Daily Murli for Sunday 17 May 2026

A

The letter A of our alphabet; used for acronyms.
a.

अब ab

Now.

अचल achal

Immovable, immobile, stationary, motionless, still, firm.

अचानक achānak

All of a sudden, suddenly, unexpectedly.

अच्छा achchhā

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

अच्छा लगना achchhā lagnā

To be pleasing, agreeable or palatable, to please.
To appear pretty or becoming, to look well.
To become, befit, suit; to afford pleasure.
To derive pleasure or enjoyment, to enjoy, relish; to have a good effect, prove beneficial, to benefit.

अधिकार adhikār

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

आदि ādi

Etcetera.
Beginning.
Early, initial, primordial.

अडोल aḍōl

Not shaking or swinging.
Not ricketty.
Immovable, firm, steady.
Unshaken.

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.

ऐसे नहीं aisē nahī̃

'not so', Do not believe.

आज āj

Today.

अक ak

The medicinal plant swallow wort, technically known as Catotropis gigantea.
A poisonous off-white flower that is offered in Shiva’s temples among other flowers.
(Bābā) In spiritual sense: Baba’s children who don’t imbibe knowledge and don’t change their behaviour.

आकर्षित ākarṣhit

Attracted, charmed, allured.

अकेला akēlā

Single, lonely, lonesome, solitary.

अक्षर akṣhar

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

all-round

All-round.
(Bābā) Who goes around the whole cycle, who has the 84 lives.

अम्बा ambā

Mother.
The goddess Durgā (= Devī).

अमृतवेला amr̥itvēlā

The time of nectar, the hour before dawn, the hour suitable for meditation or prayer.
(Sikhism) the hour before sunrise between 3:00 a.m. and 6:00 a.m.
(Bābā) The time of amr̥t, the time of nectar, time of daily meditation after waking up, set from 4:00 a.m. to 4:45 a.m., when the atmosphere is very pure and Baba specially fills a soul with all powers, but perhaps at any time between 2:00 a.m. and 5:00 a.m.

आना ānā

To come.

अन्दर andar

In, inside, within.

अंधकार andhkār

Darkness; gloom.

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...

अपना apnā

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

अपनाना apnānā

To (treat as one's) own.
To adopt.
To appropriate.

अर्पण arpaṇ

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

अर्थात् arthāt

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

आश, आशा āśh, āśhā

Hope, expectation.
Wish, desire.

अशान्ति aśhānti

Restlessness, anxiety.

आत्मा ātmā

The soul, the spirit, the self.

और aur

And.
Else.
Other.

औरों aurō̃

(The) others.

अव्यक्त avyakt

Not manifest, not apparent, imperceptible, indistinct.

अव्यक्त-बापदादा avyakt-bāpdādā

Avyakt Bāpdādā, the unmanifest Father and big brother, the unmanifest father and Grandfather. (only the body of Dadi Gulzar could be seen in which Bāpdādā the two souls Śiv and Brahmā enter to speak)

बाबा bābā

Father.

बच्चा bachchā

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

बदलना badalnā

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

बधाई badhāī

Congratulations, felicitations, greetings.

बदली badlī

Change, exchange, barter, transfer, substitution, stead, lieu, person or thing taken in exchange for another, substitute, relief (of a watch).

बाँह bā̃h

The upper arm.
Support, protection, supporter.
Power, strength.

बहुत bahut

Many, much.
Very.

बैठना baiṭhnā

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

बजाना bajānā

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

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.

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.

बढ़ना baṛhnā

To increase, to multiply, to grow, to progress, to advance.

बात bāt

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

बेहद का bēhad kā

Limitless, unlimited, unbounded.

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.

भाग्य bhāgya

Fortune, fate, luck, destiny.

भक्त bhakt

A devotee.

भक्ति bhakti

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

भला bhalā

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

भारत bhārat

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

भाषा bhāṣhā

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

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.

भिन्न bhinn

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

भूत bhūt

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

बीच bīch

Middle, centre.

बीज bīj

Seed, kernel. Source, origin, primary cause.

birth day

Birthday.

boarding

Boarding. A school equipped with residential rooms where students live there instead of staying in their own homes, providing both food and lodging. Baba established a boarding school in Sindh, Hyderabad, where Dadis and other children pursued both worldly (lokik) and spiritual (alokik) studies;

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.

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.

ब्रह्मचर्य brahmcharya

The first of the four stages (āśhram) in a man's life as prescribed by the Hindu scriptures extending till the twenty-fifth year during which one is expected to live strictly as a celibate dedicated to the consummation of his educational effort under the preceptor's direction and guidance.
(Bābā) Celibacy, chastity.

बुरा burā

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

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.

चक्र, चक्कर chakra, chakkar

Circle, disc.
Cycle, circular movement, rotation, revolution, circumambulation, round.
(Sanskrit) The royal wheel, badge of sovereignty.
(Sanskrit) Region, country; sovereignty.
myth. Flaming disc, solar weapon of Viṣṇu.

चलना chalnā

Continue.

चढ़ना chaṛhnā

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

चारों ओर chārō̃ ōr

On all sides, all around, everywhere.

चेहरा chēhrā

Face, countenance, mask, front.

centre

Centre.

checking

Checking.

छोड़ना chhōṛnā

To leave.
To abandon.
To release.

छोटा chhōṭā

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

छूटना chhūṭnā

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

circumstance

Circumstance.

चिटकी chiṭkī

Letter, note, message.

चित्र chitra

Picture, painting, illustration, figure, photo.

चीज़ chīz

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

combined

Combined.

connection

Connection.

दादी dādī

Paternal grandmother.
(Brahma Kumaris) Eldest sister (older in gyan than the Didis who are also elder sisters)

दर्पण darpaṇ

Mirror, looking glass.

देहली dēhlī

Delhi (the capital of India).
Threshold.

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.

धारण dhāraṇ

Holding, bearing, carrying, keeping, wearing.
Upholding, maintaining, sustaining, preserving.
Possessing, having, assuming.
Knowing, acquiring.
Undertaking.

धारण करना dhāraṇ karnā

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

ध्यान dhyān

Attention, heed.
Meditation, contemplation.
Concentration of mind.
(Bābā) Attention, concentration.
(Bābā) Trance, trance vision.

दिखाई देना dikhāī dēnā

To show oneself (or itself, &c.), to come in sight, to appear, to be visible or apparent, to be seen.

दिल dil

Heart, courage, spirit, will.

दिन din

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

disturbance

Disturbance.

दो dō

Two, 2.

double

Double.

दुआ duā

Prayer.
Blessing.

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.

दूर dūr

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

दूसरा dūsrā

Second.
Other, another.
Next.

द्वारा dvārā

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

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).

एक-दो ēk-dō

One another.

एकरस ēkras

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

emerge

To emerge.

english

English.

eye

Eye.

flag

Flag.

follow

Follow.

foreign

Foreign.
Abroad.

foreigner

Foreigner.

गाना gānā

To sing, to chant.
A song.

gift

Gift.

गुप्त gupt

Hidden, secret, latent, confidential.

हां hā̃

Yes, yea.

हाँ जी hā̃ jī

Yes (polite), Yes Sir, yes Madam.

हम ham

We.
(rustic form) I.

हर एक har ēk

Each, every.
Each one, everybody.

हाथ hāth

The hand, the wrist, the pulse.
Hand, member (of a work team).
A hand (at cards).
Hand, contribution (in some activity).
Handle, arm (of a chair).

हाथ उठाना hāth uṭhānā

To raise your hand.

ही hī

Emphatic particle with a sense of exclusion : only.

हिलाना hilānā

To shake, to jolt.
To swing.

हिम्मत himmat

Courage, boldness.

हीरा hīrā

Diamond.

होली hōlī

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

Holy.

होना hōnā

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

इकट्ठा ikaṭṭhā

Collected, gathered.
Together, in one lot.

ईर्ष्या īrṣhyā

Jealousy.

इशारा iśhārā

Sign, signal, hint, indication, gesture.

इसलिए isliē

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

इतना itnā

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

जब jab

(Relative pronoun) When.

जगत jagat

The world, universe.

जगना jagnā

To wake up, to awaken.

जागरण jāgraṇ

Waking, wakefulness, vigil, sitting up at night (in a religious ceremony or at prayers).

जागता jāgtā

Waking, awake.
Watchful, vigilant.
Fully efficacious (as a deity's influence), potent; manifest.
Active, being in the full exercise of its power, virtue, or efficacy (as an idol, or a charm or spell, or a medicine, &c.).

जैसा jaisā

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

जल्दी jaldī

Hurry, haste.
Quickly, urgently, immediately.

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.

जयन्ती jayantī

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

झंडा jhaṇḍā

Flag, banner, standard, ensign.

जी jī

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

जीना jīnā

To live, to be alive.

जितना jitnā

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

जो jō

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

ज्यादा jyādā

More, -er (also used in comparatives and superlatives).
Additional; superfluous, redundant; too much, excessive.
Superfluously; excessively, &c.
Many, much, plenty.

ज्योति jyōti

Light, flame, lustre.
Vision.

K

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

का kā

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

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

कभी kabhī

Sometime, ever.

काग़ज़ kāġaz

Paper.

कहाँ न कहाँ kahā̃ na kahā̃

Indefinite repetitive form of कहाँ kahā̃ (where) : somewhere or other.

कहना kahnā

Say.

कैसा kaisā

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

कल्प kalp

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

कम kam

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

कम होना kam hōnā

To lessen, diminish, decrease, to abate.
To fail, come short.
To fall, sink.

कापी kāpī

an exercise book.
A copy.

कारण kāraṇ

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

कराना karānā

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

करना karnā

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

कार्य kārya

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

कौन kaun

interrogative pronoun. Who

कौन सा kaun sā

Interrogative adjective and pronoun : which.

के आगे kē āgē

In front of, ahead of, before.

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).

के साथ kē sāth

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

के ऊपर kē ūpar

On, upon.
Above.

key

Key.

खाना khānā

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

ख़त्म ḵẖatm

Ended, completed, concluded.

खोलना khōlnā

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

खुद khud

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

खुशी khuśhī

Joy, delight, happiness.

खुशनुमा khuśhnumā

Pleasant, pleasant-looking, good-looking.

ख्यानत khyānat

Defalcation, perfidy, breach of trust.

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.

क्रोध krōdh

Anger, wrath, fury, rage.

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.

लाचार lāchār

Helpless, compelled, obliged, constrained.
Being helpless, being constrained.

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.

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.

लम्बा lambā

Long, lengthy, tall.

लेकिन lēkin

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

लेना lēnā

To take.

लिए liē

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

लिखना likhnā

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

line

Line.

list

List.

लोग log

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

low

Low.

मदद madad

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

मददगार madadgār

Helper, supporter, assistant.

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).

महाभूत mahābhūt

Great evil spirit: sexual desire or one of the five evil spirits (ego, desire, anger, covetousness, illusion).

मैं maĩ

I. (personal pronoun)

majority

Majority.

मालिकपन mālikpan

The condition of being master, lord, owner.

मन man

The instinctive mind that creates thoughts according to its desires or aversions. Faculty of human beings shared with animals and small children.
Thought in the form of desire or aversion.

मन-वाणी-कर्म man-vāṇī-karm

Thought, word and deed.

मनाना manānā

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

मनमत manmat

Opinion of one's own mind, the desires of one's own mind, following one's own desires, acting only according to one's own mind.

मत mat

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

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.

mike

Mike.
Just as the voice reaches many through mike, in the same way in the service of God, a few children become instruments in taking Baba's message to many : Baba calls them as Mikes.

मिलन milan

Meeting, union, contact.

मिलना milnā

To meet, to encounter, to be mixed, to be mingled, to unite, to merge, to tally, to conform, to obtain, to get, to acquire, to be acquired, to beget, to embrace, to form an alliance.

मीठा mīṭhā

Sweet, pleasant.
Sweetmeat, jaggery.

mother

Mother.

मुबारक mubārak

Congratulations. Best wishes.

मुरली murlī

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

मुश्किल muśhkil

Difficult, hard, intricate.
Difficulty, hardship.

ना nā

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

नहीं nahī̃

No.
Not.

नाम nām

Name.

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.

निमित्त nimitt

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

निर्विघ्न nirvighna

Unobstructed, uninterrupted, untroubled, secure from impediments.
Unobstructedly, freely, securely.

निशानी niśhānī

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

निश्चयबुद्धि niśhchaybuddhi

Determined mind, assured mind, decided mind, certain mind, resolute mind.

number

Number.

number one

Number one.

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)

पदम padam

A lotus-flower and its plant.
A particular high number, ten trillions (according to the Śāstras), or one thousand trillions (according to the Dasturuʼl-ʻamal or royal ordinances of Akbar).

पदमगुणा padamguṇā

A quadrillion times (1,000,000,000,000,000 times).

पहले pahlē

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

पहुंचना pahuñchnā

To reach, to arrive.

पक्का pakkā

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

पन pan

An affix which, added to substantives and adjectives, forms abstract substantives, denoting condition, state, time of life, occupation, &c., and corresponding to the English words which end in '-hood,' '-ship,' '-ness,' &c.

पर par

Opposite, inimical, other, alien, higher.

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)

परेशान parēśhān

Bothered, worried, troubled, harassed.

पढ़ना paṛhnā

To read, to study, to recite.

परिस्थिति paristhiti

Circumstance(s).
(Bābā) External situation, external condition.

परिवर्तन parivartan

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

पसन्द pasand

Liking, choice, taste, preference.
Approval.
Approved, liked.

पाठ pāṭh

Reading, study, recitation (esp. of a sacred text).
Text, version; textual reading (as in a manuscript).
Lesson, lecture.

पवित्र pavitr

Holy, sacred, pure.

पवित्रता pavitratā

Holiness, sanctity, purity.

फिर phir

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

फिरना phirnā

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

photo

Photo, photograph.

फूल phūl

A flower.
The tassel of a rosary (a decoration, consisting of a bunch of hanging threads tied tightly at one end and loose at the other end).

फुर्सत phursat

Leisure, free time.
Opportunity (to do something.).
Respite, rest ; recovery (from illness).
Leave.

पीना pīnā

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

practical

Practical.

प्रालब्ध prālabdh

Predestination, destiny, fortune, fate, lot, venture, chance.
(Bābā) Destiny resulting from actions performed in a previous birth (fruit of karma).

प्रमाण pramāṇ

According to or conformably with.
Proof, evidence; verification; warrant.
Evidence (as to a matter).

प्राप्त prāpt

Got, obtained; procured, acquired.

प्राप्त करना prāpt karnā

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

प्राप्ति prāpti

Obtaining, acquisition; attainment (to a goal, a level); fulfilment (of a request).
Gain, advantage; income.
Receipt (of a letter, &c.); reception (of guests).

प्रातःमुरली prātaḥmurlī

Early morning Murlī.

प्रत्यक्ष pratyakṣh

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

प्रत्यक्षता pratyakṣhatā

Visibility, evidence, reality, actuality.
(Bābā) Revelation.

प्रवृत्ति pravr̥itti

Mentality.
Trend, tendency.
inclination, disposition.
Instinct.
Activity.
(Bābā) Household.

प्रेरणा prērṇā

Inspiration, urge, drive, motive, induction.

पूछना pūchhnā

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

पूजा pūjā

Daily religious rite, divine service; the rite of pūjā gradually supplanted the solemn rites of Vedic sacrifice (yagya).
Worship, adoration, veneration.

पूज्य pūjya

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

पुकारना pukārnā

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

पूरा pūrā

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

पुरुषार्थ puruṣhārth

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

पूर्वज pūrvaj

Ancestor(s).

प्यार pyār

Love, affection, amour, amorous relationship.

प्यारा pyārā

Dear, beloved, loved.
Pleasing, lovely.
A dear one, beloved.

queue

Queue.

रहम rahm

Pity, mercy, compassion.

रहना rahnā

To remain, to stay.

रखना rakhnā

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

रस ras

Juice.
(aesthetic) relish.
Sentiment.
Pleasure, enjoyment.
Taste, flavour.

record

Record.
(Bābā) Disc of the Great Drama where everything is already recorded and is replayed identically every 5000 years.

regard

Regard.

result

Result.

रोशनी rōśhnī

Light, brightness, splendour; illumination.
Brightness or clearness (of vision), sight (of the eye).
A lamp kept burning at a Moḥammadan tomb or shrine.

रोज़ rōz

A day.
Everyday, daily.

रूप rūp

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

रूपी rūpī

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

सब sab

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

शब्द śhabd

Word, term, sound.

सबका sabkā

(genitive case of sab) Of everyone.

सबको sabkō

sab + kō : everything, everyone.

सदा sadā

Always, perpetually, continually, ever.

साधन sādhan

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.

सहज sahaj

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

सहयोगी sahyōgī

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

सकना saknā

To can, to be able to.

शक्ति śhakti

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

समझ samajh

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

समझना samajhnā

To understand.

समय samay

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

सम्भालना sambhālnā

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

समीप samīp

Near (in place or time), beside, proximate, close by, at hand.

सम्मुख sammukh

Before, in front of; opposite, facing, confronting, being face to face.

संगम saṅgam

Confluence, union, meeting.

संकल्प saṅkalp

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

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.

सफलता saphaltā

Success, achievement.

सारा sārā

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

सर्व sarv

All ; whole, entire, complete.

सतगुरू satgurū

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

साथ sāth

With, together, along with.
Company, association.

साथी sāthī

Companion, comrade, associate, attendant, follower; ally, accomplice, supporter.

satisfy

To satisfy.

सौगात saugāt

a present, gift.

scene

Scene.

science

Science.

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.

सिद्ध siddh

Accomplished, brought about; realised (an objective, a wish); completed; perfected.
Obtained, acquired.
Demonstrated, proved (a fact, a case); substantiated.
Sound, valid (as usage); mature (as judgment).
Decided, adjudicated (as a law-suit).
Accepted (as), famous (as).
Cooked (food); prepared, concocted (as a dye).
Thoroughly versed (in a field of knowledge; or in magic).
Endowed with supernatural powers; perfected or sanctified (as by penance).
Sacred, holy.
A semi-divine being of great perfection, said to possess eight supernatural faculties or siddhis.
An ascetic of great powers and saintliness.
A magician who has acquired superhuman powers.

सिखाना sikhānā

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

शिक्षा śhikṣhā

Education, instruction, teaching.
Moral.

शिक्षक śhikṣhak

Teacher, instructor.

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.

शिवरात्रि śhivrātri

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

slogan

Slogan.

स्नेह snēh

Love, affection.
Oil, oily substance.

स्नेही snēhī

A lover.
Loving, affectionate.

श्रीमत śhrīmat

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

स्थान sthān

Place, spot, site.

स्थिति sthiti

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

शुभ भावना śhubh bhāvnā

Good feeling, auspicious feeling.

शूद्र śhūdra

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

सुनाना sunānā

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

सुनना sunnā

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

स्वधर्म svadharm

Own right; own duty, own religion; peculiar duty or occupation; the duties of one's own caste or class.
(Bābā) Dharm of the self (the soul): peace.

स्वप्न svapn

A dream.

स्वतः svataḥ

By oneself, on one's own.
Of one's own accord or volition.
Involuntarily, automatically.
By nature, naturally.
Self-.

स्वीकार svīkār

'Making one's own,' taking on one's self, assent, agreement, consent, acquiescence, acknowledgment, acceptance.

तब tab

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

तक tak

To, upto, till, until, by.

ताली tālī

Clapping the hands.

teacher

Teacher.

थकना, फथकना thaknā, phathaknā

To be wearied, to weary, tire, be fatigued, be jaded, be exhausted; to flag, droop, faint; to be enervated; to be inert, sluggish; to be slack or dull.

the

The.

ठीक ṭhīk

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

थोड़ा thōṛā

A little, some, meagre, scanty.
Short.

thought

Thought.

तीव्र tīvr

Strong, intense, sharp, keen, harsh, swift.
Pungent.
Sharp (a musical note).
Ardent, impetuous.
Excessive.
(Bābā) Fast, intense.

तो tō

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

तुल्य tulya

Equal; similar (to); comparable (in weight or significance).

उम्मीदवार ummīdvār

Candidate.

ऊपर ūpar

On, upon, above, upward, over.

उड़ना uṛnā

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

उठाना uṭhānā

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

वा vā

Or.

वचन vachan

Utterance, speech.

वह vah

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

वहां vahā̃

There.

वाला vālā

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

वापिस, वापस vāpis, vāpas

Back, back again.

वरदान vardān

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

वरदानी vardānī

The bestower of blessing, the one who grants a favor, a wish.

वारिस vāris

Heir, successor, legatee.

वतन vatan

Homeland, native country.

वायदा vāydā

Promise, commitment.

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)

विदेश vidēśh

Foreign country.

विधि vidhi

Law.
Method, manner, system.
Direction.
Rule.
A prescribed act or rite or ceremony, prescription, imperative.
Destiny, providence.
The Creator-Lord Brahmā.

विजय vijay

Conquest, victory, triumph.

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).

विशेष viśhēṣh

Special, specific, particular, distinctive, characteristic, typical.

विशेषता viśhēṣhtā

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

विश्व viśhva

The world, universe.

व्रत vrat

Vow, pledge.
Religious rite or observance (as enjoined by the gods or undertaken in devotion); a fast.

वृत्ति vr̥itti

Behaviour, conduct, mode of life.
Natural tendency, instinct.
Business, employment, profession.
Means of subsistence, allowance, pension.
Commentary (on a text).
Usage (of a term or expression).
(Bābā) Attitude, thought pattern, tendencies, inclinations, instincts.

warning

Warning.

waste

Waste.

west

West.

wonderful

Wonderful.

या yā

Or, either.

याद yād

Remembrance, recollection, memory.

याद-प्यार yād-pyār

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

यादगार yādgār

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

यज्ञ yagya

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

यह yah

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

यहाँ yahā̃

Here, hither, in/at this place.

यही yahī

Emphatic form of yah: this very.

zone

Zone.