Mamma's Murli - 012

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.

आदि ādi

Etcetera.
Beginning.
Early, initial, primordial.

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.

अकाले मृत्यु akālē mr̥iityu

Premature death.

आकाश ākāśh

Space, vacuity.
Air, atmosphere.
Ether, the fifth element of the Hindūs (the subtle and ethereal fluid supposed to fill and pervade the universe, and to be the peculiar vehicle of life and of sound).
Sky, firmament, the heavens.

आखिर ākhir

The end.
At last, after all.

अल्पकाल alpkāl

Short term.

America

America.

आना ānā

To come.

अंधकार andhkār

Darkness; gloom.

अनेक anēk

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

अन्न ann

Grain, food (usually. cooked).

अनुभव anubhav

Experience.

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.).

आशीर्वाद āśhīrvād

Blessing, benediction.

आश्रम āśhram

Hermitage; abode.
One of the four stages in the life of caste Hindus (viz. brahmcharya —as a student of the Vedas; gṛihasth —as a householder; vānprasth —as abandoner of worldly things; sannyās —as an anchorite).

अथवा athavā

Or.
That is.

आत्मा ātmā

The soul, the spirit, the self.

atomic

Atomic.

और aur

And.
Else.
Other.

और कोई aur kōī

Someone else, anyone else.

अविनाशी avināśhī

Indestructible, imperishable, everlasting, immortal, entire.

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).

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.

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.

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.

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.

बतलाना batlānā

To explain, tell.
To talk, converse.

be

To be.

भगवान bhagvān

Fortunate, prosperous, happy, glorious, illustrious, adorable, divine, worshipful.
(epithet) God, the Lord Almighty, the Supreme Being (Śhiv and not Viṣhṇu).
(Hinduism) (epithet) The god Nārāyaṇ.

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)

भारतवासी bhāratvāsī

Inhabitant of Bhārat.

भरना bharnā

To fill, to refill.

भाषण bhāṣhaṇ

Speech, address.

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.

भंवर bhãvar

Whirlpool, eddy, vortex.

भी bhī

Inclusive emphatic particle: too, also, even.

भोगना bhōgnā

To enjoy, to suffer, to undergo, to derive sexual pleasure, to experience (pleasure or pain).
(Bābā) To experience happiness and unhappiness according to the quality of the karma accomplished. In paradise we experience happiness, the fruit of good karma accomplished at the age of encounter. In hell, we experience misfortune as a result of bad karma accomplished.
(Bābā) To enjoy and seek all the pleasures brought by the sense organs. It is experiencing illusory happiness because the karma accomplished is bad and therefore the result of misfortune.

भ्रष्ट bhraṣhṭ

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

बीच bīch

Middle, centre.

बिचारा bichārā

Poor, helpless.

बीमार bīmār

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

बीमारी bīmārī

Illness, sickness, disease, ailment.

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).

ब्रह्माकुमारी brahmākumārī

Daughter of Brahmā.

बुद्धि buddhi

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

चाहे chāhē

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

चाहिए chāhiē

Is necessary, is needful, is requisite, is proper, is right.
It behoves.
Should, ought, must (be).

चाहना chāhnā

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

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.

चमत्कार chamatkār

Marvel, miracle, wonder, thaumaturgy, spectacle.

चांद chānd

The Moon.

छोड़ना chhōṛnā

To leave.
To abandon.
To release.

छुट्टी chhuṭṭī

Permission.
Leave, holiday, furlough.

चीज़ chīz

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

college

College.

control

Control.

चोरी chōrī

Theft, burglary, pilferage.

चोरी चकारी chōrī chakārī

Theft or swindle.

court

Court.

दादा dādā

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

दान dān

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

दरकार darkār

Necessity, need.
Necessary, needed.

दर्शन darśhan

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

दाता dātā

Giving, bestowing, imparting, liberal, generous.
Giver, donor, benefactor.
The Giver of all things, God.

दया dayā

Pity, mercy, compassion.

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.

destruction

Destruction.

detail

Detail.

देवता dēvtā

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

धन dhan

Wealth, riches, money.

धारण करना dhāraṇ karnā

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

धर्म dharm

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

धरना dharnā

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

धारणा dhārṇā

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

धरती dhartī

The Earth.
Earth, soil; land.

ढूँढना ḍhūṇḍhnā

To seek, search for.

ध्यान dhyān

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

दिखलाना dikhlānā

To show, to direct, to indicate.

दिन din

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

दो dō

Two, 2.

doctor

Doctor.

डॉक्टरी ḍôkṭarī

The medical profession, medicine.

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.

दुर्गति durgati

Predicament, misery, miserable state, distress.
Hell.

दूसरा dūsrā

Second.
Other, another.
Next.

द्वारा dvārā

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

earth

Earth.

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).

ever

Ever.

ever healthy

Ever healthy.

eye

Eye.

फ़ायदा fāydā

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

foreign

Foreign.
Abroad.

full

Full.

गलत galat

Wrong, erroneous, incorrect, inaccurate, untrue, false.

गलती galatī

Mistake, error, fault.

गति gati

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

घर ghar

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

गिरना girnā

To fall.

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.

God is truth

God is Truth.
(Bible John 14:6) Jesus answered, “I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me.
We say: "God's truth". Which shows that we refer to God as the source of Truth.
(Bābā) Śhivbābā is Truth.

government

Government.

ग्रंथ granth

A literary production, treatise, book or composition (in prose or verse); a code; a section.
The book or sacred scriptures of the Sikhs (short moral poems by Nānak Shāh and others, in Panjābī and Hindī).

गृहस्थ gr̥ihasth

Being a householder; a householder; a brāhmaṇ carrying out the obligations of domestic life.
(Bābā) Household, carrying out the obligations of domestic life.

गुप्त gupt

Hidden, secret, latent, confidential.

गुरू gurū

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

ज्ञान gyān

Knowledge directly taught by God.

हां hā̃

Yes, yea.

हद had

Boundary.
Limit, bounds, extent.
Bar, obstruction.

हाल hāl

State, condition.
Circumstances, situation.
Present and immediately preceding time.
Account, story, news.

hall

Hall.

हम ham

We.
(rustic form) I.

हर एक har ēk

Each, every.
Each one, everybody.

हाय hāy

Ah! alas! oh!
A sigh.

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.

hospital

Hospital.

इधर idhar

Here, hither, on this side, this way.

इलाज ilāj

Medical treatment; a medicine, remedy, cure.

impure

Impure.

in

In.

ईंट īṇṭ

Brick.

invention

Invention.

इसलिए isliē

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

ईश्वरीय īśhvarīy

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

इतना itnā

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

जब jab

(Relative pronoun) When.

जगाना jagānā

To wake up, to awaken, to arouse, to rouse.
To make conscious or alert; to stimulate.
To kindle, to revive (as a flagging fire).

जगना jagnā

To wake up, to awaken.

जहाँ jahā̃

Where, wherever.

जैसा jaisā

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

जमाना jamānā

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

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.

जड़ना jaṛnā

To stud, to inlay, to fix, to set, to mount, to put in.

झगड़ना jhagaṛnā

To quarrel, to altercate, to scramble.

झूठ jhūṭh

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

जितना jitnā

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

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.

judge

Judge.

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)

कहाँ kahā̃

Interrogative pronominal adverb : Where ?

कहावत kahāvat

A saying, proverb.

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.

काम kām

Passion, lust.
Desire.

काम kām

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

कपड़ा kapṛā

Cloth.
Clothing, clothes, dress, habit.

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.

कटना kaṭnā

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.

कौन kaun

interrogative pronoun. Who

कौन सा kaun sā

Interrogative adjective and pronoun : which.

के लिए kē liē

For, for the sake of.

के नीचे kē nīchē

Under, below, at the bottom 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.

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.

खाना-पीना khānā-pīnā

To eat and drink.
Food, eating and drinking.

खड़ा khaṛā

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

ख़त्म ḵẖatm

Ended, completed, concluded.

खोलना khōlnā

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

खोना khōnā

To lose, to squander.

खूब khūb

Very much, in plenty, in abundance.
Good, beautiful.
Very.
Excellent! very good !

खुद khud

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

खुलना khulnā

To open.
To be uncovered.
To be untied.
To start.
To clear.

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).

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.

कोना kōnā

Corner.

कोशिश kōśhiśh

Effort, endeavour.

कृपा kr̥ipā

Kindness, favour, grace, kindly disposition, favourable attitude.
Compassion, pity, mercy, clemency.

कुछ kuchh

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

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.

लड़ना laṛnā

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

law

Law.

लायक lāyak

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

ले जाना lē jānā

'to take and go'.
To go away with, to run away with.
To take away, to carry, to convey, to export, to carry off, to carry away, to bear off.
To refer.
To win, to conquer, to master.

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.

life

Life.

light

Light.
(Bābā) Electricity.

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.

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).

महात्मा mahātmā

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

महत्व mahatva

Importance.
Significance.
Greatness.
Magnitude.

मैं maĩ

I. (personal pronoun)

मकान makān

House, residence, abode, habitation, dwelling, home.

माल māl

Goods, commodity, things, articles, effects, stuff, merchandise, cargo, produce, stock, wealth, riches, property.
Public revenue.
Dainties.

मालूम mālūm

Known.
Evident, apparent.

माना mānā

(it) Means, that is.

मनुष्य manuṣhya

A man, a human being.

मार्ग mārg

Way, path, route, course, road, track, passage, outlet.

मरना marnā

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.

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)

might

Might.

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.

mind

Mind.

minute

Minute.

मिटना miṭnā

To be effaced, to be erased.
To be ruined, to be undone, to be destructed.

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.

मुसीबत musībat

Difficulty, disaster, affliction, misfortune, calamity.

मुश्किल muśhkil

Difficult, hard, intricate.
Difficulty, hardship.

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.

नैया naiyā

Boat.

नाम nām

Name.

नतीजा natījā

Result, consequence, conclusion.

नया nayā

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

ने nē

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

नीचे nīchē

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

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.

of

Of.

orally

Orally.

पहुंचना pahuñchnā

To reach, to arrive.

पर par

पर denotes :

  • Location or position on or upon or at something.
  • Point of time at which an action takes place.
  • Sequence of actions of happenings.
  • Cause or reason.
  • Objects of (compound) Verbs signifying mercy, faith, confidence, anger etc.
    (A Basic Grammar of Modern Hindi)

पर par

Opposite, inimical, other, alien, higher.

परमात्मा paramātmā

Supreme Soul : Śiv and not Brahmā.

परमपिता parampitā

Supreme Father.

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.

पवित्र pavitr

Holy, sacred, pure.

peace

Peace.

फिर phir

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

फिर भी phir bhī

Notwithstanding, even then, in spite of that.

फिर से phir sē

Anew, afresh.

फिरना phirnā

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

पीछे pīchhē

Behind, on the back side of.
After, afterwards.
Backwards.
In the absence of.

पीना pīnā

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

पीसना pīsnā

To grind, to pound, to powder, to mill.

plat

A plot of land; a lot.
A map showing the boundaries of real properties (delineating one or more plots of land), especially one that forms part of a legal document.

power

Power.

प्राचीन prāchīn

Ancient, old, outdated, antique.

practical

Practical.

प्रकार prakār

Manner, way.

प्रालब्ध prālabdh

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

प्राप्त prāpt

Got, obtained; procured, acquired.

प्राप्त करना prāpt karnā

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

प्रीत prīt

Pleased, happy.
Dear, beloved.
Kind, affectionate.

प्रीत बुद्धि prīt buddhi

Pleased mind, happy mind.
Kind mind, affectionate mind.

problem

Problem.

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.

पूरा करना pūrā karnā

To fill, fill up.
To satisfy.
To end, complete, finish.
To accomplish, to fulfil, carry out, act up to, keep (a promise).
To reimburse.
To make up (a deficiency).

पुराण purāṇ

The name given to certain well-known sacred works (supposed to have been compiled by the poet Vyāsa, and comprising the whole body of modern Hindū theology and mythology. There are eighteen acknowledged purāṇas).

pure

Pure.

पूरी pūrī

A thin cake of meal fried in ghī or oil.

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.

पुस्तक pustak

A book.

पुत्रवान भव putravān bhav

May you have a son, sons or children.

रहना rahnā

To remain, to stay.

रखना rakhnā

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

record

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

relation

Relation.

result

Result.

रोग rōg

Disease, illness, ailment, sickness, malady, affliction.

रोगी rōgī

A patient, a diseased.
Valetudinarian.
Ailing.

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.

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.

सबसे sabsē

(superlative) Of all, the most.

सदा sadā

Always, perpetually, continually, ever.

सद्गति sadgati

Salvation, assignment to a better abode in the post-death existence.
(Bābā) Fruit, the same as jeevanmukti. It is therefore Salvation, life in the golden age but at the same time this Salvation is quantified by the measure of the efforts made today (which gives the future position of king, subject, servant).

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.

सजाना sajānā

To decorate, to adorn, to embellish, to beautify.
To furnish.
To arrange.
To dress neatly.

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.

समाना samānā

To be contained, to enter, to fit, to permeate.

समझाना samjhānā

(Causative of samajhnā) To persuade, explain.

सम्पूर्ण sampūrṇ

Whole, entire, complete, perfect.

संग saṅg

Company, association, contact.

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.

सारा sārā

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

शरीर śharīr

Body.

सर्व sarv

All ; whole, entire, complete.

शास्त्र śhāstra

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

सत sat

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

सतसंग satsaṅg

Association with the virtuous or the good.
Good people or company.
A congregation gathered to worship and sing bhajans.
(Bābā) The company (sang) of the Truth (sat), that is the company of the Supreme Father and His knowledge.

school

School.

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)

see

See.

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.

सीखना sīkhnā

To learn.

शिक्षा śhikṣhā

Education, instruction, teaching.
Moral.

silence

Silence.

सिंहासन siṃhāsan

'Lion-seat,' a throne (said to be so called as supported by golden lions).

श्रेष्ठ śhrēṣhṭha

The best, good, excellent, superior.

stage

Stage.
(Bābā) State, condition.

status

Status.

स्थान sthān

Place, spot, site.

स्थापना, स्थापन sthāpanā, sthāpan

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

study

Study.

सुख sukh

Happiness, pleasure, comfort, felicity, contentment.

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.

सूर्य, सूरज sūrya, sūraj

Sun.

स्वर्ग svarg

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

तब tab

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

तक tak

To, upto, till, until, by.

तकदीर takdīr

Fate, destiny.

talkie

Talking film, as opposed to silent film.

तरस taras

Pity, compassion, mercy.

तरीका tarīkā

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

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.

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.

time

Time.

तीसरा tīsrā

Third.

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')

truth

Truth.

तू tū

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

तुम tum

You (between equals).

उधर udhar

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

उल्टा ulṭā

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

ऊंच ūñch

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

university

University.

ऊपर ūpar

On, upon, above, upward, over.

उपयोग upyōg

Application, employment, service, use, suitableness.

use

Use.

उसका uskā

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

उतरना utarnā

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

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.

वही vahī

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

वकील vakīl

A lawyer, pleader, an advocate.

वाला vālā

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

वेद vēd

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

विद्वान vidvān

Learned, a scholar.

विद्यालय vidyālay

School, educational institution, college, seminary.

विनाश vināśh

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

विनाश काले विपरीत बुद्धि vināśh kālē viparīt buddhi

'At the time of destruction, contrary mind'.
As one’s doom approaches, the person’s intellect works against his best interest.

विपरीत viparīt

Contrary, opposite, inverse.
Unfavourable, inauspicious.
Contrary (of disposition).

विपरीत बुद्धि viparīt buddhi

Contrary (intellectual) mind, opposite (intellectual) mind.

वृद्ध vr̥iddh

Old, elderly, aged.
An aged man, old man.

world

World.

या yā

Or, either.

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).

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.

यथार्थ yathārth

Real, actual.
Accurate.

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).

युवा yuvā

Young, youthful, juvenile, arrived at puberty, adult, adolescent.
Strong, vigorous, healthy.
One who has attained the age of puberty, a young man, a youth (from 16 to 17 years of age).

ज़रूर zarūr

Certainly, undoubtedly, positively, without fail.

ज़रूरी zarūrī

Important, necessary, needful, compulsory, indispensable.