Mamma's Murli - 204

अब ab

Now.

अभिमान abhimān

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

अभ्यास abhyās

Practice, exercise, habituation, frequent repetition of a thing in order to fix it on the memory.

आबू ābū

Mount Abu is a hill station in the Aravalli Range in the Sirohi district of the state of Rajasthan in western India. The mountain forms a rocky plateau 22 km long by 9 km wide. The highest peak on the mountain is Guru Shikhar at 1,722 m (5,650 ft) above sea level. It is referred to as 'an oasis in the desert' as its heights are home to rivers, lakes, waterfalls and evergreen forests. It is also home to numerous Hindu and Jain temples. The nearest train station is Abu Road railway station 28 km away. It is also the Seat of the Brahma Kumaris.

अचल achal

Immovable, immobile, stationary, motionless, still, firm.

अचलघर achalghar

'Immovable house'. Achalghar is a temple of Achaleswar Shivji situated at 10 kms distance from Mount Abu. Achal is stable. Achaleswar Baba teaches his children how to remain stable even while facing Maya. Sometimes Baba refers Madhuban as Achalghar.

अच्छा achchhā

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

अच्छाई achchhāī

Goodness, virtue, merit.

आधार ādhār

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

अधिकार adhikār

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

आदि ādi

Etcetera.
Beginning.
Early, initial, primordial.

आदमी ādmī

A man, human being.

अडोल aḍōl

Not shaking or swinging.
Not ricketty.
Immovable, firm, steady.
Unshaken.

अगर agar

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

आगे āgē

Ahead, in front of, before; in future.

अगला aglā

Foremost, first, chief, principal.
Prior, previous, preceding, former, anterior.
Late, recent, belonging to the past, old.
Coming, approaching, next, subsequent, forthcoming, future.

ऐसा aisā

Such, of this type.

ऐसे नहीं aisē nahī̃

'not so', Do not believe.

आकारी, आकार ākārī, ākār

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

अलग alag

Different, separate, apart, distinct.

आना ānā

To come.

अंगद aṅgad

Character from the Ramayana: princely monkey who fought Rāvaṇ alongside Rām.

आंख āṅkh

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

आप āp

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

अपवित्र apavitr

Unclean, unholy, impure, defiled.

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.

अरे arē

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

अर्जुन arjun

Arjuna.
A character from “Gita”.
One who shows courage and becomes first in efforts.

अर्थ arth

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

अर्थात् arthāt

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

अशरीरी aśharīrī

Incorporeal, bodiless, unembodied.

असुर asur

Evil spirit, demon.
(Hinduism) The Asurs are said to inhabit the South pole, and are considered to be demons of the first order, and in constant hostility with the gods.
(Bābā) The human being in the iron age (who possesses the evil spirits of vices).

आसुरी āsurī

Of or belonging to evil spirits (asur), devilish, diabolical, demoniacal.

आत्मा ātmā

The soul, the spirit, the self.

attachment

Attachment.

और aur

And.
Else.
Other.

अवस्था avasthā

Condition, state, age, stage, phase.

आवश्यकता āvaśhyaktā

Necessity, need, requirement.

आवाज़ āvāz

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

अवगुण avguṇ

Defect, demerit, vice, fault.

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).

बहुत bahut

Many, much.
Very.

बैठना baiṭhnā

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

बाकी bākī

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

बाकी bākī

But if.., but, nevertheless.

बकना baknā

To prate, chatter, jabber, babble; to rave; to indulge in obscene or ribald talk; to rail (at).

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.

बन्धन bandhan

A bond, tie ;the act or process of binding/tying; tie (as of affection, duty) ; bondage; restriction; a fetter.
phil. Attachment to the world; opp. liberation [mokṣa].

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.

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.

be

To be.

भागना bhāgnā

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

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.

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.

भाव bhāv

Emotion, sentiment feeling.
Idea.
Rate, price(s), quotation.
Existence, existing state, being.
Sense, purport.
Gist.
Nature, temperament, disposition.

भेंटा bhēṇṭā

Present, gift, offering.
Meeting, iṉterview.

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.

भुजा bhujā

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

भूलना bhūlnā

To forget.

भूत bhūt

Past, bygone.
Ghost, evil spirit.
Matter.
One of the five elements (earth, water, air, fire, and ether).
Any animate or inanimate object of creation.
(suffix) become, turned or rendered.
(Bābā) Evil spirit. Baba generally counts five: that of ego, desire (lust), covetousness (greed), anger and illusion (attachment). These evil spirits are capable of possessing us, distancing us from our nature and deep truth. It is a personification of a vice.

बीच bīch

Middle, centre.

बिचारा bichārā

Poor, helpless.

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.

बिगाड़ना bigāṛnā

To spoil, to destroy, to ruin, to damage, to put out of order, to foil, to cause to go astray.

बिल्कुल bilkul

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

बिन्दी bindī

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

बोझ bōjh

Burden, load.

बोलना bōlnā

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

ब्रह्मा brahmā

(Hinduism) Brahmā or the Supreme Being regarded as a person, the first deity of the Hindū triad and the Creator of the World.
(Bābā) The first human being in which the Supreme Being descends to give the knowledge allowing us to free ourselves from our bonds of karma.

ब्राह्मण brāhmaṇ

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

brake

Brake.

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.

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.

चलना chalnā

Continue.

चालना chālnā

To drive, to impel.
To transport, to convey; to remove.
To perform; to direct; to instigate.
To shake; to sift; to winnow.

चार chār

Four.

चढ़ना chaṛhnā

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

centre

Centre.

change

Change.

छोड़ना chhōṛnā

To leave.
To abandon.
To release.

छोटा chhōṭā

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

छोटेपन chhōṭēpan

Smallness, pettiness.
Condition of a small being, young or younger being, child, junior.

Christian

Christian.

छुड़ाना chhuṛānā

To free.

छूटना chhūṭnā

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

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.

controlling power

Controlling power.

copper

Copper.

correct

Correct.

cross

To cross.

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.

देखना dēkhnā

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

देना dēnā

To give.

detach

To detach.

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.

धारी dhārī

An adjectival suffix meaning one who or that which holds, supports, possesses, maintains, wears.

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.

दिखाई dikhāī

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

दिखलाना dikhlānā

To show, to direct, to indicate.

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).

दिनचर्या dincharyā

Daily routine.
Daily observance of bk rules throughout the day.

दिव्य दृष्टि divya dr̥iṣhṭi

Divine vision.

दो dō

Two, 2.

doctor

Doctor.

डॉक्टरी ḍôkṭarī

The medical profession, medicine.

don't care

I don't care (indicates that the speaker has no interest or emotional investment in the topic at hand).

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.

डुलना, डोलना ḍulnā, ḍōlnā

To swing, to oscillate.
To rove about, to ramble, to wobble.
To be tilted sideways.

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.

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).

engineer

Engineer.

ever

Ever.

ever healthy

Ever healthy.

ever pure

Ever pure.

everything

Everything.

eye

Eye.

father

Father.

फ़ायदा fāydā

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

feel

To feel.

feeling

Feeling.

form

Form.

गाली gālī

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

गाना gānā

To sing, to chant.
A song.

गन्दा gandā

Dirty, filthy.
Morbid.

गाड़ी gāṛī

Cart, coach, cab, vehicle, carriage, train.

generation

Generation.

घासलेट ghāslēṭ

Kerosene, paraffin.

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.

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.

golden

Golden.

governor

Governor.

ग्रहण grahaṇ

Eclipse.
Taking, catching, seizing.

गुजारना gujārnā

To pass time.

गुण guṇ

Merit, virtue, great quality, excellence.
Constitutive quality, property, attribute.
One of the 3 qualities: sattva (purity, truth), rajas (strength, desire), and tamas (ignorance, inertia).

गुज़ारा guzārā

A passing over, crossing.
Life, existence; the spending of time.
The means of existence; subsistence, maintenance.

ज्ञान gyān

Knowledge directly taught by God.

ज्ञानी gyānī

Who has Gyān, wise, learned, knowledgeable, well-informed, one who has attained self-realisation.

हां hā̃

Yes, yea.

हड्डी haḍḍī

Bone.

हम ham

We.
(rustic form) I.

happiness

Happiness.

हर एक har ēk

Each, every.
Each one, everybody.

हाथ hāth

The hand, the wrist, the pulse.
Hand, member (of a work team).
A hand (at cards).
Hand, contribution (in some activity).
Handle, arm (of a chair).

हठयोग haṭhyōg

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

हटना haṭnā

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

health

Health.

heaven

Heaven.
(Bābā) Paradise on Earth in the golden age.

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.

hospital

Hospital.

I am soul

I am a soul. I am the soul.

इधर idhar

Here, hither, on this side, this way.

इधर उधर idhar udhar

Here and there.

impure

Impure.

in

In.

iron

Iron.

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.

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).

जहाँ jahā̃

Where, wherever.

जैसा jaisā

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

जाना jānā

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

जन्मना janamnā

To be born.

जानना jānnā

To know, to become aware of, to perceive.

जरूरत jarūrat

Necessity, importance.
Need, requirement.

झगड़ना jhagaṛnā

To quarrel, to altercate, to scramble.

झगड़ा jhagṛā

A quarrel, dispute, altercation, scramble, fray.

झूठा jhūṭhā

False, fictitious, untrue, sham, mock, feigned.

जिस्मानी jismānī

Physical, bodily.

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.

जोड़ना jōṛnā

To add, to sum up.
To link, to unite, to connect, to attach, to bind.
To collect, to accumulate, to assemble.
To weld.
To cement.
To set (a bone etc.).
To save up.

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)

कभी kabhī

Sometime, ever.

कदम kadam

Step, pace, footstep.

कहाँ kahā̃

Interrogative pronominal adverb : Where ?

कहना kahnā

Say.

कई kaī

Several, sundry, divers, some, some few.

कैसा kaisā

(interrogative adjective and adverb of manner) What-like, what sort of, what kind or manner of, in what manner, how, by what means.

कला kalā

Art, craft, skill.
A sixteenth part (of anything).
A digit or one sixteenth of the moon's diameter (allowing you to distinguish the phases of the moon).
(Bābā) One-sixteenth of the full spiritual light.

काम kām

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

काम kām

Passion, lust.
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.

कर्मणा karmaṇā

Throught the deed.

करना karnā

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

कर्तव्य kartavya

Duty.
To be done, to be accomplished.

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 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.

खबरदारी khabardārī

Cautiousness, watchfulness.

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.

खराब kharāb

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

खाता khātā

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

खिलना khilnā

To blossom, to bloom.

खून khūn

Blood.
Killing, slaughter, murder.

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.

कृष्ण kr̥iṣhṇa

Black, dark.
Lord Kr̥iṣhṇa.

कुछ kuchh

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

कुछ भी kuchh bhī

Anything, whatsoever, anything at all.

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.

लक्षण lakṣhaṇ

A symptom.
Indication.
Trait, characteristic feature, characteristic mark.
(Bābā) The symptoms of the soul which show progress towards his/her goal.

लक्ष्मी lakṣhmī

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

लक्ष्मी-नारायण lakṣhmī-nārāyaṇ

Lakṣmī and Nārāyaṇ.

लड़ाई laṛāī

Fight, war, battle, quarrel, encounter, clash, enmity.

लायक lāyak

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

लेकिन lēkin

But, but still, on the other hand, however, notwithstanding, nevertheless, yet.

लेना lēnā

To take.

liberate

Liberate.

liberator

Liberator.

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)

loose

Loose.

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).

महिमा mahimā

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

मैं maĩ

I. (personal pronoun)

मैल mail

Dirt, filth.
Scum.

माल māl

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

माला mālā

A garland (of flowers), wreath.
Rosary, string of beads.
Series, chain, row, line.

male

Male.

मालिक mālik

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

माना mānā

(it) Means, that is.

मांस māns

Meat, flesh.

मन्सा mansā

Mental, born of the mind.
Mentally, through the mind.

मनुष्य manuṣhya

A man, a human being.

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.

मास mās

Month.

मत mat

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

मात-पिता, माता-पिता māt-pitā, mātā-pitā

Mother and father, parents.
Lord, master, protector.

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)

मेल mēl

Meeting; assembly.
Mixture, mixing.
Connection; association, combination.
Concord, harmony.
Reconciliation.
Consistency, balance, proportion (between parts); similarity.
Counterpart; kind, sort.
Balance (as of an account); tally.
Band, company; union, alliance.

merciful

Merciful.

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.

minister

Minister.

मिसल misāl

Like.
Example.

mother

Mother.

motor

Motor.
(colloquial) Motor car, automobile, goods vehicle.

मुख mukh

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

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.

नर nar

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

नारायण nārāyaṇ

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

natural

Natural.

ने nē

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

नीच, नीचा, नींच nīch, nīchā, nīñch

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

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.

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.

note

Note.

of

Of.

ओम् ōm

(Hinduism) Sacred syllable symbolising God Almighty.
Sacred syllable symbolising the almighty soul in general. (Hindus confuse the soul and the Supreme Soul)
I am.
Me the soul.

one

One.

पैदा paidā

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

पैसा paisā

(historicallly) A copper coin, a pice (the fourth part of an ānā; in value about a farthing and a half).
Paisa (1⁄100 of a rupee).
Money, cash, wealth, riches, fortune.

पंच pañch

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

पांव pāṅw

Foot, leg.

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.

परन्तु parantu

But, however.

पढ़ाना paṛhānā

To teach, to instruct, to educate.

पढ़ना paṛhnā

To read, to study, to recite.

परिचय parichay

Introduction, acquaintance, familiarity.

परिवर्तन parivartan

Change, alteration, variation.
Exchange (of objects, goods); conversion (of funds, currency).
Transformation.

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.

पवित्र pavitr

Holy, sacred, pure.

फालतू phāltū

Spare, extra, surplus.
Superfluous, useless, worthless.

फेरना phērnā

To turn.
To return.
To obvert.
To invert.
To repeat again and again.
To proclaim, to announce.
To change the order.
To shuffle.

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.

पीछे pīchhē

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

पिछला pichhlā

Hind, rear, hinder.
Back, back portion/part.
Latter, past, last.

पिता pitā

Father, procreator, progenitor.

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.

position

Position.

power

Power.

practical

Practical.

practical life

Real life.

practice

Practice.

प्राप्त करना prāpt karnā

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

प्रति prati

Towards.

पूछना pūchhnā

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

पूजा pūjā

Daily religious rite, divine service; the rite of pūjā gradually supplanted the solemn rites of Vedic sacrifice (yagya).
Worship, adoration, veneration.

पुजारी pujārī

Worshipper.
A priest who officiates at a shrine and lives upon the offerings made to the idol.

पूज्य pūjya

To be honoured, honourable, respectable, venerable, fit for or deserving adoration, adorable, worshipful.

पूरा pūrā

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

पुराना purānā

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

pure

Pure.

पूरी pūrī

A thin cake of meal fried in ghī or oil.

purify

To purify.

purity

Purity.

रहाना rahānā

To make stay, to make remain.

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.

राम rām

Charming (God’s title).
(Hinduism) Ramchandra-the greatest of the ancient Indian kings of Solar dynasty and the hero of the great Indian epic—Ra:ma:yāṉ; God, an incarnation of Vishṉū.
(Bābā) The name of the first king of silver age.
(Bābā) A character from the Ramayana considered as an incarnation of God and symbolizing the forces of Good.

राम नाम rām nām

The name Rām.

रास्ता rāstā

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

record

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

relation

Relation.

right

Right.

righteous

Righteous.

रिश्ता riśhtā

Relation, relationship, affinity, connection.

रोग rōg

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

रोटी rōṭī

A cake of bread, a cake of flour or meal toasted on an earthen or iron dish or plate.
Bread, a loaf ( = pāʼo roṭī).
Food, sustenance; maintenance, livelihood.

royal

Royal.

रोज़ rōz

A day.
Everyday, daily.

रूहानी rūhānī

Spiritual.

रूप rūp

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

रूपी rūpī

(suffix) Having the form of, of the shape of, similar to.

रूठना rūṭhnā

To sulk/to be sulky, to be displeased.

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.

सबको sabkō

sab + kō : everything, everyone.

सबसे sabsē

(superlative) Of all, the most.

सदा sadā

Always, perpetually, continually, ever.

साधू sādhū

A hermit, a religious mendicant.

सदृश्य sadr̥iśhya

Like, similar, alike, resembling.

सहनशील sahanśhīl

Enduring, forbearing, tolerant.

सहनशीलता sahanśhīltā

Endurance, tolerance, forbearance.

सहायक sahāyak

A helper, an assistant.
Auxiliary, assistant.

साकार, साकारी sākār, sākārī

Formal, having a form.
Concrete, real, visible.
Incarnate.
(Bābā) Corporeal, which has a physical, material form.

सखा sakhā

A friend, companion.

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.

समझना samajhnā

To understand.

सामान sāmān

Goods; luggage, bag and baggage; material, stuff; stock.

समय samay

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

सम्बन्ध sambandh

Connection, relationship.

संभलना sambhalnā

To pull (oneself) together, to be alert, to be supported, to save from a fall, to upstay, to be cautious.

समझाना samjhānā

(Causative of samajhnā) To persuade, explain.

सम्पूर्ण sampūrṇ

Whole, entire, complete, perfect.

संग saṅg

Company, association, contact.

शंकर śhaṅkar

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

संन्यास sannyās

Renunciation, asceticism.
Abandonment of worldly ties or mundane interests.
The fourth stage of life according to Hindu tradition (when one is supposed to renounce all worldly considerations).
(Bābā) Unlimited renunciation is to renounce the world of sorrow.

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.

संस्कार saṅskār

Perfecting, finishing; refining; adorning.
An inborn power or faculty; instinct.
Influence, impress (of nurture).
A concept, idea.
(Hinduism) Any of various essential sanctifying or purificatory rites (as the first taking of solid food, investiture with the sacred thread, marriage and funeral rites).
(Bābā) Impression or imprint of the state of mind. There are the innate saṅskār, inherent to the soul and the acquired saṅskār. When the soul does an action, an acquired saṅskār is formed. This saṅskār then incites us to the same action (with the same state of mind) in similar circumstances for example. Character traits are saṅskār. These saṅskār are part of the soul and not the body as many believe. They therefore accumulate over several lives.

सन्तान santān

Offspring, children, descendants.
A son or daughter.

शान्ति śhānti

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

साफ sāph

Clean, clear, undefiled.
Plain, frank, categorical, forthright, straightforward.
Processed, refined.
Distinct.
Unscathed.
Openly, frankly, plainly, fully, clearly, cleverly.

शफा śhaphā

Recovery (from sickness), healing, convalescence.
A medicine, remedy, cure.

सारा sārā

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

शरीर śharīr

Body.

सर्व sarv

All ; whole, entire, complete.

सर्वव्यापी, सर्वव्यापक sarvavyāpī, sarvavyāpak

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

सर्वगुण sarvguṇ

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

साथ sāth

With, together, along with.
Company, association.

सतोप्रधान satōpradhān

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

सत्यता satyatā

Trueness, truthfulness, truth, veracity.
Sincerity, integrity, virtue, goodness.

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.

शौक śhauk

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

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.

सिखाना sikhānā

To train, to teach, to instruct, to school.

सीखना sīkhnā

To learn.

silver

Silver.

son of supreme soul

Son of the Supreme soul.

सोना sōnā

To sleep.

soul

Soul.

special

Special.

श्रेष्ठ śhrēṣhṭha

The best, good, excellent, superior.

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.

status

Status.

स्तुति stuti

Eulogy, praise.
(hindi) Prayer, invocation.

शुद्ध śhuddh

Pure, sacred.
Unadulterated, uncorrupt.
Correct, rectified, amended.
Clean.

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).

शूद्र śhūdra

Member of the fourth or servile caste of the Hindūs (whose only business, according to Manu, was to serve the three higher castes; he is fabled to have sprung from the feet of Brahmā).
(Bābā) Human beings in the Iron Age are all of this social class.

सुख sukh

Happiness, pleasure, comfort, felicity, contentment.

सुखी sukhī

Happy, contented.

सूक्ष्म sūkṣhma

Subtle.

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.

surgeon

Surgeon.

सूर्य, सूरज sūrya, sūraj

Sun.

स्वभाव svabhāv

Nature, property, properties (of a thing).
Nature, temperament, disposition, character (of a person).
Habit, way; custom, practice.

स्वामी svāmī

Owner, proprietor, master, lord, king.
Title of the supreme being.
Head of a religious order.
Title given to a renowned sage or devotee.
Husband, lover.

तब tab

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

तरस taras

Pity, compassion, mercy.

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)).

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.

ठगना ṭhagnā

To cheat, to dupe, to defraud.

ठीक ṭhīk

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

third

Third.

थोड़ा thōṛā

A little, some, meagre, scanty.
Short.

टीका ṭīkā

A commentary, annotation, gloss.

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')

तू tū

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

तुम tum

You (between equals).

तूफान tūphān

Storm, tempest, hurricane, typhoon.

उधर udhar

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

ऊंच ūñch

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

ऊंचाई ūñchāī

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

unrighteous

Unrighteous.

ऊपर ūpar

On, upon, above, upward, over.

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.

वाचा vāchā

Through speech.

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.

वर्सा varsā

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

विद्यालय vidyālay

School, educational institution, college, seminary.

विकार vikār

Deformation, defilement.
Change or variation (for the worse).
Deviation from a natural state, perversion, disorder.
(Bābā) Vice (Sex lust, Anger, Greed, Attachment and Ego).

विकारी vikārī

Variable, changeable (for the worse), undergoing change, changed.
Harmful (as to health).
Perverse.
(grammar) Oblique.
(Bābā) Vicious (having one of the 5 vices: sexual desire, anger, greed, attachment and ego).

विकर्म vikarm

Prohibited or unlawful act, misdeed, fraud.
(Bābā) Bad karma, bad action.

विक्रम vikram

Heroism, valiance, valour.
Name of an ancient great king of Ujjain, founder of an era which commenced earlier than the Christian era (also known as vikramāditya or vikram-ājīt).
(Bābā) King Vikram whose era begins at the beginning of the copper age where one starts committing bad deeds or bad karma (vikarm).

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.

wealthy

Wealthy.

world

World.

या yā

Or, either.

याद yād

Remembrance, recollection, memory.

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.

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.