)

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

आत्मा ātmā (8)

The soul, the spirit, the self.

चाहना chāhnā (8)

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

जीना jīnā (8)

To live, to be alive.

पड़ना paṛnā (8)

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').

सब sab (8)

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

सर्व sarv (8)

All ; whole, entire, complete.

शिवबाबा śhivbābā (8)

The Father Śiv.

एक ēk (7)

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).

जाना jānā (7)

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

ना nā (7)

Emphatic particle at the end of the sentence: no?, isn't it?
No.

पास pās (7)

pass (7)

To pass.

फिर phir (7)

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

फिरना phirnā (7)

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

प्रजापिता ब्रह्मा prajāpitā brahmā (7)

(Hinduism prajāpati Brahmā) Brahmā the Father of creatures.
(Bābā) Brahmā the Father of humanity.

सुनना sunnā (7)

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

आदि ādi (6)

Etcetera.
Beginning.
Early, initial, primordial.

बापदादा bāpdādā (6)

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

बोलना bōlnā (6)

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

दो dō (6)

Two, 2.

मुख mukh (6)

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

पहला pahlā (6)

पहले pahlē (6)

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

पूछना pūchhnā (6)

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

service (6)

Service.

अब ab (5)

Now.

धुरिया dhuriyā (5)

The second day of the Holī festival (when the participants throw gulāl powder and coloured water at one another).
(Bābā) It is the memorial of how the soul is coloured with the colours of the company of its Supreme Father.

foundation (5)

Foundation.

घर ghar (5)

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

होली hōlī (5)

A festival, a memorial of the confluence age, when on the first day (Holi) people burn everything old; a symbol of burning old sanskars and sins in the fire of yoga. On the second day (Dhurya) people sprinkle each other with coloured water; a symbol of a soul being coloured with God’s knowledge.

holy (5)

Holy.

के लिए kē liē (5)

For, for the sake of.

कितना kitnā (5)

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

लिखना likhnā (5)

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

निकलना nikalnā (5)

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.

पत्थर patthar (5)

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

प्रजापिता prajāpitā (5)

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

रूप rūp (5)

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

सद्गति दाता sadgati dātā (5)

The Giver of sadgati: The one who bestows Salvation, a better abode in the post-death existence.
(Bābā) The one who bestows Salvation or Fruit (the reward of the golden age world).

सन्तान santān (5)

Offspring, children, descendants.
A son or daughter.

शास्त्र śhāstra (5)

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

सिवाए sivāē (5)

Except, but, with the exception (of).

सुनाना sunānā (5)

To cause to hear, to relate, to read out, to recite, to pronounce.

वही vahī (5)

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

वाला vālā (5)

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

योग yōg (5)

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).

अगर agar (4)

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

अल्फ और बे alpha aur bē (4)

Alpha and b, a and b.
(Bābā) The two things to remember: ŚhivBābā and inheritance.

आप āp (4)

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

B (4)

बहुत bahut (4)

Many, much.
Very.

बाकी bākī (4)

But if.., but, nevertheless.

बाकी bākī (4)

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

बाप कहते हैं bāp kahtē haĩ (4)

The Father says.

बताना batānā (4)

To say, to speak, to tell, to inform, to point out, to express, to thrash, to instruct.

be (4)

To be.

ब्रह्माकुमार brahmākumār (4)

Son of Brahmā.

चलना chalnā (4)

Continue.

धारण करना dhāraṇ karnā (4)

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

ज्ञान विज्ञान gyān vigyān (4)

Gyān and Vigyān, Knowledge and Yoga.

जी jī (4)

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

कराना karānā (4)

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

knowledge (4)

Knowledge.

कोई भी kōī bhī (4)

Anyone, someone, any.

कुमारी kumārī (4)

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

परमात्मा paramātmā (4)

Supreme Soul : Śiv and not Brahmā.

पतित पावन patit pāvan (4)

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

पवित्र pavitr (4)

Holy, sacred, pure.

रखना rakhnā (4)

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

सबका sabkā (4)

(genitive case of sab) Of everyone.

सहज sahaj (4)

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

सिर्फ sirph (4)

स्थापना, स्थापन sthāpanā, sthāpan (4)

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

ठहरना ṭhaharnā (4)

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

उल्टा ulṭā (4)

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

उल्टी ulṭī (4)

ज़रूर zarūr (4)

Certainly, undoubtedly, positively, without fail.

अक्षर akṣhar (3)

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

अपना apnā (3)

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

अवस्था avasthā (3)

Condition, state, age, stage, phase.

बहु bahu (3)

ब्रह्माकुमार कुमारी brahmākumār kumārī (3)

बुद्धि buddhi (3)

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.

centre (3)

Centre.

देखना dēkhnā (3)

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

देवता dēvtā (3)

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

इतना itnā (3)

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

कभी kabhī (3)

Sometime, ever.

कैसा kaisā (3)

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

के पास kē pās (3)

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

क्या kyā (3)

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).

लेना lēnā (3)

To take.

महात्मा mahātmā (3)

A saint, sage, saintly (person), noble or enlightened soul.
(Bābā) 'Great soul', the pure soul.

महिमा mahimā (3)

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

मानना mānnā (3)

मारना mārnā (3)

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.

मुझे याद करो mujhē yād karō (3)

Remember Me.

नहीं तो nahī̃ tō (3)

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

ने nē (3)

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

निराकार nirākār (3)

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.

निश्चय niśhchay (3)

Confidence, faith, certainty.

निश्चिन्त niśhchint (3)

Carefree, assured, convinced, unconcerned.

पर par (3)

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 (3)

Opposite, inimical, other, alien, higher.

परमपिता parampitā (3)

Supreme Father.

परन्तु parantu (3)

But, however.

परिचय देना parichay dēnā (3)

पता patā (3)

Address, whereabouts, information, knowledge.

रचयिता rachayitā (3)

Creator, composer, author.

रंगना raṅgnā (3)

रत्न ratna (3)

A gem, precious stone.
The most outstanding individual of a class.
The pupil of the eye.
(in comp.) Anything valuable or desirable, any precious thing, anything excellent or best of its kind (e.g. strī-ratn, 'a pearl of a woman').

रावण rāvaṇ (3)

The king of ancient Ceylon (Laṅkā) who kidnapped Rām's queen consort Sītā and later fought him and was killed, villain of the great epic Rāmāyaṇ.
A demonic person.
(Bābā) Ravan, a ten-headed demon-king, the ruler of Lanka. Symbolic of five vices in males and five vices in females.

रूप-बसन्त rūp-basant (3)

Rūp and Basant, when Basant speaks, jewels emerge from his lips; when Rūp smiles, flowers emerge from his lips.
(Bābā) Rūp and Basant. Rūp, the one who smiles, bringing forth from his lips the flowers of virtue. He is the embodiment of Yoga. Basant, the one who speaks, bringing forth from his lips jewels of knowledge. He is the embodiment of Knowledge.

सदा sadā (3)

Always, perpetually, continually, ever.

सद्गति sadgati (3)

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).

शरीर śharīr (3)

Body.

serviceable (3)

Serviceable.

शिव śhiv (3)

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.

तब tab (3)

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

विज्ञान vigyān (3)

Science.
(Bābā) 'beyond gyān' : Yōg, silence.

अन्दर andar (2)

In, inside, within.

अर्थ arth (2)

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

attraction (2)

और कोई aur kōī (2)

Someone else, anyone else.

authority (2)

Authority.

बदलना badalnā (2)

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

बन ban (2)

बनाना banānā (2)

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.

बड़ा baṛā (2)

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

बस bas (2)

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

बसन्त basant (2)

Basant, a character in the story Rūp and Basant, when he speaks, jewels emerge from his lips.
(Bābā) One who speaks by making jewels of knowledge emerge from his lips. He is the embodiment of Knowledge.

बसना basnā (2)

बेहद का bēhad kā (2)

Limitless, unlimited, unbounded.

भगवान bhagvān (2)

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.

भक्ति मार्ग bhakti mārg (2)

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).

भव bhav (2)

भव bhav (2)

(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.

ब्राह्मण brāhmaṇ (2)

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

building (2)

Building.
(Bābā) House.

चाहे chāhē (2)

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

चढ़ना chaṛhnā (2)

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

Christ (2)

Christ.

चोली chōlī (2)

A small jacket, a bodice; a waistcoat; body (of a gown or coat).

दादा dādā (2)

A paternal grandfather.
An elder brother; a term of veneration or respect addressed to Brāhmans.

डालना ḍālnā (2)

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

डरना ḍarnā (2)

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

दर्शन darśhan (2)

Seeing, looking, observing; sight, vision, observation, look, view; appearance, aspect, semblance; perception; exhibition; inspection, examination; going into the presence of, visiting, an interview; visiting a sacred shrine, worshipping in the presence of an image.
A view or theory prescribed in a system or book; one of the six religious or philosophical systems of the Hindūs, a śāstra.
Mental or spiritual vision, contemplation; a vision, dream.
Apprehension, judgment, opinion; discernment, understanding, intellect.

देवी dēvī (2)

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

धर्म dharm (2)

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.

ढेर ḍhēr (2)

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

धूल dhūl (2)

Dust.

दिल dil (2)

Heart, courage, spirit, will.

disservice (2)

Service that results in harm; an (intentionally or unintentionally) unhelpful, harmful action.

दूसरा dūsrā (2)

Second.
Other, another.
Next.

earth (2)

Earth.

एकरस ēkras (2)

Of one flavour, or character.
Monotonous.
Pleased with one thing only, unchanging, constant.
(Bābā) Stable in praise and defamation (enjoying company of one).

family (2)

Family.

father (2)

Father.

गति gati (2)

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

गीत gīt (2)

गीता का भगवान gītā kā bhagvān (2)

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

गीता पाठशाला gītā pāṭhśhālā (2)

ज्ञान का सागर gyān kā sāgar (2)

ज्ञान का तीसरा नेत्र gyān kā tīsrā nētra (2)

ज्ञान सागर gyān sāgar (2)

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

हमेशा hamēśhā (2)

हे hē (2)

हिलना hilnā (2)

हिम्मतवान himmatvān (2)

हिरना hirnā (2)

(Probably derived from the Sindhi 'heran' habituate or 'hiraNru' become habituated) To become tame, acquire a habit, become habituated.

झरमुई झगमुई jharmuī jhagmuī (2)

Gossip.
An idle triftling talk.

काम kām (2)

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

काम kām (2)

Passion, lust.
Desire.

खराब kharāb (2)

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

कुछ भी kuchh bhī (2)

Anything, whatsoever, anything at all.

लौकिक laukik (2)

Secular, earthly, worldly, mundane.

लेकिन lēkin (2)

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

लिखाना likhānā (2)

मैं maĩ (2)

I. (personal pronoun)

मामेकम् याद करो māmēkam yād karō (2)

Just think of Me.

मनमनाभव manmanābhav (2)

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

निकालना nikālnā (2)

निर्भय nirbhay (2)

ओम् शान्ति ōm śhānti (2)

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

पक्का pakkā (2)

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

पाना pānā (2)

परिचय parichay (2)

Introduction, acquaintance, familiarity.

पारलौकिक pārlaukik (2)

Relating to the next world.

फलाना phalānā (2)

राही rāhī (2)

A traveller, wayfarer, pedestrian.

सबको sabkō (2)

sab + kō : everything, everyone.

सच्चा sachchā (2)

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

सनातन sanātan (2)

Existing from of old, immemorial; continuing, eternal.

शंकर śhaṅkar (2)

(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.

सारा sārā (2)

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

सर्वव्यापी, सर्वव्यापक sarvavyāpī, sarvavyāpak (2)

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

सत्यानाश satyānāśh (2)

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

sensible (2)

Sensible.

सेवा sēvā (2)

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

स्नान snān (2)

Bathing, ablution.
Purification, lustration.

सोना sōnā (2)

To sleep.

स्थूल sthūl (2)

Bulky, fat.
Gross, coarse; undifferentiated; outward, apparent.
Crude, rough, gross.
Dense, stupid.
philos. Tangible, material (as opposed to sūkṣma, subtle).
(Bābā) Tangible, material.

student (2)

Student.

सुल्टा sulṭā (2)

Straight, direct.

स्वर्ग svarg (2)

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

स्वर्ग का वर्सा svarg kā varsā (2)

तारना tārnā (2)

To enable (one) to cross.
To free, rid (of).
To deliver, save.
To absolve from sin.
To exempt from further transmigration.

ठहराना ṭhahrānā (2)

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.

वेद vēd (2)

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

विष्णु viṣhṇu (2)

The Preserver of the world who adds himself to the Creator Brahmā and the Destroyer Śaṅkar (confused with Śiv the Supreme Being in Hinduism) to form the trimūrti.
(Bābā) Four-armed deity. A symbol of harmony of masculine and feminine qualities in a perfect person. A symbol of pure family path, a symbol of perfect couple.

याद करना yād karnā (2)

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).

यहाँ yahā̃ (2)

Here, hither, in/at this place.

यात्रा yātrā (2)

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

आदत ādat (1)

Habit.

आदि देव ādi dēv (1)

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 सनातन देवी-देवता धर्म ādi sanātan dēvī-dēvtā dharm (1)

Eternal and first Law that of the goddesses and gods, the ancient and first Law that of the goddesses and gods.

आदि-मध्य-अन्त ādi-madhya-ant (1)

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

आगे āgē (1)

Ahead, in front of, before; in future.

आना ānā (1)

आपस में āpas mē̃ (1)

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

अर्थात् arthāt (1)

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

असुल ou असल asul ou asal (1)

आसुरी āsurī (1)

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

औलाद aulād (1)

अव्यक्त avyakt (1)

Not manifest, not apparent, imperceptible, indistinct.

बच्ची bachchī (1)

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

बदले badlē (1)

In exchange, in return, in lieu.

बैठना baiṭhnā (1)

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

बाकी सब bākī sab (1)

Everything else, everyone else, all the rest.

बाप की याद bāp kī yād (1)

Remembrance of the Father.

बार bār (1)

Time, occasion.

बेहद bēhad (1)

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

बेहद का बाप bēhad kā bāp (1)

The unlimited Father.

बेड़ा bēṛā (1)

Raft, float.
Boat.
Fleet (of boats or ships).
Timber formed into a raft to be brought down a river.

भारतवासी bhāratvāsī (1)

Inhabitant of Bhārat.

भवन bhavan (1)

Place of being or abode, building (public), chamber (legislative), mansion, palace.

भय bhay (1)

Fear, apprehension, alarm, terror, dread.
Danger.

भ्रष्ट bhraṣhṭ (1)

Corrupt(ed).
Fallen.
Depraved, wanton.
Ruined, spoilt.

बिल्कुल bilkul (1)

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

बिन्दी bindī (1)

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

blind faith (1)

Believing without intelligence.

board (1)

Board.

ब्रह्मा बाबा brahmā bābā (1)

ब्रह्माकुमारी brahmākumārī (1)

Daughter of Brahmā.

बुद्ध buddha (1)

Any wise or learned man, a sage.
The Buddha or 'enlightened,' who is regarded as the ninth incarnation of Vishṇu, and the apparent founder of Buddhism.

चक्र chakra (1)

चक्र, चक्कर chakra, chakkar (1)

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.

चर्चा charchā (1)

Christian (1)

Christian.

चोला chōlā (1)

A long robe, gown.
Appearance, physical frame, body.
(Bābā) The body which is also a garment that the soul wears when it plays a role on Earth.

common (1)

crack (1)

Crack.

दंत dant (1)

A tooth.

दरकार darkār (1)

Necessity, need.
Necessary, needed.

देहधारी dēhdhārī (1)

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

देहली dēhlī (1)

Delhi (the capital of India).
Threshold.

detail (1)

Detail.

धरना dharnā (1)

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

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

Essence for dhārṇā.

धरनी dharnī (1)

The earth, globe.
Earth, soil, land, ground.
A beam.

दिखाना dikhānā (1)

दिलाना dilānā (1)

To cause to be given, to cause to be handed over.

drill (1)

Drill.

दुनिया duniyā (1)

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.

गंगा gaṅgā (1)

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

गिरना girnā (1)

To fall.

ग्लानि glāni (1)

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

good morning (1)

Good morning.

गोसाई gōsāī (1)

'Lord of cows', a title of the supreme being.
A holy man, an ascetic; honorary title prefixed to personal names; title given to leaders of the Vallabhan community.
Name of a brāhmaṇ sub-community, descendants of Caitanya; a man of this sub-community.
Name of a particular community of yogīs.

गोया goyā (1)

grand (1)

great (1)

गुरू करना gurū karnā (1)

To Adopt a gurū.

ज्ञान-योग gyān-yōg (1)

हां hā̃ (1)

Yes, yea.

हर har (1)

हरना harnā (1)

her (1)

हीरा hīrā (1)

Diamond.

in (1)

In.

इस समय is samay (1)

At this time, now.

इशारा iśhārā (1)

Sign, signal, hint, indication, gesture.

इसलिए isliē (1)

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

जब jab (1)

(Relative pronoun) When.

जबकि jabki (1)

जैसा jaisā (1)

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

जन्मना janamnā (1)

To be born.

जन्म janm (1)

Birth, origin, genesis.
Life, existence.

झट jhaṭ (1)

जीवनमुक्ति jīvanmukti (1)

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

कच्चा kachchā (1)

Uncooked, unboiled, raw, unripe, green.
Crude, incomplete, unfinished, rough, imperfect, immature.
Inauthentic, doubtful.
Vague.
Weak.
Built of mud-bricks.
Provisional.
Not fast (as sleep, colour).

कहाँ kahā̃ (1)

Interrogative pronominal adverb : Where ?

कल्प kalp (1)

(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.

कारण kāraṇ (1)

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

कथा kathā (1)

Story, tale, fable, narrative, religious discourse.

कौन सा kaun sā (1)

Interrogative adjective and pronoun : which.

के बदले kē badlē (1)

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

के बजाए kē bajāē (1)

In place of, in lieu of, instead of.

खलास khalās (1)

खड़ा khaṛā (1)

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

ख़ातिरी ḵẖātirī (1)

Hospitality.

खिलाना khilānā (1)

To feed.

खुश khuśh (1)

Happy, pleased.
Good.

knowledgeful (1)

Knowledgeful.

कुछ kuchh (1)

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

लगाना lagānā (1)

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

लगना lagnā (1)

लकीर lakīr (1)

A line, lineament.
A streak, stripe.

लक्ष्य lakṣhya (1)

The aim, object, objective, target, goal.
Indicated, implied.

लायक lāyak (1)

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

लेन-देन lēn-dēn (1)

'taking and giving'. Transaction, exchange, dealings.

liberator (1)

Liberator.

मधुबन madhuban (1)

(Hinduism) 'The forest of the demon Madhu,' near the Yamuna river (where Śhatru-ghna, after killing Lavaṇa, son of Madhu, founded the city of Madhurā or Mathurā, the city where Kr̥iṣhṇa was born, where God was incarnated).
(Bābā) Place where the seat of the Brahma Kumaris is located where the Supreme Being has descended on numerous occasions (in the body of Brahmā, then of Dadi Gulzar).

मध्याजी madhyājī (1)

महान्, महा mahān, mahā (1)

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

मजबूत majbūt (1)

मालूम mālūm (1)

Known.
Evident, apparent.

माना mānā (1)

(it) Means, that is.

मंत्र mantra (1)

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

मात-पिता, माता-पिता māt-pitā, mātā-pitā (1)

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

मौत maut (1)

मीठा mīṭhā (1)

Sweet, pleasant.
Sweetmeat, jaggery.

मीठे बच्चे mīṭhē bachchē (1)

Sweet children.

मुक्त mukt (1)

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

मुक्ति mukti (1)

Liberation, freedom; deliverance.
Final deliverance, salvation.

मूल mūl (1)

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

मूलवतन mūlvatan (1)

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

नया nayā (1)

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

नज़दीक nazdīk (1)

नीचे nīchē (1)

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

निर्लेप nirlēp (1)

Free from spot, spotless, stainless, unsullied.

निर्माणचित nirmāṇchit (1)

With a humble, modest spirit.

note (1)

Note.

नुकसान करना nuksān karnā (1)

नम्बरवार number-wār (1)

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

पद pad (1)

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).

पहचानना pahchānnā (1)

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

पानी pānī (1)

Water, aqua.
Rain.
Essence, liquid substance.
Lustre, brightness.
Valour, breed.
Honour, sense of self-respect.
Thin coating, thin plating.

पार pār (1)

The other coast, the other bank, the other side.
Extremity, limit, conclusion, end.
Across, on the other side, on the other bank, on the other coast.
Past, last, next.

पढ़ाना paṛhānā (1)

To teach, to instruct, to educate.

पढ़ना paṛhnā (1)

To read, to study, to recite.

पतित patit (1)

Fallen, depraved.

पावन pāvan (1)

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

फरमान pharmān (1)

A royal edict, royal command, royal decree.

philosophy (1)

Philosophy.

प्रजापिता ब्रह्माकुमार कुमारियाँ prajāpitā brahmākumār kumāriyā̃ (1)

प्रकृति prakr̥iti (1)

Original form or state.
Nature, character, temperament.
Nature, the natural world.
(philosophy) A force or principle evolving the material world.

प्राप्त करना prāpt karnā (1)

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

प्राप्ति prāpti (1)

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 (1)

Question, query, interrogation, interpellation, problem.

प्रातःमुरली prātaḥmurlī (1)

Early morning Murlī.

प्रति prati (1)

Towards.

पुकारना pukārnā (1)

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

राजधानी rājdhānī (1)

King's residence, a royal palace, royal city, seat of government, capital, metropolis.

रखाना rakhānā (1)

रंग raṅg (1)

Colour.
Paint, dye, pigment.
Complexion, beauty.
Aspect, appearance, expression (facial); atmosphere, mood.
Manner, style, influence.
Character, nature, kind, type.
Place of entertainment, stage.
The dramatic arts: acting, dancing, singing.
Entertainment, enjoyment, merry-making; mood or time of youth.
Something splendid, a spectacle.

रास्ता rāstā (1)

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

रात rāt (1)

Night.

राय rāy (1)

राय rāy (1)

राज़ rāz (1)

Secret.

regard (1)

Regard.

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

सबसे sabsē (1)

(superlative) Of all, the most.

साधन sādhan (1)

The act of accomplishing, or achieving, processing.
An accomplishment, achievement, solution, realization.
Means, medium; expedient.
Appliance(s), equipment, device, an implement.
Resource(s).
(bābā) Material things, comforts, facilities.

साधू sādhū (1)

A hermit, a religious mendicant.

सहयोगी sahyōgī (1)

Colleague, co-worker.
Co-operating.
Co-operative.

सम्बन्ध sambandh (1)

Connection, relationship.

संभाल sambhāl (1)

सम्भालना sambhālnā (1)

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

सामने sāmnē (1)

सन्त sant (1)

Saintly.
A saint.

सफलता saphaltā (1)

Success, achievement.

सार sār (1)

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

सतगुरू satgurū (1)

The good spiritual guide, the true spiritual guide, God.

शौक śhauk (1)

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

सावधान sāvdhān (1)

Careful, alert, cautious, attentive.

सावधानी sāvdhānī (1)

सेना sēnā (1)

Army, the military.

सिजरा sijarā (1)

A genealogical tree.

सिखाना sikhānā (1)

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

सिखलाना sikhlānā (1)

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

सिकीलधे sikīladhē (1)

Persian word derived from the Sindhi word "sik" which means "very dear". Just like ordinary parents, after waiting a lot, have a lot of sik-sik (love) for the child at birth. Likewise after 5000 years, the children meet at the confluence, then there is a lot of love for the children.
(Bābā) Who disappear and then are found after a long time.

सीता sītā (1)

The celebrated daughter of king Janak (of Mithila:) who was married to Rām, the hero of the renowned Indian epic of Rāmāyaṇ.
(Bābā) The first queen of silver age.
(Bābā) In His murlis Baba says, “All of you are Sitas, that is My brides. You were enslaved by Ravan, the five vices, and I, Rama, come here in order to liberate you and take you to your home and your kingdom. Sita is symbolic of faithfulness and purity but on the other hand she is a reminder that any disobedience of shrimat, the advice of the Supreme Father, takes the soul to Shok Vatika (the cottage of sorrow).

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Slogan.

सो sō (1)

सोना sōnā (1)

Gold, an excellent thing.

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Spiritual.

सृष्टि sr̥iṣhṭi (1)

Creation.
The world.

सूक्ष्म sūkṣhma (1)

Subtle.

तालुक tāluk (1)

Connection.

तारा tārā (1)

तरह tarah (1)

तरफ taraph (1)

Side, direction.
Towards.

तत्व tatva (1)

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

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Teacher.

थोड़ा thōṛā (1)

A little, some, meagre, scanty.
Short.

थोड़ा-सा thōṛā-sā (1)

A bit, a little.

तिलक tilak (1)

An ornamental or religious mark over the forehead (signifying installation on the throne or engagement etc.).
A vermilion or sandal mark over the forehead.
The most eminent member (of a class, clan, dynasty, etc.).
Commentary of a text.
(Bābā) A red colour mark in the centre of the forehead; a symbol of victory, of sovereignty; a symbol of soul. When we realize ourselves to be souls, points of light, conscious energy in the centre of the forehead, we are self sovereigns, we are victorious over maya, we wear a real tilak.

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Transfer.

त्रिकालदर्शी trikāldarśhī (1)

Seeing the three times: the past, the present and the future; omniscient; Rishi or divine sage.

तुम जानते हो tum jāntē hō (1)

You know.

तूफान tūphān (1)

Storm, tempest, hurricane, typhoon.

उल्टा-सुल्टा ulṭā-sulṭā (1)

Topsy-tuvy, deranged, confused, higgledy, piggledy.

ऊपर ūpar (1)

On, upon, above, upward, over.

उत्तर uttar (1)

Answer, reply.
North.
Later.

वा vā (1)

Or.

वंशावली vaṅśhāvalī (1)

Line of a family, pedigree, genealogy, genealogical tree.

वार vār (1)

An assault.
A stroke, blow.
A day of the week.
The nearer side.
(suffix) it means 'wise' on the basis of, and also वाला.

वरदान vardān (1)

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

विजयी vijayī (1)

Conquering, victorious, triumphant.
A conqueror.

विकार vikār (1)

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 विनाश होंगे vikarma vināśh hōṅgē (1)

Bad actions will disappear, bad karma will disappear.

विशेषता viśhēṣhtā (1)

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

विष्णुपुरी viṣhṇupurī (1)

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War.

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Way.

या yā (1)

Or, either.

याद yād (1)

Remembrance, recollection, memory.

याद-प्यार yād-pyār (1)

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

यही yahī (1)

Emphatic form of yah: this very.

युक्ति yukti (1)

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