Mamma's Murli - 115

अब ab

Now.

अच्छा achchhā

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

अच्छा लगना achchhā lagnā

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

act

Act.

आदत ādat

Habit.

आधार ādhār

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

अधिक adhik

More, much, many, plenty, surplus, abundant.
More, the most, -er, -est (used in comparatives or superlatives).

आदि ādi

Etcetera.
Beginning.
Early, initial, primordial.

अगर agar

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

आगरा āgrā

Agra (a city in Uttar Pradesh, India).

ऐसा aisā

Such, of this type.

ऐसे नहीं aisē nahī̃

'not so', Do not believe.

आज āj

Today.

अकल्याण akalyāṇ

An unlucky or unpropitious circumstance. Unpropitious, ominous. Disconsolate.

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.

अक्षर akṣhar

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

अल्पकाल alpkāl

Short term.

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.

आनंद ānand

Bliss, happiness, joy, pleasure, delight.
(vedānta) Joy of Divine union.

अनेक anēk

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

अंगुली, उंगली aṅgulī, uṅglī

Finger, finger's breadth.

आंख āṅkh

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

अन्त ant

End.

अनुभव anubhav

Experience.

अनुसार anusār

According to, in conformity with.

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.

आपेही āpēhī

Alone, by or within one's ownself; automatically.

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.

अरे arē

O !, a form of address (used for inferiors or juniors).
I say! hullo! (attracting attention).
Oh! (expressing astonishment, or concern).

अर्थ arth

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

अर्थात् arthāt

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

आस-पास ās-pās

Near about, in the vicinity.

आठ āṭh

Eight.

अथवा athavā

Or.
That is.

आत्मा ātmā

The soul, the spirit, the self.

आत्मा कहती है ātmā kahtī hai

(The) soul says.

और aur

And.
Else.
Other.

और कोई aur kōī

Someone else, anyone else.

आवश्यकता āvaśhyaktā

Necessity, need, requirement.

बाबा bābā

Father.

बच्चा bachchā

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

बदलना badalnā

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

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

But if.., but, nevertheless.

बाकी bākī

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

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.

बाप की याद bāp kī yād

Remembrance of the Father.

बार bār

Time, occasion.

बड़ा baṛā

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

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.

बेहद bēhad

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

बेहद का bēhad kā

Limitless, unlimited, unbounded.

भगवान bhagvān

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

भई bhaī

perf. part. & past tense, Came to be, became, took place, occurred ( = huʼī, from honā).

भाई bhāī

Brother.

भक्ति मार्ग bhakti mārg

The path of Bhakti, the path of devotion (one of the three paths prescribed for the achievement of human salvation; the other two being gyān and yōg).
(Bābā) All paths aspiring to liberation other than that the path God teaches. (which therefore fail in the liberation of the soul).

भला bhalā

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

भाना bhānā

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

भरना bharnā

To fill, to refill.

भाषा bhāṣhā

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

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.

भोजन bhōjan

Food, victuals, dish of food, meal.

भोला bhōlā

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

भ्रष्ट bhraṣhṭ

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

भूल bhūl

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

भुलाना bhulānā

To cause to be forgotten, to erase from the mind; to forget.
To deceive, to mislead.
To bewilder, to fascinate.

भूलना bhūlnā

To forget.

बिचारा bichārā

Poor, helpless.

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).

बिन्दी bindī

A point, dot.
Zero.
A small round mark (of virmilion, sandal, etc.) on the forehead.

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.

बुद्धिवान buddhivān

Endowed with understanding, intelligent, sagacious, sensible, wise, intellectual, learned; ingenious, skilful.

बुद्धू buddhū

Stupid, foolish, blockheaded, nincompoop.

बुलाना bulānā

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

by

By.

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.

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.

चलना chalnā

Continue.

चढ़ना chaṛhnā

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

छोटा chhōṭā

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

चित्र chitra

Picture, painting, illustration, figure, photo.

चीज़ chīz

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

connection

Connection.

चोर chōr

A thief, pilferer, burglar.

चोरी chōrī

Theft, burglary, pilferage.

court

Court.

दादा dādā

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

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.

दरवाजा darvājā

A door.

दाता dātā

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

देहली dēhlī

Delhi (the capital of India).
Threshold.

देखना dēkhnā

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

देना dēnā

To give.

देश dēśh

Country, land, native home, region, space.

देवी dēvī

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

देवता dēvtā

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

धन dhan

Wealth, riches, money.

ढंग ḍhaṅg

Manner, method, mode, way.
Demeanour.
Tact.

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).

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.

दिलाना dilānā

To cause to be given, to cause to be handed over.

दिन din

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

दिव्य divya

Divine, heavenly, celestial, supernatural, magical, wonderful.

दिव्य दृष्टि divya dr̥iṣhṭi

Divine vision.

दो dō

Two, 2.

double

Double.

दुःख duḥkh

Sorrow, unhappiness, suffering, grief, distress.

दुःखना duḥkhnā

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

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.

द्वार dvār

Door, doorway, gate, exit.

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.

फ़र्क fark

Difference, distinction, distance.

फ़ायदा fāydā

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

गहरा gahrā

Deep, intimate, sound, strong, dark, viscous, heavy, profound, grave, weighty, harsh.

गाली gālī

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

गाना gānā

To sing, to chant.
A song.

gate

Gate.

गति gati

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

get

To get.

घर ghar

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

घूमना ghūmnā

To take a walk, to stroll, to wander, to gyrate, to revolve, to whirl, to turn, to return, to roll, to spin, to waggle.

गिरना girnā

To fall.

golden aged

Golden aged.

good

Good.

good morning

Good morning.

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).

गुड़िया guṛiyā

A doll, a puppet.

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.

ज्ञान सागर gyān sāgar

Sea or ocean of Gyān, sea or ocean of Knowledge.

हां hā̃

Yes, yea.

हाल hāl

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

hall

Hall.

हम ham

We.
(rustic form) I.

हम आत्मा हैं ham ātmā haĩ

I am the soul.

हर एक har ēk

Each, every.
Each one, everybody.

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).

हाथ उठाना hāth uṭhānā

To raise your hand.

हटना haṭnā

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

hear

To hear.

ही hī

Emphatic particle with a sense of exclusion : only.

हिलाना hilānā

To shake, to jolt.
To swing.

हिसाब hisāb

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

होना hōnā

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

इच्छा ichchhā

Wish, desire, will.

इधर idhar

Here, hither, on this side, this way.

in

In.

इसलिए isliē

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

इतना itnā

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

जब jab

(Relative pronoun) When.

जादू jādū

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

जहाँ jahā̃

Where, wherever.

जैसा jaisā

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

जान-पहचान jān-pahchān

Acquaintance.

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.

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.

जुड़ाना juṛānā

To cause to be joined; to cause to adhere.
To cause to be mended.
To cause to couple or to pair; to bring together, to compare.
(Bābā) To link, connect, unite, bind, attach. (= jōṛnā)

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 ?

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.

कम kam

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

काम kām

Passion, lust.
Desire.

काम kām

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

कम होना kam hōnā

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

कमाई kamāī

Earnings.

कमाना kamānā

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

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.

करावनहार karāvanhār

The one who makes someone do something.
(Bābā) The soul that makes the body or the different organs of interaction act.
(Bābā) The Supreme Soul that makes the souls act (when they obey Him, when they consider themselves as His instrument).

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.

कथा kathā

Story, tale, fable, narrative, religious discourse.

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 आगे kē āgē

In front of, ahead of, before.

के बाद kē bād

After.

के बदले kē badlē

In exchange for, in return for, in lieu of.

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 प्रति kē prati

Towards.

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.

ख़त्म ḵẖatm

Ended, completed, concluded.

खेल khēl

Play; sport; amusement; dallying.
A game.
Something easy or unimportant: a trifle.
A wonder, a spectacle.
Showing (as of a film).

खेलना khēlnā

To play, sport, gambol, frisk, frolic; to amuse or divert oneself.
To play at, to gamble, to play a part or character, to act, to perform.
To nod the head under the influence of a spirit.

खिलाना khilānā

To feed.

खोलना khōlnā

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

खोना khōnā

To lose, to squander.

खुद khud

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

खुदा दोस्त khudā dost

God the Friend.

खुलना khulnā

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

खून khūn

Blood.
Killing, slaughter, murder.

खूनी khūnī

Relating to blood, or to murder; bloody, sanguinary.
A murderer, an assassin.

खुश khuśh

Happy, pleased.
Good.

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.

कृपा kr̥ipā

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

कृपालु kr̥ipālu

Compassionate, merciful, pitiful, tender, well disposed, kind, liberal, obliging.

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.

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.

law

Law.

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.

liberator

Liberator.

लिए liē

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

life

Life.

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.

माँ-बाप mā̃-bāp

Parents, mother and father.

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).

महत्व mahatva

Importance.
Significance.
Greatness.
Magnitude.

महिमा mahimā

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

मैं maĩ

I. (personal pronoun)

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.

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.

मत mat

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

माता mātā

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

मौज mauj

Play, sport, fun, diversion; acts or sights exciting merriment.
Pleasure, delight: also mirth or merriment.
A sudden fancy or freak; a mere humor or whim.
A wave, a billow.

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.

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.

मोक्ष mōkṣh

Release from rebirth in the world.
Deliverance, emancipation, release.
(Bābā) Final liberation from the cycle of birth and death (which is actually impossible to get).

मुख mukh

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

मुख्य mukhya

Principal, chief, main, salient, staple, leading, capital, cardinal, pre-eminent, predominant.

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.

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.

नाता nātā

Relation, relationship, connection.

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).

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.

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.

निर्वाण nirvāṇ

Becoming extinguished; disappearance, extinction; dissolution, death.
(Hinduism) Final emancipation from matter and from the necessity for further transmigration, and reunion with the Supreme Spirit, eternal bliss.
(Buddhism and Jainism) Absolute extinction, annihilation.
(Bābā) Final emancipation from matter and reunion with the Supreme Soul in the incorporeal world of souls (the souls remaining close and separated from the Supreme Soul and not merged in Him).
(Bābā) Without voice, without music, beyond sound.

निश्चय niśhchay

Confidence, faith, certainty.

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.

of

Of.

order

Order.

पहचान pahchān

Acquaintance, familiarity, recognition, identification.
Identity, identification mark.

पहचानना pahchānnā

To recognize, to identify. To distinguish, to discern, to discriminate.

पहले pahlē

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

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.

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.

परमपिता parampitā

Supreme Father.

परन्तु parantu

But, however.

परिचय parichay

Introduction, acquaintance, familiarity.

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.

परवरिश parvariśh

Fostering, rearing, breeding, patronizing.
Nourishment, nutrition.
Maintenance, support, protection, nurture, education.
Patronage.

पसन्द pasand

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

pass

To pass.

पता patā

Address, whereabouts, information, knowledge.

पत्ता pattā

Leaf (of a tree).
Playing card.

पवित्र pavitr

Holy, sacred, pure.

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.

फूंकना phūṅknā

To blow; to blow (a wind instrument); to blow up (a fire).
To breathe; to infuse (as new life: into, में); to breathe (an incantation).
To whisper (in the ear); to influence (one).
To puff at (a cigarette).
To set fire to.
To squander (wealth, &c.).
To spread about (news, rumour).
To cause distress (to a person).

पीना pīnā

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

पिता pitā

Father, procreator, progenitor.

practical

Practical.

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).

प्रति prati

Towards.

पूछना pūchhnā

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

पुण्य puṇya

Good, virtue, right, moral or religious merit.
Good deed, righteous action.
Sacred, holy, virtuous, righteous.

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.

purify

To purify.

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.

qualification

Qualification.

question

Question.

रचयिता rachayitā

Creator, composer, author.

रचना rachnā

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

रचता rachtā

Creator one who makes.

रहाना rahānā

To make stay, to make remain.

रहना rahnā

To remain, to stay.

राजा rājā

King, monarch, prince.

रखना rakhnā

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

रफ्तार raphtār

Speed, pace.

रात rāt

Night.

record

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

relation

Relation.

repeat

To repeat.

respect

Respect.

right

Right.

रीति rīti

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

रोग rōg

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

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.

शब्द śhabd

Word, term, sound.

सबका sabkā

(genitive case of sab) Of everyone.

सच sach

True, right.
Truth.
Really!

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).

सागर sāgar

Sea, ocean (huge expanse of water of which we cannot see the end).

साजन sājan

Lover, paramour, sweetheart, gallant.
Husband.

सखा sakhā

A friend, companion.

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.

समर्थ samarth

Capable, competent.
Powerful.

समय samay

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

सम्बन्ध sambandh

Connection, relationship.

सम्बन्धी sambandhī

A relative, relation.
(suffix) Related with, pertaining to.

समीप samīp

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

समझाना samjhānā

(Causative of samajhnā) To persuade, explain.

संकल्प saṅkalp

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

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.

सपूत sapūt

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

सारा sārā

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

शरीर śharīr

Body.

सर्वव्यापी, सर्वव्यापक sarvavyāpī, sarvavyāpak

All-pervading, universal (in the Pantheistic sense): an epithet of the Supreme Being (attributed wrongly).

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.

सत्ता sattā

Power, sway, authority.

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.

सौ sau

Hundred, 100.
Many, numerous.

शौक śhauk

Desire, yearning.
Predilection, taste, fancy.
Eagerness, pleasure (in doing something).
A hobby.

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.

scene

Scene.

scenery

Scenery.

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.

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.

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.

size

Size.

सोचना sōchnā

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

सोना sōnā

To sleep.

soul

Soul.

श्रेष्ठ śhrēṣhṭha

The best, good, excellent, superior.

सृष्टि sr̥iṣhṭi

Creation.
The world.

stage

Stage.
(Bābā) State, condition.

star light

Light emitted from stars other than the Sun.
The soul which is like a point of light, a starlight.

स्थापना, स्थापन sthāpanā, sthāpan

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

शुभ śhubh

Auspicious, good.
The good, well-being.

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.

supreme

Supreme.

स्वच्छ svachchh

Clean, clear, neat, pure, transparent.

स्वर्ग svarg

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

स्वीकार svīkār

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

तब tab

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

ताज tāj

Crown, diadem.

तक tak

To, upto, till, until, by.

ताकत tākat

Power, force, strength, might.

तमोप्रधान tamōpradhān

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

तन tan

Body.

टांग ṭāṅg

A leg.

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)).

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.

the

The.

ठीक ṭhīk

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

थोड़ा thōṛā

A little, some, meagre, scanty.
Short.

time

Time.

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')

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.

ऊंचाई ūñchāī

Height, loftiness, elevation, altitude.
Eminence, exaltation.
Pitch (of the voice).

ऊपर ūpar

On, upon, above, upward, over.

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.

उठना uṭhnā

To raise.
To get up.
To be rented out.
To pass away, to expire.

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.

वाणी vāṇī

Speech, voice.
Saraswati : the goddess of speech.

वापिस, वापस vāpis, vāpas

Back, back again.

वारिस vāris

Heir, successor, legatee.

वर्सा varsā

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

वास्तविकता vāstaviktā

Reality, truth.

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.

विश्वास viśhvās

Belief, trust, faith, reliance, confidence, assurance.

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).

याद रखना yād rakhnā

'to keep the remembrance'. To bear in mind, to keep in memory, to remember.

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).

ज़रूर zarūr

Certainly, undoubtedly, positively, without fail.