Mamma's Murli - 113

A

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

अब ab

Now.

अभिमान abhimān

Pride.
Unjustifiable pride, arrogance, vanity, conceit.
The fact of considering oneself as.

अच्छा achchhā

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

आधा ādhā

Half.

आधार ādhār

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

अधिकारी adhikārī

Governor, ruler, minister, functionary, official, officer, (and generally) one invested with power or authority.
Proprietor, owner, master, heir.
Agent, deputy; one who possesses a right, title, or privilege.

आदि ādi

Etcetera.
Beginning.
Early, initial, primordial.

आग āg

Fire, flame.
Anger, passion, love, lust, hatred, jealousy.

अगर agar

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

आगे āgē

Ahead, in front of, before; in future.

अहो ahō

Oh ! O !

ऐसा aisā

Such, of this type.

ऐसे नहीं aisē nahī̃

'not so', Do not believe.

आज āj

Today.

आजीविका ājīvikā

Means of subsistence, livelihood; subsistence; food.

अखबार akhbār

Newspaper.

आखिर ākhir

The end.
At last, after all.

अल्पकाल alpkāl

Short term.

अमर amar

Immortal, eternal, undying.
A god, deity.

अमरलोक amarlōk

The region of the immortal, the region of the gods, heaven, paradise.
(Bābā) The Earth in the golden age where the inhabitants are gods and goddesses, human beings with divine qualities, conscious of their immortality (identified with the soul)

आना ānā

To come.

अनादि anādi

Having no beginning, ever-existent, eternal.
(Bābā) Having no beginning, ever-existent, eternal (as the Drama for example).
(Bābā) Outside of time, outside of the cycle of Creation, in the incorporeal world of souls.

अन्दर andar

In, inside, within.

अन्धा andhā

Blind, irrational, unenlightened, unthinking.

अंगुली, उंगली aṅgulī, uṅglī

Finger, finger's breadth.

आंख āṅkh

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

अन्त ant

End.

आप āp

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

अपन apan

(regional) I.

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.

अपने आप apnē āp

By oneself, on one's own.

अप्राप्त aprāpt

Unobtained, unachieved, unacquired.

आराम ārām

Rest, comfort, relief.

अर्थ arth

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

अर्थात् arthāt

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

आठ āṭh

Eight.

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.

बाबा bābā

Father.

बचाना bachānā

To save, to defend, to protect.
To retain (unused or unspent).
To (cause to) avoid, to (to cause to) keep away or aloof.
To cause to escape.
To spare.

बच्चा bachchā

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

बाद bād

After, later, subsequently.

बादल bādal

A cloud.

बदलाना badlānā

To change, to modify, to transform.

बहुत bahut

Many, much.
Very.

बैठना baiṭhnā

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

बाकी bākī

But if.., but, nevertheless.

बाकी bākī

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

बल bal

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

बलवान balvān

Powerful, strong, possessing vigour and vitality.

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.

बँधना bandhnā

To be tied; to be fastened; to be bound; to be restricted.

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.

बापदादा bāpdādā

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

बार bār

Time, occasion.

बड़ा baṛā

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

बरसना barasnā

To rain, to fall in showers.

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.

भागना bhāgnā

To run, to run off or away, fly, flee, take flight, escape, abscond, make oneself scarce.

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.

भड़कना bhaṛaknā

To flare up.
To be provoked, to be excited, to be enraged.
To burst forth.
To go ablaze, to go/blow up into flames.
To be startled.

भरी bharī

A burden.

भरना bharnā

To fill, to refill.

भरपूर bharpūr

Quite full, brimful, chokeful, crammed, replete, overflowing.
Sufficient, quite enough.
High (as a tide).
Full (as the moon).

भविष्य bhaviṣhya

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

भी bhī

Inclusive emphatic particle: too, also, even.

भोला bhōlā

Innocent, unsophisticated; simple-hearted.
An epithet of Śiv.

भ्रष्ट bhraṣhṭ

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

भ्रष्टाचार bhraṣhṭāchār

Corruption, depravity, wantonness.

भ्रष्टाचारी bhraṣhṭāchārī

(One who is) corrupt, depraved, wanton.

भूल bhūl

Forgetfulness, oversight, neglect, negligence, omission, failure, miss, slip, mistake, error, blunder, fault.

भूलना bhūlnā

To forget.

भूषण bhūṣhaṇ

An adorning or decorating; ornament, decoration, embellishment, jewels, dress.

बीच bīch

Middle, centre.

बिचारा bichārā

Poor, helpless.

बिगर bigar

(prep. and postp. generally preceded by kē) Without, excluding, to the exclusion of.

बिगड़ना bigaṛnā

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.

बिल्कुल bilkul

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

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).

बिताना bitānā

To spend, to pass (time).

बीतना bītnā

To pass, elapse, expire (as time).
To come to pass, take place, occur, happen, befall, arrive.
To undergo, suffer, endure.

बोलना bōlnā

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

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.

बुलाना bulānā

To call, to convene, to summon, to send for, to invite.

बुरा burā

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

बुराई burāī

Evil, vice, flaw, fault, defect, badness, wickedness.

बूढ़ा būṛhā

Old, aged.
Old man.

चाहत chāhat

Wish, desire, need, eagerness, longing, choice, fancy, will, volition, affection, fondness.

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.

चैतन्य chaitanya

Conscious, sensitive, alert and awake.
Consciousness, spirit.

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.

calamity

Calamity.

चलना chalnā

Continue.

चार chār

Four.

chance

Chance.

छोड़ना chhōṛnā

To leave.
To abandon.
To release.

छोटा chhōṭā

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

छूटना chhūṭnā

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

चिल्लाना chillānā

To cry, to shout, to squeak.

चिन्ता chintā

Worry, concern, anxiety, care.

चित्र chitra

Picture, painting, illustration, figure, photo.

चीज़ chīz

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

control

Control.

चोर chōr

A thief, pilferer, burglar.

चोरी chōrī

Theft, burglary, pilferage.

दादी dādī

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

दग्ध dagdha

Burnt, consumed, scorched.

डाका ḍākā

A dacoity : violent robbery carried out by a dacoit or a gang of dacoits.

डालना ḍālnā

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

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.

दौड़ना dauṛnā

To run, to run about, to rush.

देह-अभिमान dēh-abhimān

Considering oneself as the body.
Bodily pride.

देखना dēkhnā

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

देना dēnā

To give.

detail

Detail.

देवी dēvī

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

देवी-देवता dēvī-dēvtā

Goddess and god.

देवता dēvtā

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

देवता बनना dēvtā bannā

To become a divinity.

धन dhan

Wealth, riches, money.

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.

धूल dhūl

Dust.

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.

दिल dil

Heart, courage, spirit, will.

दिन din

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

दो dō

Two, 2.

drama

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

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.

दुरुस्त durust

Proper, fit, correct, all right.

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).

एक-दो ēk-dō

One another.

एकदम ēkdam

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

फ़र्क fark

Difference, distinction, distance.

गाली gālī

An abusive or contumelious expression, abuse, foul or insulting language.

गाना gānā

To sing, to chant.
A song.

घर ghar

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

घड़ी ghaṛī

A watch, time-piece.
Moment.
An hour.

घड़ी-घड़ी ghaṛī-ghaṛī

Every now and again; again and again; repeatedly; constantly, every moment.

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.

गोली gōlī

A bullet.

good morning

Good morning.

government

Government.

गुजरना gujarnā

To pass.
To pass away.
To cross over.

गुप्त gupt

Hidden, secret, latent, confidential.

ज्ञान gyān

Knowledge directly taught by God.

हां hā̃

Yes, yea.

हाल hāl

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

हालत hālat

State, condition.
(plural) Conditions, circumstances.

hall

Hall.

हम ham

We.
(rustic form) I.

हंगामा haṅgāmā

Uproar, tumult, upheaval, affray, riotous scene.

हानि hāni

Loss, damage, detriment, harm.

हर एक har ēk

Each, every.
Each one, everybody.

hard

Hard.

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.

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).

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.

hospital

Hospital.

इच्छा ichchhā

Wish, desire, will.

इधर idhar

Here, hither, on this side, this way.

इधर उधर idhar udhar

Here and there.

in

In.

इसलिए isliē

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

ईश्वर īśhvar

God, Ruler, Master, Lord.

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.

जादू jādū

Magic, enchantment, incantation, charm, conjuring, prestidigitation.

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.

जमा jamā

Collected, deposited.
Deposit, credit, accumulation, sum-total.

जमा करना jamā karnā

To collect, to accumulate, to amass, to gather together, to assemble, to heap, to store up, to lay by.
To add together, to add up, to sum up.
To deposit, to credit, to carry to credit or account.

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.

जमना jamnā

To freeze, to solidify, to become firm or hard, to clot.
To be established, to be settled, to settle, to have a prolonged sitting, to sit for long, to be fixed, to take root.
To be 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.

जड़ jaṛ

Inanimate, immovable, inert.
Idiot, stupid.

जड़ना jaṛnā

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

जरूरत jarūrat

Necessity, importance.
Need, requirement.

जवान javān

Young, youthful, youth.

जी jī

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

जीना jīnā

To live, to be alive.

जितना jitnā

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

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.

कहाँ kahā̃

Interrogative pronominal adverb : Where ?

कहलाना kahlānā

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.

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.

कम kam

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

काम kām

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

काम kām

Passion, lust.
Desire.

कमाई kamāī

Earnings.

कमाना kamānā

To earn, to acquire, to get.
To accumulate, to save.

कामना kāmnā

Wish, desire, inclination.
Lust.
(Bābā) Wish, desire.

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.

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.

कायदा kāydā

A rule, regulation, law, ordinance.
Regularity.

के बाद kē bād

After.

के लिए kē liē

For, for the sake of.

के पास kē pās

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

के साथ kē sāth

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

के ऊपर kē ūpar

On, upon.
Above.

key

Key.

खबरदार khabardār

Cautious, watchful.

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.

खराब kharāb

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

खाता khātā

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

ख़त्म ḵẖatm

Ended, completed, concluded.

खिलाना khilānā

To feed.

खींचना, खैंचना khīñchnā, khaiñchnā

To pull, to pull one's leg, to draw, to tighten, to expand, to extract, to attract, to drag.

खोलना khōlnā

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

खोना khōnā

To lose, to squander.

खोटा khōṭā

Defective, faulty.
False, counterfeit, spurious.
Adulterated, malicious.

खुद khud

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

खुराक khurāk

Food, provisions.
Daily rations.
partic. type of food (of a person), diet.
Single dose (of medicine).

खुश khuśh

Happy, pleased.
Good.

खुशी khuśhī

Joy, delight, happiness.

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.

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.

कुछ kuchh

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

कुत्ता kuttā

A dog.

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.

लालच lālach

Greed, greediness, covetousness, avarice.
Allurement, temptation.

लड़ना laṛnā

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

लटकना laṭaknā

To hang, to depend.
To hang loosely, to dangle, to swing.
To be suspended, to be swung.
To be kept waiting or in suspense.
To be put off, be postponed.

लाठी lāṭhī

A staff, stick, club, cudgel, bludgeon.
Crutch.

law

Law.

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.

लोभ lōbh

Greed, avarice, covetousness.
Temptation, lure.

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)

लोक lōk

The world.
One of the three worlds: svarg (heaven), pr̥thvī (Earth), pātāl (hell).
One of the fourteen worlds (of which seven are above and seven below).
People, folk, public.
Popular, public.

low

Low.

माँ mā̃

Mother.

मदद madad

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

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).

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.

मालिक mālik

Master, employer, owner, lord (as landlord), proprietor.
Husband.

मालूम mālūm

Known.
Evident, apparent.

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.

मन्दिर mandir

Temple.

मनुष्य manuṣhya

A man, a human being.

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.

मारना mārnā

To kill.
To beat, to belabour, to hit, to strike, to punish, to subdue.
To misappropriate, not to repay.
To chop off.
To win.
To turn ineffective.
To reduce to ashes.

माता mātā

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

मात्र mātra

Only, merely, barely.
Mere, bare, sheer.

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.

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.

मिलना milnā

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

मीठा mīṭhā

Sweet, pleasant.
Sweetmeat, jaggery.

मिटना miṭnā

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

मृत्यु mr̥ityu

Death, dying, decease, demise.
Death personified, the god of death, Yama (the judge of the dead).

मुख mukh

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

मूल्य mūlya

Cost, price, worth, value.

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.

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.

नाम nām

Name.

नर्क nark

Hell (the place of torment, as distinguished from pātāl, 'the lower regions' ; narak includes a number of places of torture of various descriptions, generally said to be twenty-one in number).

नशा naśhā

Intoxication, drunkenness.

natural

Natural.

nature

Nature.

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).

नेता nētā

A leader.
Pioneer.

नीच, नीचा, नींच nīch, nīchā, nīñch

Low (in a situation or position).
Low, vile, base, mean, petty, insignificant, inferior.

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.

निमित्त nimitt

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

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.

निर्वाह nirvāh

Maintenance, subsistence, sustenance.
Accomplishment, adjustment.

निर्विकारी nirvikārī

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

निष्काम niṣhkām

Without attachment, disinterested, free from desires, free from wishes, desireless, unselfish.

नियम niyam

Restraint, restriction.
Fixed rule, law; principle; regulation.
Custom, normal practice.
Self-imposed restraint or religious observance (as fasting, prayer, pilgrimage); vow; penance; piety.
Moderation, temperateness.

पद pad

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).

पहनना pahannā

To wear (as clothes).
To put on (as clothes, watch, ornaments, etc.)

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.

पानी pānī

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

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)

परमात्मा paramātmā

Supreme Soul : Śiv and not Brahmā.

परमपिता parampitā

Supreme Father.

परन्तु parantu

But, however.

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').

part

Part.

pass

To pass.

पता patā

Address, whereabouts, information, knowledge.

पतित patit

Fallen, depraved.

पवित्र pavitr

Holy, sacred, pure.

पेट pēṭ

lit. 'Basket; bag': the belly, the stomach, the womb.
Pregnancy.
Inner or hidden part, inside; cavity; capacity; volume.
Appetite, hunger; greediness.
(fig.) Livelihood, living.

फल phal

Fruit (from a tree).
(fig.) Fruit, reward, return, effect, outcome, result, consequence, product.

फिर phir

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

फिर भी phir bhī

Notwithstanding, even then, in spite of that.

फिराना phirānā

To cause to be turned, to turn, to whirl, to wheel, to turn round, to wind, to screw.
To turn aside or away.
To return, to give back.
To turn back.
To change.
To roll, to shift.

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.

पीटना pīṭnā

To beat, to thrash, to strike, to punish, to defeat, to knock, to dash, to bang, to thump.
To finish, to complete somehow, to earn somehow.

pocket

Pocket.

point

Point.

practical

Practical.

प्रधान pradhān

(suffix) Consisting predominantly of.
(Bābā) (suffix) Completely, totally.

प्रजा prajā

Subjects, public, people.

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 prāpt

Got, obtained; procured, acquired.

प्राप्त करना prāpt karnā

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

प्राप्ति prāpti

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

प्रत्यक्ष pratyakṣh

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

प्रेम prēm

Love, affection, attachment.

पूछना pūchhnā

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

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.

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.

प्यार pyār

Love, affection, amour, amorous relationship.

question

Question.

रहना rahnā

To remain, to stay.

राजा rājā

King, monarch, prince.

राज्य rājya

Kingdom, rule, reign, polity, the state.

रखना rakhnā

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

रोना rōnā

To weep, to cry, to bewail, to lament.

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.

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.

सच sach

True, right.
Truth.
Really!

सच्चा sachchā

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

सदा sadā

Always, perpetually, continually, ever.

साधारण sādhāraṇ

Ordinary, simple, common, commonplace, usual, moderate.

साधू sādhū

A hermit, a religious mendicant.

शादी śhādī

Marriage, wedding.

safety

Safety.

साहूकार sāhūkār

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

साहूकारी sāhūkārī

Money-lending business, banking.

सकना saknā

To can, to be able to.

समाचार samāchār

News; information.

समझदार samajhdār

Discerning, intelligent, sensible, wise, prudent.

समझना samajhnā

To understand.

समाना samānā

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

समय samay

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

समीप samīp

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

समझाना samjhānā

(Causative of samajhnā) To persuade, explain.

सम्पूर्ण sampūrṇ

Whole, entire, complete, perfect.

संग saṅg

Company, association, contact.

संगम saṅgam

Confluence, union, meeting.

संकल्प saṅkalp

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

संन्यासी sannyāsī

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.

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.

शान्ति śhānti

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

सन्तुष्ट santuṣhṭ

Satisfied, gratified, content.

सपूत sapūt

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

सारा sārā

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

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.

सतोप्रधान satōpradhān

(Bābā) The highest level of purity, fullness and perfection; stage of golden age.

शत्रु śhatru

An enemy adversary, foe.

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.

सतयुगी satyugī

Of satyug, of the age of truth, golden aged.

सौभाग्य saubhāgya

Good luck, fortune.

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.

scene

Scene.

science

Science.

से sē

से is used for denoting :

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

season

Season.
(Bābā) Meeting time with Bāpdādā (October to March through Dadi Gulzar).

सेवा sēvā

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

सिद्ध siddh

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

सिद्ध करना siddh karnā

To accomplish, bring about, realise.
To complete, perfect.
To demonstrate, to prove.

सीधा sīdhā

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

सिकीलधे sikīladhē

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.

सिवाए sivāē

Except, but, with the exception (of).

सोचना sōchnā

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

सोलह sōlah

Sixteen, 16.

सोना sōnā

To sleep.

श्रेष्ठ śhrēṣhṭha

The best, good, excellent, superior.

स्थान sthān

Place, spot, site.

stock

Stock.

student

Student.

सुधरना sudharnā

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).

सुधारना sudhārnā

To reform, to repair, to mend, to amend, to improve, to uplift, to correct.

सुख sukh

Happiness, pleasure, comfort, felicity, contentment.

सुखी sukhī

Happy, contented.

सुलाना sulānā

To cause to sleep.
To lull to sleep.

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

Supreme.

सूर्य, सूरज sūrya, sūraj

Sun.

सुस्त sust

Slow, languid, indolent.
Lazy, idle.
In low spirit, spiritless, depressed.

स्वच्छ svachchh

Clean, clear, neat, pure, transparent.

स्वराज्य svarājya

An independent, sovereign state.
Independence, autonomy, home-rule, self-government.
(Bābā) The state of the soul when it has attained complete control over its sense-organs, mind, intellect and sanskaras. The soul can be seen as the king of a kingdom of its own: the body and the 3 faculties of the soul (man, buddhi and sanskār).

स्वर्ग svarg

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

स्वतंत्र svatantr

'which is subject only to its own rule'. Independent, free, autonomous.

स्वतन्त्रता svatantratā

Independence, freedom, liberty, autonomy.

तब tab

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

ताकत tākat

Power, force, strength, might.

टक्कर ṭakkar

Collision, clash, impact, confrontation.

तमोप्रधान tamōpradhān

(Bābā) The highest level of impurity, degradation: stage of iron age.

तन tan

Body.

तन-मन-धन tan-man-dhan

Body, mind and money.

तरफ taraph

Side, direction.
Towards.

तरीका tarīkā

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

tax

Tax.

teacher

Teacher.

तेज tēj

Sharp, keen, acute, penetrating, piercing, hot, pungent, strong, acrid, caustic, corrosive.
Fiery, passionate, impetuous, violent.
Swift, fleet.
Quick, apt, intelligent, keen-witted.
High-priced, dear.

temptation

Temptation.

the

The.

ठीक ṭhīk

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

थोड़ा thōṛā

A little, some, meagre, scanty.
Short.

time

Time.

तीनों tīnō̃

The three, all three.

तीसरा tīsrā

Third.

title

Title.

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.

तू tū

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

तुम tum

You (between equals).

त्याग tyāg

Abandonment, relinquishment, renunciation, forsaking, sacrifice, abnegation.

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.

ऊपर ūpar

On, upon, above, upward, over.

उपाय upāy

Way, measure, device, cure, remedy.

उड़ना uṛnā

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

उसका uskā

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

उठाना uṭhānā

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

वगैरह vagairah

And the rest, et cætera, and so forth.

वह vah

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

वाह vāh

An exclamatory word denoting admiration, appreciation, contempt, opposition, surprise, etc. : well done ! bravo ! excellent ! how can that be ! that can't be so.

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.

वर्ष varṣh

Year.

वर्सा varsā

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

वस्त्र vastra

Cloth(es), textile, fibre, raiment.

वस्तु vastu

Article, thing, object, substance, material, content.
Action or plot of a drama.

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).

विनाश vināśh

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

विश्व का मालिक viśhva kā mālik

Master of the world.

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).

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.

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.

यत्न yatn

Effort, endeavour.
Attempt.
Care.

ज़रूर zarūr

Certainly, undoubtedly, positively, without fail.

ज़रूरी zarūrī

Important, necessary, needful, compulsory, indispensable.