Mamma's Murli - 008

अब ab

Now.

अच्छा achchhā

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

आधार ādhār

Base, basis, foundation.
(sindhi) A support, prop, dependence.
(Bābā) Support.

अधर्म adharm

Unrighteousness, irreligion, impiety, wickedness, iniquity, guilt, sin, crime, immorality, wrong-doing, injustice.

अधिकार adhikār

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

आदि ādi

Etcetera.
Beginning.
Early, initial, primordial.

आदमी ādmī

A man, human being.

अगर agar

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

आगे āgē

Ahead, in front of, before; in future.

अग्नि agni

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

अज्ञान agyān

Ignorance, paucity of knowledge.

ऐसा aisā

Such, of this type.

ऐसे नहीं aisē nahī̃

'not so', Do not believe.

आज āj

Today.

आकारी, आकार ākārī, ākār

Possessing a form.
(Bābā) Possessing a non-physical form but which can be perceived.
(Bābā) Having the angelic form.
(Bābā) Subtle, not physical.

आकाशवाणी ākāśhvāṇī

An oracle.
A proper name given to All India Radio.
Heavenly voice, voice descending from the heavens.
(Bābā) 'Voice from space'. Voice of ŚivBābā coming from the space located in the mouth of Brahmā.

अकेला akēlā

Single, lonely, lonesome, solitary.

अलग alag

Different, separate, apart, distinct.

आना ānā

To come.

आंख āṅkh

Eye.
Sight.
Look, glance, regard, observation.
Discernment, judgment, sense.

अन्न ann

Grain, food (usually. cooked).

अन्त ant

End.

आप āp

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

आपस में āpas mē̃

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

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.

अर्थ arth

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

अर्थात् arthāt

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

आसन āsan

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

अथवा athavā

Or.
That is.

आत्मा ātmā

The soul, the spirit, the self.

attention

Attention.

और aur

And.
Else.
Other.

और कोई aur kōī

Someone else, anyone else.

अवतार avatār

Descent (especially of a deity from heaven), appearance of any deity upon earth. Incarnation (more particularly of Vishṇu in ten principal forms, viz. 1˚ Matsya, 'the fish'; 2˚ Kaććhapa, 'the tortoise'; 3˚ Varāha, 'the boar'; 4˚ Nr̤i-singha, 'the man-lion'; 5˚ Vāmana, 'the dwarf'; 6˚ Paraśu-rāma; 7˚ Rāma; 8˚ Balarāma, or Kr̤ishna; 9˚ Buddhā; 10˚ Kalkī).

अवतरण avataraṇ

Descent (especially of the soul into a body), incarnation.

आवाज़ āvāz

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

baby

Baby.

बच्चा bachchā

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

बच्ची bachchī

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

बदलना badalnā

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

बाहर bāhar

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

बहुत bahut

Many, much.
Very.

बैठना baiṭhnā

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

बजा bajā

Struck.
O'clock.

बजाना bajānā

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

बाकी bākī

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

बाकी bākī

But if.., but, nevertheless.

बल bal

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

बनाना banānā

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

बंद band

Closed, shut, locked, locked up.
Stopped, discontinued.

बन्दर bandar

Monkey, ape.

बनना bannā

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

बाप bāp

Father.

बाप कहते हैं bāp kahtē haĩ

The Father says.

बार bār

Time, occasion.

बड़ा baṛā

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

बरसना barasnā

To rain, to fall in showers.

बढ़ाना baṛhānā

To increase, to multiply.
To extend, to raise.
To cause to progress, to cause to grow, to cause to prosper.
To advance.
To magnify.
To exaggerate.
To push ahead.
To extinguish (as a lamp).
To close (as a shop).

बढ़ना baṛhnā

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

बस bas

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

बात bāt

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

बताना batānā

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

बतलाना batlānā

To explain, tell.
To talk, converse.

be

To be.

बेहद bēhad

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

बेहद का बाप bēhad kā bāp

The unlimited Father.

बेसमझ bēsamajh

'Without understanding'. Unintelligent, stupid.

बेसमझी bēsamajhī

Foolishness, stupidity, silliness.

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.

भाई bhāī

Brother.

भला bhalā

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

भाना bhānā

To be liked.
To be agreeable, to be pleasing, to be appealing.

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)

भविष्य bhaviṣhya

Future; what has yet to be, what will be, the future.

भावना bhāvnā

Sentiment, feeling, emotion.

भी bhī

Inclusive emphatic particle: too, also, even.

भोजन bhōjan

Food, victuals, dish of food, meal.

भुजा bhujā

The arm, the upper arm.
The proboscis of an elephant.
The side of a rectilineal figure; one of the shorter sides of a right-angled triangle (i.e. either the perpendicular or the base).

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.

बिचारा bichārā

Poor, helpless.

बिल्ला billā

A tomcat, a male cat.

बीमार bīmār

Sick, ill, ailing, unwell, indisposed.
Sick person, patient.

बिना binā

Without, exclusive of, wanting, except (it may often be conveniently rendered by the Eng. neg. prefixes un-, in, or by the affix -less).

biography

Biography. The history of a person's life.

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.

ब्रह्माकुमारी brahmākumārī

Daughter of Brahmā.

ब्राह्मण brāhmaṇ

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

बुद्धि buddhi

The intelligent mind that thinks, observes its thoughts, sets a goal, imbibes knowledge or beliefs and judges what is right or not, what conforms to its purpose or not. This mind grows until an adult age.

बुरा burā

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

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.

चालाक chālāk

Cunning, clever, crafty.

चलना chalnā

Continue.

चार chār

Four.

छोड़ना chhōṛnā

To leave.
To abandon.
To release.

छोटा chhōṭā

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

चित्र chitra

Picture, painting, illustration, figure, photo.

चित्रकार chitrakār

A painter, an artist.

चीज़ chīz

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

control

Control.

creator

Creator.

दादा dādā

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

दग्ध dagdha

Burnt, consumed, scorched.

दर्द dard

Pain, ache, affliction.

दाढ़ी dāṛhī

Beard.

dead

Dead.

degree

Level.
Social or official rank.
College degree.

देह dēh

Body.

देखना dēkhnā

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

देना dēnā

To give.

देरी dērī

Delay, lag.

destruction

Destruction.

detach

To detach.

देव dēv

A god, a deity.

देवी-देवता dēvī-dēvtā

Goddess and god.

देवता dēvtā

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

धारण dhāraṇ

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

धर्म dharm

What is to be held or kept: the complex of religious and social obligations which a devout Hindu is required to fulfil, right action, duty; morality; virtue, virtuous life; justice.
Customary observances of community or sect, etc.
The prescriptions or sanctions of religion; moral law.
Religion.
Particular nature or character; walk of life; way of life (e.g. of a woman as opposed to a man, of a man as opposed to a youth); caste.
Spiritual merit, as deriving from the fulfilment of dharma.

धारणा dhārṇā

Inculcation of the knowledge and virtues of the Supreme in our practical life.

ध्यान dhyān

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

दिखाई dikhāī

Showing (one self, itself, &c.), coming in sight, appearance; exhibition, show, display.

दिखलाना dikhlānā

To show, to direct, to indicate.

दो dō

Two, 2.

double

Double.

दुःख duḥkh

Sorrow, unhappiness, suffering, grief, distress.

दुःखी duḥkhī

Sorrowful, sad, unhappy, grief-stricken, afflicted, woeful.

दुःखना duḥkhnā

To pain, to ache, to smart, to throb.
To feel pity or compassion (for).
To feel compunction or remorse.

दुनिया duniyā

World.
The present world, the present life or state of existence.
The people of this world, people.
Worldly enjoyments or blessings, worldly goods, the good things of this life, wealth, riches.

दूर dūr

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

दूसरा dūsrā

Second.
Other, another.
Next.

द्वापर dvāpar

The third of the four yug or ages according to the Hindu mythology, the age of transition from good (satyug and trētā) to the age of vice (kaliyug).

द्वार dvār

Door, doorway, gate, exit.

द्वारा dvārā

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

earth

Earth.

easy

Easy.

एक ēk

One, 1, a, single, alone.
The number one.
The One, the Number One. God. There is only one God (Supreme Being) but many gods and goddesses (golden age deities).

एकदम ēkdam

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

ever pure

Ever pure.

father

Father.

फ़ायदा fāydā

Advantage, gain, profit, benefit, utility, use, good result.

five

Five.

follow

Follow.

four

Four.

गाना gānā

To sing, to chant.
A song.

generation

Generation.

घर ghar

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

गीता gītā

(Hinduism) The Bhagvadgītā which contains the celebrated discourse of Lord Kr̥ṣṇa directed to Arjun, the stupefied hero of the Mahābhārat.
(Bābā) The true Gītā is the murlī.

god

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

गोला gōlā

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

good

Good.

ज्ञान gyān

Knowledge directly taught by God.

हां hā̃

Yes, yea.

हम ham

We.
(rustic form) I.

हानि hāni

Loss, damage, detriment, harm.

हर एक har ēk

Each, every.
Each one, everybody.

हँसना hãsnā

To laugh, to deride, to ridicule, to joke.

हटाना haṭānā

To take away, to remove.
To move out of the way, put back, put aside.
To cause to recede, to drive back or off, to repel.
To put off, to postpone.

हठ haṭh

Stubbornness, insistence (esp. unreasonable insistence).
Crossness, sulks (of a child).
Firm promise, or resolve.
Force, violence.

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).

हठयोग haṭhyōg

'Yoga with force or violence'. The form of yoga in which emphasis is laid on physical disciplines and exercises (including breath-control) to achieve withdrawal of the mind from external objects.

हटना haṭnā

To move away, to go away, to recede, to withdraw.

ही hī

Emphatic particle with a sense of exclusion : only.

हिसाब hisāb

Arithmetic, account, calculation, rate.
Manner, custom.
(Bābā) Account.

होना hōnā

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

होशियार hōśhiyār

Clever, wise, intelligent, careful.

I am soul

I am a soul. I am the soul.

इधर idhar

Here, hither, on this side, this way.

इकट्ठा ikaṭṭhā

Collected, gathered.
Together, in one lot.

इलाज ilāj

Medical treatment; a medicine, remedy, cure.

impure

Impure.

in

In.

in advance

In advance.

इशारा iśhārā

Sign, signal, hint, indication, gesture.

इतना itnā

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

जब jab

(Relative pronoun) When.

जहाँ jahā̃

Where, wherever.

जैसा jaisā

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

जलाना jalānā

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

जमुना jamunā

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

जाना jānā

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

जन्मना janamnā

To be born.

जंगल jaṅgal

Forest, wood, wilderness.

जन्म janm

Birth, origin, genesis.
Life, existence.

जानना jānnā

To know, to become aware of, to perceive.

झोली jhōlī

A small bag, any cloth stretched out to collect something, begging bag.
A bag, sack, pouch, wallet.

जितना jitnā

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

जीव jīv

Creature, living being, life.
(Bābā) The living body which is ready to shelter or which shelters the soul.

जीव आत्मा jīv ātmā

(Hinduism) The individual soul, the vital principle or spirit which is distinct from the supreme soul.
(Bābā) Living being: a soul (ātmā) in a living body (jīv).

जीवन jīvan

Life, animation, existence.

जो jō

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

जो कुछ jō kuchh

Whatever, whatsoever, anything.

K

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

का kā

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

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

कभी kabhī

Sometime, ever.

कच्छ kachchh

The armpit.
The side of one's body below the armpits on which any thing is carried.

कहाँ kahā̃

Interrogative pronominal adverb : Where ?

कहना kahnā

Say.

कई kaī

Several, sundry, divers, some, some few.

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.

कला kalā

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.

कलियुग kaliyug

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

काम kām

Passion, lust.
Desire.

काम kām

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

कान kān

An ear.

कारण kāraṇ

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

कराना karānā

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

कर्म karm

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

करना karnā

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

कर्तव्य kartavya

Duty.
To be done, to be accomplished.

कठिनाई kaṭhināī

Difficulty.

काटना kāṭnā

To cut, to chip, to chop, to bite.
To trim, to prune, to shear, to fleece, to reap, to mow.
To interrupt.
To fell.
To while away.
To divide a number leaving no remainder.

कौन kaun

interrogative pronoun. Who

कौन सा kaun sā

Interrogative adjective and pronoun : which.

कविता kavitā

Poesy, poetry, the poetic art.
A poem.

के लिए kē liē

For, for the sake of.

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.

खाली khālī

Empty, vacant, unoccupied, blank, unemployed.
Unaccented beat (in music).
Ineffective, fallow.
Only, mere.

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.

खड़ा khaṛā

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

खाता khātā

Ledger or day-book, account-book, waste-book.
Daily account, account-current.

ख़ातिरी ḵẖātirī

Hospitality.

ख़त्म ḵẖatm

Ended, completed, concluded.

खिड़की khiṛkī

A window.

खोलना khōlnā

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

ख्याल khyāl

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

कि ki

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

किचड़ा, कीचड़ kichṛā, kīchaṛ

Dirt, mud, slime, sewage, sludge.
Mattery discharge which collects in the corner of the eye.

कितना kitnā

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

knowledge

Knowledge.

knowledgeful

Knowledgeful.

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.

कोशिश kōśhiśh

Effort, endeavour.

कृष्ण kr̥iṣhṇa

Black, dark.
Lord Kr̥iṣhṇa.

कुछ kuchh

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

कुछ भी kuchh bhī

Anything, whatsoever, anything at all.

कुमारी kumārī

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

क्या kyā

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

क्यों kyō̃

Why.

क्योंकि kyōṅki

Because, since.

लगाना lagānā

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

लक्ष्मी lakṣhmī

(Hinduism) The goddess of wealth and spouse of Lord Vishṉū.
Prosperity, fortune.
Used deferentially for a woman as symbolising prosperity.
(Bābā) The goddess empress of the Golden Age and wife of the god emperor Nārāyaṇ. The couple is symbolized by Vishṉū who sustains the world through the cycle, especially in the golden and silver ages.

लड़ना laṛnā

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

last

Last.

लौकिक laukik

Secular, earthly, worldly, mundane.

लायक lāyak

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

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.

लीन līn

Absorbed, engrossed, merged, vanished, disappeared.

loan

Loan.

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.

माँ mā̃

Mother.

मच्छ machchh

A fish.
(Hinduism) Name of the first of the ten incarnations or manifestations of Vishṇu.

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).

मध्य madhya

Middle, central, mid-.
Middle, centre, the middle part.

महिमा mahimā

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

मैं maĩ

I. (personal pronoun)

मक्खन makkhan

Butter.

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.

माना mānā

(it) Means, that is.

मंगल maṅgal

(the planet) Mars.
Tuesday.
Auspiciousness.
Well-being, welfare.
Auspicious.

मनमनाभव manmanābhav

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

मनुष्य manuṣhya

A man, a human being.

माता mātā

Mother.
An affectionate or respectful term of address to a woman.
The small-pox (so named from the goddess Devī; cf. sītalā).

माया māyā

The Illusion of the world which makes us believe false things and distances us from the Truth taught by God. The world, nature, the universe is not in itself an illusion. It is an eternal reality as is the soul and the Supreme Soul.

मज़ा mazā

Pleasure, relish, savour, taste, flavour, fun, jollity.

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.

मेरा नहीं mērā nahī̃

Not mine.

मिलाना milānā

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

मिलना milnā

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

minute

Minute.

मीठा mīṭhā

Sweet, pleasant.
Sweetmeat, jaggery.

मुख mukh

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

मुख वंशावली mukh vaṅśhāvalī

Oral line, oral lineage, lineage by the mouth.

मूँझना mūnjhnā

To be confused.

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.

न na

Not (subjunctive or imperative).
Na .. na, Neither .. nor.
Repetitive Compounds of indefinite Pronouns, and of Adverbs formed from them are made by placing the Negative particle between the two words. These Compounds have a pronounced indefinite force. (A Basic Grammar of Modern Hindi - Appendice III 5-j)

ना nā

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

नहीं nahī̃

No.
Not.

नहीं तो nahī̃ tō

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

नाक nāk

The nose.
A conspicuous or prominent person or thing.
Honour; grace, ornament.

नाम nām

Name.

नर nar

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

नारायण nārāyaṇ

(Hinduism) God, Lord Vishṉu. A name of Vishṇu (considered as the first of living beings, and the dwelling-place of mortals; or as the being who existed before all worlds, and moved on the waters of creation).
(Bābā) The first emperor of the golden age (perfect man).

नासिक nāsik

Nāsik or Nāśik, north of Mahārāṣṭra. Sacred city on the Godāvarī, center of pilgrimage, notably kumbhamela.
(Rāmāyaṇa) Its name comes from the fact that it is here that Lakṣmaṇa is said to have cut off the nose of the rākṣasī Śūrpaṇakhā.

नया nayā

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

ने nē

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

new

New.

new world

New world.

निकलना nikalnā

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

निराकार nirākār

Incorporeal.
An epithet of God.
(Hinduism) without form, permeating everything (which makes God omnipresent).
(Bābā) Incorporeal, without physical or subtle body. God is incorporeal but has a form, the form of a point. Likewise the souls in the incorporeal world are incorporeal and have the form of a point.

निर्विकारी nirvikārī

Unchanged, without defect, changeless (as the ultimate being).
(Bābā) Viceless, without defect.

निशानी niśhānī

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

निवारण nivāraṇ

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

old

Old.

पहले pahlē

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

पहले से pahlē sē

From the first, from the very commencement.
At first, in the first place.
Already, beforehand.

पैदा paidā

Born, created, begotten, produced, earned.
Income, gain, production.

पालना pālnā

To protect, guard, preserve, foster, nourish, cherish, bring up, rear, breed, domesticate.
To adopt.
Parents' sustenance, care, upbringing, support.

पंच pañch

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

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)

परम param

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

परमात्मा paramātmā

Supreme Soul : Śiv and not Brahmā.

परन्तु parantu

But, however.

पढ़ना paṛhnā

To read, to study, to recite.

पड़ना paṛnā

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

pass

To pass.

पता patā

Address, whereabouts, information, knowledge.

पतित patit

Fallen, depraved.

फिर phir

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

फिर भी phir bhī

Notwithstanding, even then, in spite of that.

फिरना phirnā

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

picnic

Picnic.

पिता pitā

Father, procreator, progenitor.

पोत्रा pōtrā

Son of a son, grandson.

power

Power.

practical

Practical.

practical life

Real life.

practice

Practice.

प्रजापिता prajāpitā

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

प्रजापिता ब्रह्मा prajāpitā brahmā

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

प्रकृति prakr̥iti

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

प्रालब्ध prālabdh

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

प्राप्त करना prāpt karnā

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

प्रति prati

Towards.

प्रवेश pravēśh

Entry, admission, access, inlet.
Gate, entrance.

प्रवेश करना pravēśh karnā

To enter.

प्रवृत्ति pravr̥itti

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

पूरा pūrā

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

पुराना purānā

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

pure

Pure.

pure soul

Pure soul.

purify

To purify.

purity

Purity.

पूर्णिमा pūrṇimā

The last day of the bright fortnight of a lunar month, the full-moon day.

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.

question

Question.

रचना rachnā

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

रहना rahnā

To remain, to stay.

राजयोग rājyōg

'Yoga of the king', Raja Yoga, the highest, kingly yoga. The union of the soul with the Supreme Soul. The yoga that makes us the rulers of the self and the kings of the world.

रखना rakhnā

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

रस्म rasm

A ceremony, ritual.
Formality.
Custom, practice.

रास्ता rāstā

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

रावण rāvaṇ

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

relation

Relation.

रिश्ता riśhtā

Relation, relationship, affinity, connection.

रीति rīti

Method, manner, mode.
Custom, way, practice, vogue.
Tradition.
Style.

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.

रूहानी rūhānī

Spiritual.

रूप rūp

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

सब sab

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

सब कुछ sab kuchh

Everything, all.

सबका sabkā

(genitive case of sab) Of everyone.

सबको sabkō

sab + kō : everything, everyone.

सच्चा sachchā

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

सदा sadā

Always, perpetually, continually, ever.

साधना sādhnā

Devotion.
Practice, mental training.
Spiritual endeavour or performance (esp. aspiring for an end).
(Bābā) Spiritual efforts.

सहज sahaj

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

सहित sahit

With, together with, along with, accompanied by.

साहूकार sāhūkār

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

सकना saknā

To can, to be able to.

साक्षात्कार sākṣhātkār

Interview.
Perception or apprehension of a god in a vision.
(Bābā) Divine vision. God grants these visions to devotees of all religions in the copper and iron ages and also to the Brahma kumaris who have this role (trance messenger) or at the beginning and end of this age (of meeting with God).

समझ samajh

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

समझदार samajhdār

Discerning, intelligent, sensible, wise, prudent.

समझना samajhnā

To understand.

समान samān

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

समय samay

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

सम्बन्ध sambandh

Connection, relationship.

समझाना samjhānā

(Causative of samajhnā) To persuade, explain.

सम्पूर्ण sampūrṇ

Whole, entire, complete, perfect.

संगम saṅgam

Confluence, union, meeting.

शंकर śhaṅkar

(Hinduism) 'Causing happiness', an epithet of Śiv or Mahādev.
(Hinduism) The annihilator of the universe.
(Hinduism) Name of a celebrated teacher of the Vedānta philosophy (he was a man of remarkable learning and sanctity; and is supposed to have lived between A.D. 650 and 740; but according to tradition he flourished 200 B.C.: he is said to have eradicated the Jain sect).
(Bābā) The subtle divinity representing destruction, part of the trimurti with Brahma and Vishnu.

संसार saṅsār

Cycle of births or states, transmigration.
The world, the universe.
Life in this world, worldly concerns, illusion as to worldly reality.
(Bābā) The corporeal world in which one reincarnates.

सन्तान santān

Offspring, children, descendants.
A son or daughter.

शान्ति śhānti

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

सपूत sapūt

A tractable or dutiful son, a good or worthy son.

सारा sārā

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

सरस्वती sarasvatī

(Hinduism) The wife of Brahmā, the goddess of speech and eloquence, the patroness of music and the arts, and the inventress of the Sanskrit language and the Devanāgarī character.
(Bābā) Goddess of knowledge. Mama is named Jagadamba Saraswati (World Mother) by Shiv Baba.
The river Sarsūtī (it rises in the mountains bounding the north-east part of the province of Dehlī, and, running in a south-westerly direction, becomes lost in the sands of the great desert; according to the Hindūs, however, the river only disappears in this place, and, continuing its course underground, joins the Ganges and Jamna at the junction at Allahabad)
A river (generally).
Speech, eloquence.
An excellent woman, an eloquent or an inventive woman.
A name of Durgā.
A cow.

शरीर śharīr

Body.

सर्वगुण sarvguṇ

All qualities.
Possessing all qualities (an epithet of the deity).

शास्त्र śhāstra

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

साथ sāth

With, together, along with.
Company, association.

सतयुग satyug

The first of the four yug of the universe according to Indian mythology. Satyug is said to be the best or golden period or age of creation.

सौगात saugāt

a present, gift.

शायद śhāyad

Perhaps, probably, possibly.

सयाना sayānā

Grown up, adolescent, of age, mature (in understanding), arrived at puberty or years of discretion.
Knowing, sagacious, prudent, clever, wise, intelligent.
Shrewd, cunning, artful, sly.

school

School.

से sē

से is used for denoting :

  • The Subject of a Verb in the passive and impersonal voices.
  • The indirect Objects (which are usually persons) of the Verbs meaning 'to tell, say, ask, ask for, beg, demand, claim, request’.
  • Means, instrument or agency.
  • Manner.
  • Cause, reason, origin.
  • Association, antagonism.
  • Separation or keeping away from.
  • Starting point (place or time).
  • Duration (with reference to a continuous 'action' of present or past).
  • Difference and comparison between two persons or things.
    (A Basic Grammar of Modern Hindi)

से दूर sē dūr

Far from, far off from.

see

See.

सीधा sīdhā

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

silence

Silence.

silver

Silver.

सिर sir

Head.
Top, apex, highest part or point.

शिव śhiv

Beneficial, favorable, auspicious, salutary.
Well-being, prosperity, happiness.
(Hinduism) Confused with Śhaṅkar. Name of the third god of the Hindū triad, the Deity in the character of producer or destroyer (Śhiv's most distinctive function is to preside over the dissolution of the world at the end of each aeon in order that it may be created anew), or Time personified.
(Hinduism) The phallic or pillar emblem of Śhiv.
(Bābā) The name of the Supreme Being The Auspicious, the Good, the Well-being, etc. who does his work of Creation, Sustainment and Destruction of the World through the trimūrti Brahmā, Viṣhṇu and Śhaṅkar three subtle deities created by God in the subtle world.
(Bābā) The Seed of the Human World Tree.
(Bābā) The Point. He is the Supreme Soul and therefore has the shape of a point like any soul. As He is incorporeal, it was represented with the shape of a pillar or, more anciently, an egg. The degradation of devotion has led Hindus to see it as a phallic representation symbolizing the Creator role of God and others to transgress the rules of Hindu conduct (left path tantra) where sexuality is permitted and revered as a divine activity.

सिवाए sivāē

Except, but, with the exception (of).

सोचना sōchnā

To think, to reflect, to ponder over, to consider.

सोलह sōlah

Sixteen, 16.

son of supreme soul

Son of the Supreme soul.

soul

Soul.

श्रेष्ठ śhrēṣhṭha

The best, good, excellent, superior.

श्री śhrī

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

सृष्टि sr̥iṣhṭi

Creation.
The world.

स्त्री strī

Woman, wife.

सुख sukh

Happiness, pleasure, comfort, felicity, contentment.

सुखदाता sukhdātā

The Giver of Happiness.

सुखी sukhī

Happy, contented.

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.

supreme soul

Supreme Soul.

तब tab

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

ताली tālī

Clapping the hands.

तन tan

Body.

तरफ taraph

Side, direction.
Towards.

तरीका tarīkā

'path'. Manner (of acting), practice, method.
Custom, usage, system (of procedure).
Manner, style (as of life).

तत्व tatva

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)).

टेढ़ा ṭeṛhā

Curved, bent, oblique, skew.
Difficult, intricate.

ठहरना ṭhaharnā

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

the

The.

ठीक ṭhīk

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

ठिकाना ṭhikānā

Fixed or permanent place or abode.
Proper place.
Precise or exact spot, whereabouts.
Place, spot, site.
Dwelling place, abode, residence, home, quarters.
Destination.

थोड़ा thōṛā

A little, some, meagre, scanty.
Short.

through

Through.

time

Time.

तीनों tīnō̃

The three, all three.

तो tō

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

तो भी tō bhī

Even so, even then, in spite of this/that, nevertheless, nonetheless, still. (often used with bhal 'even though')

टोली ṭōlī

A small flat plate or dish of metal or earth.
Plate, dish, platter, salver.
A present of sweetmeats, fruits, &c.

त्रेता trētā

The second of the four ages according the Hindu mythology : the silver age.

त्रिमूर्ति trimūrti

Having or assuming three forms or shapes (as Brahmā, Viṣhṇu and Śhiv).
(Hinduism) Trinity, the Hindū triad: Brahmā, Viṣhṇu and Śhiv.
(Bābā) The Hindu Trinity: Brahmā, Viṣhṇu and Śhaṅkar (confused with Śhiv).
(Bābā) The three deities of the subtle region: Brahmā, Viṣhṇu and Śhaṅkar.
(Bābā) The Creator of Brahmā, Viṣhṇu and Śhaṅkar: Śhiv.

तू tū

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

तुम tum

You (between equals).

U

The letter U of our alphabet; used for acronyms.

उधर udhar

There, thither, on that side, that way, away.

ऊंच ūñch

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

ऊपर ūpar

On, upon, above, upward, over.

उपाय upāy

Way, measure, device, cure, remedy.

उसका uskā

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

वाँ vā̃

-th.

वह vah

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

वहां vahā̃

There.

वही vahī

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

वाला vālā

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

वंशी vanśhī

Belonging to the lineage, dynasty, clan of.

वर्सा varsā

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

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).

विकारी vikārī

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).

विनाश vināśh

Utter destruction, disappearance, destruction, utter loss, ruin, death, annihilation.
(in particular) The destruction of the old world.

विष्णु viṣhṇu

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

world

World.

या yā

Or, either.

याद yād

Remembrance, recollection, memory.

याद करना yād karnā

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

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.

यथार्थ yathārth

Real, actual.
Accurate.

यत्न yatn

Effort, endeavour.
Attempt.
Care.

योग yōg

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

योगबल yōgbal

Power of Yōg.

ज़रूर zarūr

Certainly, undoubtedly, positively, without fail.

ज़रूरी zarūrī

Important, necessary, needful, compulsory, indispensable.