Daily Murli for Thursday 20 August 2026
Words are sorted according to their frequency (number of times the word occurs in the murli). This frequency appears in parentheses.
होना hōnā (136)
To be.
To happen, to occur.
To exist.
To be born.
में mē̃ (69)
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)
का kā (65)
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)
नहीं nahī̃ (55)
No.
Not.
कहना kahnā (47)
Say.
करना karnā (46)
To do.
Also used after a transitive English verb to conjugate.
तुम tum (43)
You (between equals).
वह vah (43)
Third person personal pronoun: he, she, it (and also they).
Distant demonstrative pronoun and adjective: that (and also those).
को kō (40)
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)
तो tō (40)
Then, therefore, moreover.
An emphatic particle (e.g. मैं तो जाऊँगा).
At any rate, however, at least.
यह yah (40)
3rd person personal pronoun, demonstrative pronoun or determiner in a close context : he, she, this (also they, these).
भी bhī (33)
Inclusive emphatic particle: too, also, even.
आना ānā (31)
To come.
ही hī (27)
Emphatic particle with a sense of exclusion : only.
key (26)
Key.
से sē (25)
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)
बनना bannā (24)
To become, be, change, belong (with a possessive pronoun or a noun in the genitive case).
रहना rahnā (24)
To remain, to stay.
अब ab (23)
Now.
आत्मा ātmā (22)
The soul, the spirit, the self.
बाप bāp (19)
Father.
एक ēk (18)
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).
सकना saknā (17)
To can, to be able to.
अपना apnā (15)
Reflexive possessive pronoun and adjective : my, mine, myself, your, yours, yourself, etc.
जाना jānā (15)
To go, to depart, to lose, to flow.
पवित्र pavitr (15)
Holy, sacred, pure.
जो jō (14)
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.
और aur (13)
And.
Else.
Other.
बच्चा bachchā (13)
Child, kid, baby, infant.
Inexperienced, raw, of unripe age.
कोई kōī (13)
Some, any, someone, anyone.
समझना samajhnā (13)
To understand.
दुनिया duniyā (12)
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.
हम ham (12)
We.
(rustic form) I.
K (12)
The letter K of our alphabet (used as an initial in acronyms).
मनुष्य manuṣhya (11)
A man, a human being.
पतित patit (11)
Fallen, depraved.
शरीर śharīr (11)
Body.
बुद्धि buddhi (10)
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.
देवता dēvtā (10)
A god, deity, divine being. (does not apply to God)
पर par (10)
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 (10)
Opposite, inimical, other, alien, higher.
ऐसा aisā (9)
Such, of this type.
बैठना baiṭhnā (9)
To sit, to squat, to occupy a seat, to settle, to board, to mount.
जानना jānnā (9)
To know, to become aware of, to perceive.
nun (9)
Nun.
Supreme Soul : Śiv and not Brahmā.
सब sab (9)
All, entire, whole, total.
Every.
All people, everybody, the whole.
बाबा bābā (8)
Father.
ब्रह्मा brahmā (8)
(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.
जन्म janm (8)
Birth, origin, genesis.
Life, existence.
ने nē (8)
A postposition denoting the subject (ergative case that is to say with a past participle).
परन्तु parantu (8)
But, however.
विकार vikār (8)
Deformation, defilement.
Change or variation (for the worse).
Deviation from a natural state, perversion, disorder.
(Bābā) Vice (Sex lust, Anger, Greed, Attachment and Ego).
अच्छा achchhā (7)
Good.
Well.
All right, well done.
So long.
बात bāt (7)
A matter, topic, subject, concern, fact, thing.
चैन chain (7)
Relief, rest, tranquillity, calm and quiet.
Christ (7)
Christ.
देना dēnā (7)
To give.
धर्म dharm (7)
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.
इसलिए isliē (7)
On this account, for this reason, hence, therefore.
जन्मना janamnā (7)
To be born.
कामना kāmnā (7)
Wish, desire, inclination.
Lust.
(Bābā) Wish, desire.
कौन kaun (7)
interrogative pronoun. Who
मैं maĩ (7)
I. (personal pronoun)
मिलना milnā (7)
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.
ना nā (7)
Emphatic particle at the end of the sentence: no?, isn't it?
No.
पढ़ाना paṛhānā (7)
To teach, to instruct, to educate.
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.
समझाना samjhānā (7)
(Causative of samajhnā) To persuade, explain.
ब्राह्मण brāhmaṇ (6)
(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.
कि ki (6)
That (to report indirect speech, example he says that).
पहला pahlā (6)
पूरा pūrā (6)
Complete, all, whole, entire, full, gross, total, thorough, adequate.
Sufficiency, adequacy.
सतयुग satyug (6)
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.
वाला vālā (6)
A suffix denoting an agent, doer, owner, possessor, keeper or inhabitant : the one of, the one with, the one who.
बहुत bahut (5)
Many, much.
Very.
भारत bhārat (5)
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)
बोलना bōlnā (5)
To speak, to utter, to pronounce.
To bid.
Goddess and god.
दूसरा dūsrā (5)
Second.
Other, another.
Next.
ज्ञान gyān (5)
Knowledge directly taught by God.
जब jab (5)
(Relative pronoun) When.
जैसा jaisā (5)
Similar to, like, resembling, as, such as.
कैसा kaisā (5)
(interrogative adjective and adverb of manner) What-like, what sort of, what kind or manner of, in what manner, how, by what means.
खाना khānā (5)
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.
पाप pāp (5)
पावन pāvan (5)
Holy, sacred, immaculate, pure.
A suffix denoting one who or that which purifies.
पूरी pūrī (5)
A thin cake of meal fried in ghī or oil.
race (5)
Race.
सच्चा sachchā (5)
True, genuine, real.
Truthful, sincere, loyal, faithful.
सदा sadā (5)
Always, perpetually, continually, ever.
सो sō (5)
सोना sōnā (5)
To sleep.
सुनाना sunānā (5)
To cause to hear, to relate, to read out, to recite, to pronounce.
तन tan (5)
Body.
वा vā (5)
Or.
विष्णु viṣhṇu (5)
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.
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).
बाप कहते हैं bāp kahtē haĩ (4)
The Father says.
बापदादा bāpdādā (4)
Bāp and Dādā.
The Father Śhiv and the elder brother Brahmā,
The father Brahmā and the Grandfather Śhiv.
बताना batānā (4)
To say, to speak, to tell, to inform, to point out, to express, to thrash, to instruct.
भगवान bhagvān (4)
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.
Christian (4)
Christian.
द्वारा dvārā (4)
By, through, through the medium of, through the agency of, by means of, with.
Funeral pyre of Gyān, funeral pyre of Knowledge. By listening to what God teaches (the murlī), the bodily ego (body consciousness) is burned. This is what is called 'dying alive'.
हर har (4)
हरना harnā (4)
her (4)
के लिए kē liē (4)
For, for the sake of.
के साथ kē sāth (4)
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".
लक्ष्मी-नारायण lakṣhmī-nārāyaṇ (4)
Lakṣmī and Nārāyaṇ.
मामेकम् याद करो māmēkam yād karō (4)
Just think of Me.
पहले pahlē (4)
First, first of all, in the beginning, in olden times, originally, before, beforehand.
Holiness, sanctity, purity.
रास्ता rāstā (4)
Road, way, path, street, lane.
Way, manner.
सम्पूर्ण sampūrṇ (4)
Whole, entire, complete, perfect.
सारा sārā (4)
All, the whole, whole, entire, complete, universal.
सिर्फ sirph (4)
शुद्ध śhuddh (4)
Pure, sacred.
Unadulterated, uncorrupt.
Correct, rectified, amended.
Clean.
सुनना sunnā (4)
To hear, to listen, to pay heed.
Hearing, audition.
वहां vahā̃ (4)
There.
याद yād (4)
Remembrance, recollection, memory.
आगे āgē (3)
Ahead, in front of, before; in future.
अर्थात् arthāt (3)
That is, that is to say, namely (viz.).
अशुद्ध aśhuddh (3)
Impure.
Corrupt (as language or style).
Erroneous, inaccurate, incorrect, wrong.
बनाना banānā (3)
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.
बेचैनी bēchainī (3)
Uneasiness, restlessness, disquietude.
A celibate.
A Brahman who practises continence or chastity, especially a religious student from the time of his investiture with the sacrificial thread till he marries and becomes a householder.
A religious student who remains with his spiritual teacher studying the Vedas and observing the duties of a student.
बुलाना bulānā (3)
To call, to convene, to summon, to send for, to invite.
छोड़ना chhōṛnā (3)
To leave.
To abandon.
To release.
चित्र chitra (3)
Picture, painting, illustration, figure, photo.
दिल dil (3)
Heart, courage, spirit, will.
दो dō (3)
Two, 2.
गीत gīt (3)
god (3)
God, the Supreme Being (God with a capital letter).
Deity, divinity, god (god with a lower case): human beings in the golden age.
in (3)
In.
इतना itnā (3)
As much as this, this much; so much, so many.
कर्म karm (3)
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.
knowledge (3)
Knowledge.
लगना lagnā (3)
लेना lēnā (3)
To take.
मिसल misāl (3)
Like.
Example.
न na (3)
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)
Unchanged, without defect, changeless (as the ultimate being).
(Bābā) Viceless, without defect.
पाना pānā (3)
Supreme Father.
पढ़ाई paṛhāī (3)
Study, education, learning.
पड़ना paṛnā (3)
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').
पता patā (3)
Address, whereabouts, information, knowledge.
The Saviour of the fallen, the One who purify the sinful (epithet of the supreme being).
फिर भी phir bhī (3)
Notwithstanding, even then, in spite of that.
प्रीत prīt (3)
Pleased, happy.
Dear, beloved.
Kind, affectionate.
Human effort or exertion; valour; industry.
An object of human pursuit.
(Hinduism) The four basic aims of human existence (viz. dharm discharge of duty; arth acquirement of wealth; kām gratification of desire; mokṣha final emancipation).
(Bābā) The effort made by the soul to attain perfection.
(Bābā) Spiritual effort. The effort made for the sake (arth) of development of the soul (puruṣh). This effort includes the steps we take for attaining the perfect state of our original and eternal self.
प्यार pyār (3)
Love, affection, amour, amorous relationship.
सबको sabkō (3)
sab + kō : everything, everyone.
संकल्प saṅkalp (3)
Determination, resolve, resolution, will.
Mind, thought, idea.
(Bābā) Thought, idea.
(Bābā) Right idea, pure thought (śuddha khyāl)
शिवबाबा śhivbābā (3)
The Father Śiv.
सुखी sukhī (3)
Happy, contented.
स्वर्ग svarg (3)
Paradise, heaven, abode of gods : Earth or Bharat in the Golden Age.
तब tab (3)
Then, at that time, afterwards, thereupon, therefore, hence.
टापू ṭāpū (3)
An island.
थोड़ेही thōṛēhī (3)
Little indeed, in no part or degree, not at all, in no wise, never.
विकारी vikārī (3)
Variable, changeable (for the worse), undergoing change, changed.
Harmful (as to health).
Perverse.
(grammar) Oblique.
(Bābā) Vicious (having one of the 5 vices: sexual desire, anger, greed, attachment and ego).
व्रत vrat (3)
Vow, pledge.
Religious rite or observance (as enjoined by the gods or undertaken in devotion); a fast.
यहाँ yahā̃ (3)
Here, hither, in/at this place.
योग yōg (3)
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).
अगला aglā (2)
Foremost, first, chief, principal.
Prior, previous, preceding, former, anterior.
Late, recent, belonging to the past, old.
Coming, approaching, next, subsequent, forthcoming, future.
अग्नि agni (2)
Fire, the god of fire, appetite, digestive faculty.
I am the soul.
(Hinduism) I am the Supreme Soul (error of the omnipresence of God)
I am the Supersoul, O Arjuna, seated in the hearts of all living entities. I am the beginning, the middle and the end of all beings.. (Bhagavad-gita 10.20)
'not so', Do not believe.
अनुभव anubhav (2)
Experience.
आपस में āpas mē̃ (2)
Among themselves, with each other or one another, together, mutually, in common, in concert.
अपनाना apnānā (2)
To (treat as one's) own.
To adopt.
To appropriate.
असुर asur (2)
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 (2)
Or.
That is.
और कोई aur kōī (2)
Someone else, anyone else.
बांटना bāṇṭnā (2)
To divide, apportion, distribute, portion out, parcel out, divide into shares.
To dispense, dispose of, assign.
To participate, go shares in.
बड़ा baṛā (2)
Big, large, great, huge, important, commodious, expansive.
Noble, reputed.
Elder, elderly, senior.
Grown up.
Rich.
adv. Very, exceedingly.
बरोबर barōbar (2)
बेचैन bēchain (2)
Uneasy, restless, disturbed.
भल bhal (2)
Even if, even though.
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.
भूलना bhūlnā (2)
To forget.
बोल bōl (2)
चाहिए chāhiē (2)
Is necessary, is needful, is requisite, is proper, is right.
It behoves.
Should, ought, must (be).
चाहना chāhnā (2)
To wish, to want, to like, to love, to be fond of, to crave for, to desire, to require.
छिपना chhipnā (2)
To hide, to lurk.
To set.
To be covered.
छुड़ाना chhuṛānā (2)
To free.
धर्मराज dharmrāj (2)
ढेर ḍhēr (2)
Heap, pile, accumulation, bulk, lot.
Plenty, abundant.
दुःखना duḥkhnā (2)
To pain, to ache, to smart, to throb.
To feel pity or compassion (for).
To feel compunction or remorse.
गोया goyā (2)
हर एक har ēk (2)
Each, every.
Each one, everybody.
हीरा hīrā (2)
Diamond.
जबकि jabki (2)
जहाँ jahā̃ (2)
Where, wherever.
जेल jēl (2)
(from english 'jail') Prison, jail/gaol.
झूठ jhūṭh (2)
Falsehood, lie, untruth.
False, untrue, incorrect.
कब kab (2)
Interrogative adverb: When? At what time ?
कहानी kahānī (2)
कला kalā (2)
Art, craft, skill.
A sixteenth part (of anything).
A digit or one sixteenth of the moon's diameter (allowing you to distinguish the phases of the moon).
(Bābā) One-sixteenth of the full spiritual light.
कल्प kalp (2)
(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.
कौड़ी kauṛī (2)
A small shell (used as a coin), a 'cowrie,' Cyprœa moneta.
knowledgeful (2)
Knowledgeful.
कोई भी kōī bhī (2)
Anyone, someone, any.
क्या kyā (2)
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).
क्योंकि kyōṅki (2)
Because, since.
लेकिन lēkin (2)
But, but still, on the other hand, however, notwithstanding, nevertheless, yet.
लिखाना likhānā (2)
लिखना likhnā (2)
To write, to enter, register, record, inscribe, note, compose (a work), enter (in a book).
मालिक mālik (2)
Master, employer, owner, lord (as landlord), proprietor.
Husband.
मालूम mālūm (2)
Known.
Evident, apparent.
मानना mānnā (2)
Desire, wish.
मीठा mīṭhā (2)
Sweet, pleasant.
Sweetmeat, jaggery.
मोह mōh (2)
Illusion; ignorance; affection; infatuation; fascination; spell.
(in philos.) darkness or delusion of mind preventing the discernment of truth (leading men to believe in the reality of worldly objects, and to addict themselves to mundane or sensual enjoyment).
(sindhi) Affection, attachment, love, charm, fascination, allurement.
नहीं तो nahī̃ tō (2)
Otherwise, or else, if not, lest, but for.
No, certainly not.
नाम nām (2)
Name.
नया nayā (2)
New, novel, fresh, unused, green, recent, modern, raw, inexperienced, young.
निकलना nikalnā (2)
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.
none but one (2)
One and only one; In the heart of Brahmin children, none other than only one Shiv Baba should dwell.
(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 (2)
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).
To cause to reach, to reach.
To carry.
To transmit, to convey.
To lead.
प्रवृत्ति मार्ग pravr̥itti mārg (2)
The path of active association with mundane affairs and interest in mundane affairs, the active life.
(Bābā) The household path.
Pleased mind, happy mind.
Kind mind, affectionate mind.
प्रीतम prītam (2)
Most beloved, dearest.
A favourite, friend, beloved, lover, sweetheart, husband.
पूछना pūchhnā (2)
To enquire, to ask, to investigate, to interrogate, to question.
राज्य rājya (2)
Kingdom, rule, reign, polity, the state.
रक्षा rakṣhā (2)
Protection, preservation, protection against spirits.
Custody, care.
Defence.
Ash.
रत्न ratna (2)
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 (2)
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.
रूहानी rūhānī (2)
Spiritual.
सद्गति sadgati (2)
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).
साधारण sādhāraṇ (2)
Ordinary, simple, common, commonplace, usual, moderate.
सम्मुख sammukh (2)
Before, in front of; opposite, facing, confronting, being face to face.
Tradition, established doctrine (transmitted from one teacher to another), traditional belief or usage.
A peculiar doctrine and exclusive worship of one divinity, any peculiar or schismatical system of religious teaching, schism.
A community, sect, band, company.
Destruction, ruin, total destruction, perdition, annihilation.
(Bābā) Destruction of all truth.
सौगात saugāt (2)
a present, gift.
school (2)
School.
सुख sukh (2)
Happiness, pleasure, comfort, felicity, contentment.
Happiness and peace.
ठगना ṭhagnā (2)
To cheat, to dupe, to defraud.
त्रेता trētā (2)
The second of the four ages according the Hindu mythology : the silver age.
ऊंच ūñch (2)
High, lofty, tall, raised, elevated, exalted, eminent.
वही vahī (2)
(emphatic form of vah) That very, that very one.
विजयी vijayī (2)
Conquering, victorious, triumphant.
A conqueror.
way (2)
Way.
युक्ति yukti (2)
Device.
Means.
Tactics, artifice, manoeuvre.
Skill.
Argument, plea.
आदि ādi (1)
Etcetera.
Beginning.
Early, initial, primordial.
आदि-मध्य-अन्त ādi-madhya-ant (1)
The beginning, the middle and the end.
From beginning to end.
अगर agar (1)
If, if so be, in case, in the event of.
अज्ञान agyān (1)
Ignorance, paucity of knowledge.
aim object (1)
Aim, object, objective, target.
आखरीन ākhrīn (1)
Last, final, ultimate.
Finally.
अलग alag (1)
Different, separate, apart, distinct.
अमृत amr̥it (1)
(Hinduism) The nectar conferring immortality, ambrosia, the drink of the gods, the water of life.
(Bābā) The drink of immortality that is Gyān : Knowledge.
आना ānā (1)
अन्धा andhā (1)
Blind, irrational, unenlightened, unthinking.
Blind faith.
अनेक anēk (1)
'not one'. Many, several, various, much, abundant.
अन्त ant (1)
End.
अनुभूति anubhūti (1)
Emotional experience, inner experience, realisation.
अनुसार anusār (1)
According to, in conformity with.
अन्य anya (1)
Other, another, different; separate.
आप āp (1)
You (to a superior, a stranger, his father).
(reflective pronoun) Self, himself, oneself, yourself, themselves...
अपवित्र apavitr (1)
Unclean, unholy, impure, defiled.
Uncleanness, impurity; unholiness.
आपेही āpēhī (1)
Alone, by or within one's ownself; automatically.
अपने को आत्मा समझना apnē kō ātmā samajhnā (1)
To consider oneself as the soul.
आसुरी āsurī (1)
Of or belonging to evil spirits (asur), devilish, diabolical, demoniacal.
अव्यक्त avyakt (1)
Not manifest, not apparent, imperceptible, indistinct.
बाद bād (1)
After, later, subsequently.
बाद में bād mē̃ (1)
Later, subsequently.
बाकी bākī (1)
Remaining, left over, remainder, balance, arrears, subtraction.
बाकी bākī (1)
But if.., but, nevertheless.
बन ban (1)
Remembrance of the Father.
Similar, identical, equal to the Father.
बार bār (1)
Time, occasion.
barrister (1)
Barrister.
बौद्ध bauddh (1)
Buddhist.
बेहद bēhad (1)
Limitless, unlimited, unbounded.
Excessive, too, too much.
बेहद का bēhad kā (1)
Limitless, unlimited, unbounded.
बेड़ा bēṛā (1)
Raft, float.
Boat.
Fleet (of boats or ships).
Timber formed into a raft to be brought down a river.
भागना bhāgnā (1)
To run, to run off or away, fly, flee, take flight, escape, abscond, make oneself scarce.
भक्त bhakt (1)
A devotee.
भविष्य bhaviṣhya (1)
Future; what has yet to be, what will be, the future.
भोजन bhōjan (1)
Food, victuals, dish of food, meal.
भ्रष्ट bhraṣhṭ (1)
Corrupt(ed).
Fallen.
Depraved, wanton.
Ruined, spoilt.
भूल bhūl (1)
Forgetfulness, oversight, neglect, negligence, omission, failure, miss, slip, mistake, error, blunder, fault.
बिगर bigar (1)
(prep. and postp. generally preceded by kē) Without, excluding, to the exclusion of.
बिगड़ना bigaṛnā (1)
To be angry, to be enraged, to lose temper.
To be spoilt, to be damaged, to deteriorate, to be wasted.
To follow a wrong path, to go astray, to develop bad habits or bad character; to be spoilt due to extravagance.
To be on bad terms.
To go out of order.
बीज bīj (1)
Seed, kernel. Source, origin, primary cause.
बिल्कुल bilkul (1)
Entirely, completely, totally, wholly, universally, altogether.
बिठाना biṭhānā (1)
ब्रह्मा देवताए नमः brahmā dēvtāē namaḥ (1)
Salutations to the deity Brahmā.
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.
brother (1)
Brother.
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.
बुरा burā (1)
Bad.
Wicked, evil.
Ill.
Mis-
Faulty, defective.
बूढ़ा būṛhā (1)
Old, aged.
Old man.
but (1)
But.
C (1)
चलाना chalānā (1)
चलना chalnā (1)
Continue.
चढ़ना chaṛhnā (1)
To go up, to ascend, to climb, to rise, to increase.
centre (1)
Centre.
छी-छी chhī-chhī (1)
Ugh! shame!
Excrement.
(Bābā) Dirty.
छिपाना chhipānā (1)
To hide, to conceal.
To cover/screen.
To disguise.
छोटा chhōṭā (1)
Small, little, short, young, petty, subordinate, junior, insignificant.
चिता chitā (1)
A pile of wood (on which the Hindūs burn their dead), a funeral pile, pyre.
दग्ध dagdha (1)
Burnt, consumed, scorched.
Divine quality, divine property, divine attribute.
Divine quality, divine virtue.
दण्ड daṇḍ (1)
Stick, staff, rod; mace; stem, handle.
A pole or measure (of four cubits).
A measure of time (twenty-four minutes).
Assault, attack, violence; correction, corporal chastisement, punishment; amercement, fine, penalty.
Considering oneself as the body.
Bodily pride.
देहली dēhlī (1)
Delhi (the capital of India).
Threshold.
देखना dēkhnā (1)
To see, to look, to view, to perceive, to observe.
To consider.
To experience.
detail (1)
Detail.
To become a divinity.
धारणा के लिए मुख्य सार dhārṇā kē liē mukhya sār (1)
Essence for dhārṇā.
दिखाना dikhānā (1)
दोनों dōnō̃ (1)
drama (1)
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 (1)
Sorrow, unhappiness, suffering, grief, distress.
एकदम ēkdam (1)
In a breath, in a moment; (all) at once; immediately.
Quite, completely.
फ़र्क fark (1)
Difference, distinction, distance.
female (1)
Female.
गाना gānā (1)
To sing, to chant.
A song.
गर्क gark (1)
Drowned, sunk, immersed.
घर ghar (1)
Home, house, residence, apartment, room.
Compartment.
Native place, homeland.
Office.
Square or cell (in a chess-board).
घरबार gharbār (1)
घृणा ghr̥iṇā (1)
Hatred, scorn, abhorrence, loathing.
गिरना girnā (1)
To fall.
गीता gītā (1)
(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.
good morning (1)
Good morning.
गृहस्थ gr̥ihasth (1)
Being a householder; a householder; a brāhmaṇ carrying out the obligations of domestic life.
(Bābā) Household, carrying out the obligations of domestic life.
हाथ hāth (1)
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).
इशारा iśhārā (1)
Sign, signal, hint, indication, gesture.
ईश्वरीय īśhvarīy (1)
Pertaining to deity, divine, godlike.
(Bābā) Of Īśvar, of God.
जगह jagah (1)
जल्दी jaldī (1)
Hurry, haste.
Quickly, urgently, immediately.
जमघट jamghaṭ (1)
A dense mass, a crowd, multitude.
(Bābā) (perhaps) The dense mass of evil spirits of the vices yet to be settled who attack us at the final moment to punish us before we can enter the incorporeal world of souls. (They are remembered as the messengers of the god of death Yama (Sanskrit) or Jam (Hindi))
जानी jānī (1)
जास्ती jāstī (1)
More. (often used as a comparison)
जीवन jīvan (1)
Life, animation, existence.
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)
जुटना juṭnā (1)
कहाँ kahā̃ (1)
Interrogative pronominal adverb : Where ?
(Interrogative pronominal adverb) How far, how long, to what degree.
कहलाना kahlānā (1)
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.
कल kal (1)
काम kām (1)
Work, task, job, employment, performance, function.
काम kām (1)
Passion, lust.
Desire.
Funeral pyre of desire.
Yōgī in action. One who remembers God while acting.
कटना kaṭnā (1)
To be cut, to be wounded (by a blade etc.), to die in battle, to be destroyed.
To pass away time.
To complete (a journey, etc.)
To be ashamed.
To be disconnected, to be deprived of, to be made to part with.
के पास kē pās (1)
Near to.
Belonging to (genitive marker).
To have (used with the verb hōnā to be).
खान-पान khān-pān (1)
(mode and manner of) eating and drinking.
Living.
Social relationship.
खराब kharāb (1)
Bad, spoiled, wicked, depraved, defective, faulty, miserable.
खाता khātā (1)
Ledger or day-book, account-book, waste-book.
Daily account, account-current.
ख़त्म ḵẖatm (1)
Ended, completed, concluded.
खिटपिट khiṭpiṭ (1)
खुद khud (1)
Self (myself, himself, itself, &c.).
Own, private, personal.
कितना kitnā (1)
(interrogative) How much, how many.
(exclamative) So, so much, so many.
know (1)
करोड़ krōṛ (1)
100 lākh, 10 000 000.
कुछ kuchh (1)
Something; anything.
A little, some.
fig. sthg. particular.
Some; any.
A few.
Somewhat, a little, at all.
क्यों kyō̃ (1)
Why.
लगन lagan (1)
Devotion, perseverence, inclination, attachment.
An auspicious moment (for performing a ceremony).
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.
लाख lākh (1)
A hundred thousand, 100 000.
लाना lānā (1)
लाठी lāṭhī (1)
A staff, stick, club, cudgel, bludgeon.
Crutch.
ले जाना lē jānā (1)
'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.
मदार madār (1)
Place of turning or returning: axis, pivot, centre.
A place within which anything revolves: an orbit, a circumference.
A place where anyone stops or stands, station, seat; that on which anything stands or rests, or depends: ground (of), basis.
Dependence.
The point upon which a question turns.
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).
माँगना mā̃gnā (1)
To demand, to ask, to call for, to claim, to invite, to solicit.
महत्व mahatva (1)
Importance.
Significance.
Greatness.
Magnitude.
mail (1)
male (1)
Male.
mama (1)
माना mānā (1)
(it) Means, that is.
मन्सा mansā (1)
Mental, born of the mind.
Mentally, through the mind.
मार्ग mārg (1)
Way, path, route, course, road, track, passage, outlet.
मरना marnā (1)
To die, to pass away, to wither away, to become ineffective, to vanish, to disappear, to discontinue, to be absorbed, to fall for. Death, post-death rites.
मात-पिता, माता-पिता māt-pitā, mātā-pitā (1)
Mother and father, parents.
Lord, master, protector.
मेल mēl (1)
Meeting; assembly.
Mixture, mixing.
Connection; association, combination.
Concord, harmony.
Reconciliation.
Consistency, balance, proportion (between parts); similarity.
Counterpart; kind, sort.
Balance (as of an account); tally.
Band, company; union, alliance.
मिलाना milānā (1)
To unite.
To compare.
To recoṉcile.
To mix, to mingle, to blend.
To join, to connect.
To harmonize, to tune.
To cause to meet, to bring together.
Sweet children.
मुख mukh (1)
The mouth, beak, snout, muzzle.
Face, countenance.
Front, fore-part.
Opening, aperture, entrance, exit.
Commencement.
मुक्ति mukti (1)
Liberation, freedom; deliverance.
Final deliverance, salvation.
मूलवतन mūlvatan (1)
Original homeland, root homeland. (the world where non-incarnate souls reside)
नौकरी naukrī (1)
Service, job, employment.
निभाना nibhānā (1)
To carry on.
To pull on, to accommodate.
To fulfil.
To accomplish.
To perform.
To maintain.
निकालना nikālnā (1)
निश्चय niśhchay (1)
Confidence, faith, certainty.
no (1)
none (1)
None.
नुकसान nuksān (1)
Loss, damage, harm, disadvantage.
number one (1)
Number one.
पैदा paidā (1)
Born, created, begotten, produced, earned.
Income, gain, production.
पैगाम paigām (1)
A message.
(pāpātmā) Sinner, impious; a sinner, an evildoer.
(Bābā) Sinful soul, guilty soul, wicked soul, impious soul, vicious soul, criminal soul, bad soul.
परमधाम paramdhām (1)
पढ़ना paṛhnā (1)
To read, to study, to recite.
part (1)
Part.
पास pās (1)
pass (1)
To pass.
पति pati (1)
Husband, master.
Pati and patni, master and mistress, husband and wife.
पत्नी patnī (1)
Wife.
peace prosperity (1)
Peace and prosperity.
फलाना phalānā (1)
फरमान pharmān (1)
A royal edict, royal command, royal decree.
पित्र pitra (1)
प्रजा prajā (1)
Subjects, public, people.
प्रजापिता ब्रह्मा prajāpitā brahmā (1)
(Hinduism prajāpati Brahmā) Brahmā the Father of creatures.
(Bābā) Brahmā the Father of humanity.
प्रश्न praśhna (1)
Question, query, interrogation, interpellation, problem.
Early morning Murlī.
प्रति prati (1)
Towards.
To enter.
प्रेम prēm (1)
Love, affection, attachment.
purity (1)
Purity.
King and queen.
Prince and princess.
रखना rakhnā (1)
To put, to place, to keep, to possess, to have, to employ, to appoint.
Kingdom of Rāvaṇ.
read (1)
Read.
right hand (1)
Right hand. One who is a helpful member.
रीति rīti (1)
Method, manner, mode.
Custom, way, practice, vogue.
Tradition.
Style.
royal (1)
Royal.
रोज़ rōz (1)
A day.
Everyday, daily.
रूहानी बाप की रूहानी बच्चों को नमस्ते rūhānī bāp kī rūhānī bachchō̃ kō namastē (1)
रूप rūp (1)
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.
सा sā (1)
सब कुछ sab kuchh (1)
Everything, all.
सभा sabhā (1)
Assembly, meeting, company.
Council.
A sitting of the king in council.
A judicial court, hall of audience.
सबसे sabsē (1)
(superlative) Of all, the most.
Sādhū and sant, sādhū and saint.
सजाना sajānā (1)
To decorate, to adorn, to embellish, to beautify.
To furnish.
To arrange.
To dress neatly.
सजना sajnā (1)
समझ samajh (1)
Understanding, mental grasp, intelligence, sense, judgment.
Mind; opinion, view.
समाना samānā (1)
To be contained, to enter, to fit, to permeate.
सम्बन्ध sambandh (1)
Connection, relationship.
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.
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 (1)
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.
Abode of Peace, Calmness, Rest, Silence.
सर्व sarv (1)
All ; whole, entire, complete.
शास्त्र śhāstra (1)
Scripture(s), a religious or scientific treatise, a composition of divine or secular authority.
सतगुरू satgurū (1)
The good spiritual guide, the true spiritual guide, God.
साथी sāthī (1)
Companion, comrade, associate, attendant, follower; ally, accomplice, supporter.
(Bābā) The highest level of purity, fullness and perfection; stage of golden age.
सज़ा sazā (1)
Punishment, penalty.
scholarship (1)
Scholarship.
(Bābā) Reward given to a very good student: the royal position.
see (1)
See.
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.
शिक्षक śhikṣhak (1)
Teacher, instructor.
सिवाए sivāē (1)
Except, but, with the exception (of).
slogan (1)
Slogan.
The Divine Kṛiṣhṇa.
श्रीमत śhrīmat (1)
The divine (śrī) doctrine containing the directions or opinions of God : the murlī.
student (1)
Student.
सुधरना sudharnā (1)
To be reformed, to be improved, to be amended, to be corrected, to be repaired.
(Bābā) To be restored to the first form (that of divinity).
शूद्र śhūdra (1)
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.
सुखधाम sukhdhām (1)
Abode of Happiness.
स्वच्छ svachchh (1)
Clean, clear, neat, pure, transparent.
थोड़ा thōṛā (1)
A little, some, meagre, scanty.
Short.
You know.
त्याग tyāg (1)
Abandonment, relinquishment, renunciation, forsaking, sacrifice, abnegation.
उसका uskā (1)
Genitive case of vah : of him, of her, of that, his, her.
उठाना uṭhānā (1)
To raise, to lift up.
To wake up.
To rent out.
To bear.
To remove.
उत्तर uttar (1)
Answer, reply.
North.
Later.
वैभव vaibhav (1)
Grandeur, glory, magnificence.
Wealth, prosperity, riches.
वैसा vaisā (1)
वकील vakīl (1)
A lawyer, pleader, an advocate.
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.
वर्ण varṇ (1)
Colour; quality (of gold, as shown by its mark on a touchstone).
Class, type, kind; race.
Any of the four classes into which Indo-Aryan society was early divided, viz. brāhmaṇ, kṣhatriya, vaiśhya and śhūdra.
(in comp.) Caste.
Form, aspect; manner of dress; theatrical costume.
Letter (of an alphabet, a syllabary), sound, syllable.
(Bābā) One of the five social classes brāhmaṇ (confluence age), dēvtā (golden age), kṣhatriya (silver age), vaiśhya (copper age) and śhūdra (iron age).
वर्सा varsā (1)
The inheritance. What our father leaves behind after he leaves.
The atmosphere.
vibration (1)
Vibrations. The emotional state of a person, the atmosphere of a place, or the associations of an object, communicated and felt by others.
विकल्प vikalp (1)
Option, alternative.
Uncertainty.
(Bābā) Impure thought, false idea (aśuddha khyāl).
विकर्म vikarm (1)
Prohibited or unlawful act, misdeed, fraud.
(Bābā) Bad karma, bad action.
विकर्म विनाश होंगे vikarma vināśh hōṅgē (1)
Bad actions will disappear, bad karma will disappear.
विपरीत viparīt (1)
Contrary, opposite, inverse.
Unfavourable, inauspicious.
Contrary (of disposition).
विरोध virōdh (1)
Opposition, antagonism, hostility, resistance, objection, antimony, contrariety, protest, contradiction.
विष्णु देवताए नमः viṣhṇu dēvtāē namaḥ (1)
Salutations to the deity Viṣhṇu.
व्यक्ति vyakti (1)
व्यर्थ vyarth (1)
Useless, fruitless, futile, ineffective, unprofitable.
व्यवहार vyavahār (1)
Behaviour.
Dealings, treatment.
Transaction.
Practice.
Usage, use.
Application.
Yād and pyār: remembrance and love, remembrance and affection.
यही yahī (1)
Emphatic form of yah: this very.
ज़रूर zarūr (1)
Certainly, undoubtedly, positively, without fail.