Sakar murli for Sunday 17 January 1965 - 1

अब ab

Now.

अभिमानी abhimānī

Proud.
Arrogant.
(Bābā) (suffix) Who considers himself as.

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.

अच्छा achchhā

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

आदमी ādmī

A man, human being.

अगर agar

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

आगे āgē

Ahead, in front of, before; in future.

अग्नि agni

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

अगड़म-बगड़म agṛam-bagṛam

Confusior, jumble, medley, mess, hash.
Trash, junk, nonsense.
Mixed, confused, jumbled.

ऐसा aisā

Such, of this type.

ऐसे नहीं aisē nahī̃

'not so', Do not believe.

आज āj

Today.

अजामिल ajāmil

The name of a certain Brāhman mentioned in the Rāmāyaṇ who was a great sinner and a penitent.

Read the story

अक्सर aksar

Often, generally, usually.

अक्षर akṣhar

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

all

All.

आना ānā

To come.

अनेक anēk

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

अन्त ant

End.

अनुसार anusār

According to, in conformity with.

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.

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.

आशीर्वाद āśhīrvād

Blessing, benediction.

आसुरी āsurī

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

आठ āṭh

Eight.

अथवा athavā

Or.
That is.

और aur

And.
Else.
Other.

और कोई aur kōī

Someone else, anyone else.

औरों aurō̃

(The) others.

आवाज़ āvāz

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

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.

बच्ची bachchī

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

बचपन bachpan

Childhood.

बाद bād

After, later, subsequently.

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.

बाम्बे bāmbē

Bombay.

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.

बन्दर bandar

Monkey, ape.

बनना bannā

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

बाप bāp

Father.

बाप कहते हैं bāp kahtē haĩ

The Father says.

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.

बड़ाई baṛāī

Praise, eulogy.
Greatness.

बरसना barasnā

To rain, to fall in showers.

बरसात barsāt

Rainy season, the rains (the third of the six seasons).
Rain.

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.

बेहद bēhad

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

भाई bhāī

Brother.

भक्ति bhakti

Religious devotion, adoration, loving faith, piety, devoted service.
(Bābā) Bhakti, the system of worship based on faith in God, devotion and love for Him, devoid however of the true knowledge (gyan) about Him.

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.

भाषण bhāṣhaṇ

Speech, address.

भव bhav

(imperative of 'to be', 'to become' in Sanskrit) Just become.
(Bābā) The word introduces a blessing 'May you be...' placed at the beginning in English but at the end in Hindi.

भी bhī

Inclusive emphatic particle: too, also, even.

भिन्न bhinn

Divided, separated, separate.
Distinct, different, other.

भ्रष्टाचारी bhraṣhṭāchārī

(One who is) corrupt, depraved, wanton.

बिचारा bichārā

Poor, helpless.

बीमार bīmār

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

बीमारी bīmārī

Illness, sickness, disease, ailment.

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.

ब्रह्मा मुख वंशावली brahmā mukh vaṅśhāvalī

The oral line of Brahmā.

ब्रह्माकुमारी brahmākumārī

Daughter of Brahmā.

ब्राह्मण brāhmaṇ

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

बुद्धि buddhi

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

बुद्धू buddhū

Stupid, foolish, blockheaded, nincompoop.

बुलाना bulānā

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

बुलावा bulāvā

Call, summons, invitation.

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.

चक्रधारी chakradhārī

The dhārī of the chakra, owner or wearer of the disc, the one who remembers the cycle.

चलना chalnā

Continue.

चमक chamak

Glitter, brilliance, splendour, flash, gleam.

चार chār

Four.

चढ़ना chaṛhnā

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

centre

Centre.

छांटना chhāṇṭnā

To select, to sort out.
To cut, to trim, to prune, to chop.
To knock off, to reduce, to retrench.
To boast, to talk in high-flown terms.

छाप chhāp

A stamp, impression; imprint; mark; sectarian mark.
An instrument for stamping; a seal; signet.
Impression, influence, effect.

छपाना chhapānā

To cause to be stamped, marked, or printed, to get or have printed.

छापना chhāpnā

To print, to publish, to mark.

छोटा chhōṭā

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

चित्र chitra

Picture, painting, illustration, figure, photo.

class

Class.

conference

Conference.

criminal

Criminal.

दादा dādā

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

दाग dāg

A speck, stain, scar, mark, stigma, blemish.

डालना ḍālnā

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

दर्शन darśhan

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

दाता dātā

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

देह dēh

Body.

देखना dēkhnā

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

देना dēnā

To give.

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)

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.

ढेर ḍhēr

Heap, pile, accumulation, bulk, lot.
Plenty, abundant.

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).

direction

Direction.

disservice

Service that results in harm; an (intentionally or unintentionally) unhelpful, harmful action.

दो dō

Two, 2.

dull

Dull. Slow to learn or to understand.

दुनिया duniyā

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

दुर्गति durgati

Predicament, misery, miserable state, distress.
Hell.

दूसरा dūsrā

Second.
Other, another.
Next.

द्वापर dvāpar

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

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.

ever

Ever.

फ़ायदा fāydā

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

गाना gānā

To sing, to chant.
A song.

गंगा gaṅgā

The Ganges (considered to be the most sacred river by the Hindus).

गायत्री gāyatrī

Name of a Vedic metre of twenty-four syllables (generally arranged as a triplet of three divisions of eight syllables each); a hymn composed in this metre.
A sacred verse from the Rig-veda to be recited mentally by every Brāhman at his morning and evening devotions (the Gāyatrī verse is personified as a goddess, the wife of Brahmā, and mother of the four Vedas, and also of the first three classes of Hindūs in their capacity of twice-born: there is but one Gāyatrī of the Vedas; but according to the system of the Tāntrikas there are a number of mystical verses called by that name, and each deity has one in particular: the repetition of the Gāyatrī is considered necessary to salvation).

घर ghar

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

गीता gītā

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

ग्लानि glāni

Weariness, languor, lassitude, fatigue, exhaustion; inertness; depression (of mind); debility; sickness. Unwillingness, reluctance; aversion, disgust.
Remorse, repentance.
(Bābā) Defamation.

god

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

good

Good.

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).

गुजरात gujarāt

Gujarat, state of India.

गुप्त gupt

Hidden, secret, latent, confidential.

गुरू gurū

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

ज्ञान gyān

Knowledge directly taught by God.

ज्ञान सागर gyān sāgar

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

हां hā̃

Yes, yea.

हम ham

We.
(rustic form) I.

हर एक har ēk

Each, every.
Each one, everybody.

हज़ार hazār

Thousand, 1000.

ही hī

Emphatic particle with a sense of exclusion : only.

हीरा hīrā

Diamond.

होना hōnā

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

in

In.

इस समय is samay

At this time, now.

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.

जगदम्बा jagadambā

'The mother of the world,' a name of Durgā or Pārvati.
(Bābā) A name given to Mama.

जगत jagat

The world, universe.

जहाँ jahā̃

Where, wherever.

जैसा jaisā

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

जल्दी jaldī

Hurry, haste.
Quickly, urgently, immediately.

जमुना jamunā

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

जाना jānā

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

जन्मना janamnā

To be born.

जन्म janm

Birth, origin, genesis.
Life, existence.

जानना jānnā

To know, to become aware of, to perceive.

January

January.

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.

जास्ती jāstī

More. (often used as a comparison)

झुंझार jhuñjhār

Haziness, mistiness, fogginess, haze, mist, fog, cloudiness, darkness, gloom.
Thick cloudy weather.
A dust-cloud.
Dim-sightedness, purblindness.
Hazy, misty, foggy, cloudy, dark, gloomy.
Bereft of sense or consciousness, intoxicated, besotted, stupefied.

जितना jitnā

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

जीवन jīvan

Life, animation, existence.

जीवनमुक्ति jīvanmukti

phil. [“deliverance in this life”] state of liberation, ultimate goal of yoga.
(Vedanta) Liberation in the present state of life, a secondary sort of liberation which conducts the soul after death to live with Brahma not however divested of a subtile corporeal frame.
(Bābā) Liberation in life (in the age of union with God, or in the golden and silver ages)

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)

कब kab

Interrogative adverb: When? At what time ?

कभी kabhī

Sometime, ever.

कच्छ kachchh

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

कहाँ kahā̃

Interrogative pronominal adverb : Where ?

कहना kahnā

Say.

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.

काला kālā

Black, dark.
Great, fearful, terrible.
A name of Kr̥iṣhṇa.
The black and most venomous variety of the cobra, Coluber naga.
A sepoy.
(Bābā) Blackened, soiled by vices.

कलियुग kaliyug

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

कल्प kalp

(Hinduism) Great cosmological cycle of creation, where the material Universe is created, degrades and is annihilated during the kalpānta.
(Hinduism) Cosmological period of one day (half-day) of Brahmā, duration of a creation of the Universe, worth 1000 great eras [mahāyuga] (approximately 4.32 billion years); each kalpa consists of 14 eras of Manu [manvantara].
(Bābā) Great cosmological cycle of creation, where the material Universe is created in its state of maximum purity, degrades and is then destroyed and recreated (transformation and not annihilation).
(Bābā) cosmological period of one day (paradise for 2500 years) and one night (hell for 2500 years) of Brahmā, duration of a creation of the Universe, worth 5000 years.

कल्याण kalyāṇ

Welfare.

काम kām

Passion, lust.
Desire.

काम kām

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

कंगाल kaṅgāl

Poor, indigent, miserable, wretched, penniless.

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.

करना karnā

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

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 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 ऊपर kē ūpar

On, upon.
Above.

key

Key.

खबरदारी khabardārī

Cautiousness, watchfulness.

खारा khārā

Brackish, saline, salty.

खर्च, खर्चा kharch, kharchā

Expenditure, expense, cost, outlay.

खुद khud

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

कि ki

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

किनारा kinārā

Bank, shore, edge, border, verge.

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.

कृपा kr̥ipā

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

कुछ kuchh

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

कुछ भी kuchh bhī

Anything, whatsoever, anything at all.

कुमार kumār

(hindi) Bachelor.
Boy, young man, son.
(Bābā) Chaste and unmarried boy (apparently applies to all ages).

कुमारी kumārī

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

कुम्भ kumbh

A pitcher, pot (of clay).
Aquarius, sign of the zodiac.
A sacred festival of the Hindus which falls after every twelve years in January-February (so called because the sun is then in Aquarius).
myth. Sacred vessel containing ambrosia (amṛt) from the churning of the sea of milk.

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.

लाचारी lāchārī

Helplessness.
Compulsion.

लगाना lagānā

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

लक्ष्मी lakṣhmī

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

लेना lēnā

To take.

लिए liē

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

लिखना likhnā

To write, to enter, register, record, inscribe, note, compose (a work), enter (in a book).

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)

माँ mā̃

Mother.

मच्छ machchh

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

मधुबन madhuban

(Hinduism) 'The forest of the demon Madhu,' near the Yamuna river (where Śhatru-ghna, after killing Lavaṇa, son of Madhu, founded the city of Madhurā or Mathurā, the city where Kr̥iṣhṇa was born, where God was incarnated).
(Bābā) Place where the seat of the Brahma Kumaris is located where the Supreme Being has descended on numerous occasions (in the body of Brahmā, then of Dadi Gulzar).

महिमा mahimā

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

मैं maĩ

I. (personal pronoun)

माना mānā

(it) Means, that is.

मनाना manānā

'to make mindful'.
To cause to agree, to persuade; to reason with; to prevail on.
To console.
To conciliate (an opponent, one offended); to placate; to soothe.
To invoke (a deity); to worship; to propitiate (a patron, &c.).
To cause to be kept, to celebrate (as a festival, a holiday).
(poetry) To acknowledge (a fault).
To meditate, to reflect on.

मन्दिर mandir

Temple.

मनमनाभव manmanābhav

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

मनुष्य manuṣhya

A man, a human being.

मनुष्य सृष्टि manuṣhya sr̥iṣhṭi

Creation of human beings.
Human world.

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.

मर्तबा martabā

Time, occasion, turn.
Position, office, rank, order.

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).

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.

me

Me.

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)

मेला mēlā

A large concourse of people for religious or commercial purposes, a fair.

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.

मिसल misāl

Like.
Example.

मीठा mīṭhā

Sweet, pleasant.
Sweetmeat, jaggery.

मुझे याद करो mujhē yād karō

Remember Me.

मुक्ति mukti

Liberation, freedom; deliverance.
Final deliverance, salvation.

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.

मूर्ति, मूर्त mūrti, mūrt

Idol, statue, image.

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.

नदी nadī

River.

नहीं nahī̃

No.
Not.

नहीं तो nahī̃ tō

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

नाम nām

Name.

नामाचार nāmāchār

Fame.

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).

नशा naśhā

Intoxication, drunkenness.

नाता nātā

Relation, relationship, connection.

नाटक nāṭak

Drama, play.

ने nē

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

नेम nēm

Routine, rule of religious conduct, religious practice, custom.

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.

निमन्त्रण nimantraṇ

Invitation.

निशानी niśhānī

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

निश्चय niśhchay

Confidence, faith, certainty.

निवासी nivāsī

Dwelling, abiding (in), inhabiting.
A resident (of), an inhabitant; a native (of).

number

Number.

नम्बरवार number-wār

In order, orderly.
According to his rank, his position.

occupation

Occupation.

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.

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.)

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.

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.

पापी pāpī

Sinful, wicked, bad, guilty.
Cruel, hard-hearted.
Sinner, criminal.

पर par

Opposite, inimical, other, alien, higher.

पर par

पर denotes :

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

परम param

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

परमात्मा paramātmā

Supreme Soul : Śiv and not Brahmā.

परन्तु parantu

But, however.

पर्चा parchā

A piece of paper.
Question paper.
A chit.
Introduction.
A newspaper.
Proof.
Leaflet, a handbill.

पढ़ाई paṛhāī

Study, education, learning.

पढ़ाना paṛhānā

To teach, to instruct, to educate.

पढ़ना paṛhnā

To read, to study, to recite.

परिपक्व अवस्था paripakva avasthā

Mature age, maturity.

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.

पति pati

Husband, master.

पतित patit

Fallen, depraved.

पतित पावन patit pāvan

The Saviour of the fallen, the One who purify the sinful (epithet of the supreme being).

पत्थर patthar

Stone.
Hard-hearted, heartless, unfeeling (person).

पावन pāvan

Holy, sacred, immaculate, pure.
A suffix denoting one who or that which purifies.

percent

Percent, The symbol is %.

फालतू phāltū

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

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.

पिता pitā

Father, procreator, progenitor.

point

Point.

practical

Practical.

प्रदर्शनी pradarśhanī

Exhibition.

प्रजा prajā

Subjects, public, people.

प्रजापिता ब्रह्मा prajāpitā brahmā

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

प्रातः prātaḥ

Early morning, dawn, in the morning, early, at dawn.

प्रतिदिन pratidin

From day to day, day by day, every day, daily; always, continually.

प्रत्यक्ष pratyakṣh

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

proof

Proof.
(suffix) -proof.

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.

pure

Pure.

पुरूष purūṣh

Man.
Soul.

प्यार pyār

Love, affection, amour, amorous relationship.

रहस्य rahasya

Secret, mystery, secrecy.

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.

रावण rāvaṇ

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

रविवार ravivār

Sunday.

record

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

refresh

Refresh.

रोज़ rōz

A day.
Everyday, daily.

सब sab

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

सबका sabkā

(genitive case of sab) Of everyone.

सबको sabkō

sab + kō : everything, 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.

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).

सद्गति दाता sadgati dātā

The Giver of sadgati: The one who bestows Salvation, a better abode in the post-death existence.
(Bābā) The one who bestows Salvation or Fruit (the reward of the golden age world).

साधू sādhū

A hermit, a religious mendicant.

सागर sāgar

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

सहज sahaj

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

साहूकार sāhūkār

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

साकार, साकारी sākār, sākārī

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

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).

शक्ति śhakti

Power, strength, potency, energy.
Name of the goddess personifying divine power.
The energy or active power of a deity personified as his wife (as Gaurī of Śhiv, Lakṣhmī of viṣhṇu, &c.)
(Brahma kumaris) Sister, mother.
Śhiv Śhakti, the powers of Śhiv. In Bhakti they are portrayed as goddesses sitting on a lion, swan, lotus etc. They are symbolic of the victory over vices (demons). As power of Śhiv, brothers are Śhiv Śhakti too.

समझ samajh

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

समझना samajhnā

To understand.

समान samān

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

समझाना samjhānā

(Causative of samajhnā) To persuade, explain.

संगम saṅgam

Confluence, union, meeting.

शंकर śhaṅkar

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

संशय sanśhay

Suspicion, doubt, uncertainty.

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.

सारा sārā

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

सरस्वती sarasvatī

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

सर्व sarv

All ; whole, entire, complete.

शास्त्र śhāstra

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

सात sāt

Seven, 7.

सताना satānā

To trouble.
To harass, to torment, to oppress.
To victimise.

साथ sāth

With, together, along with.
Company, association.

सतो, सतोगुण satō, satōguṇ

Virtue, the quality of purity and goodness.
(Bābā) Pure. Having the purity of the Silver Age.

सतोप्रधान satōpradhān

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

सत्य satya

True, veritable.
Veracity, truth, verity.

सत्यमेव जयते satyamēv jayatē

National motto of India, meaning "truth alone triumphs".

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.

सावधान sāvdhān

Careful, alert, cautious, attentive.

सावधान करना sāvdhān karnā

To warn, to alert, to caution.

school

School.

से sē

से is used for denoting :

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

second

Second.

see

See.

semi

(prefix) Semi-.

शेर śhēr

Tiger, lion.
A lion of a man, a brave man.

service

Service.

शिव śhiv

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

सिवाए sivāē

Except, but, with the exception (of).

शिवबाबा śhivbābā

The Father Śiv.

स्नान snān

Bathing, ablution.
Purification, lustration.

सोना sōnā

To sleep.

श्रीमत śhrīmat

The divine (śrī) doctrine containing the directions or opinions of God : the murlī.

सृष्टि sr̥iṣhṭi

Creation.
The world.

स्तम्भ stambh

Column, pillar.

स्थापना, स्थापन sthāpanā, sthāpan

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

स्त्री strī

Woman, wife.

शुद्ध śhuddh

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

सूक्ष्म sūkṣhma

Subtle.

सुनना sunnā

To hear, to listen, to pay heed.
Hearing, audition.

surname

Surname, family name.

शुरू śhurū

Beginning, commencement.

स्वर्ग svarg

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

तब tab

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

तलाव, तालाब talāv, tālāb

Pond, pool, tank, reservoir of water.

तमोप्रधान tamōpradhān

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

तरफ taraph

Side, direction.
Towards.

तरीका tarīkā

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

तारीख tārīkh

A date.
An appointed day.
History.

ठहरना ṭhaharnā

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

ठहराना ṭhahrānā

To cause to stand or stay, to stop.
To ascertain, to establish, to prove, to demonstrate, to conclude, to consider.
To ascribe, to appropriate.
To fix, to settle, to decide, to determine, to decree, to judge, to adjudge, to fix on, to appoint, to constitute.

ठीक ṭhīk

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

थोड़ा thōṛā

A little, some, meagre, scanty.
Short.

तीर tīr

An arrow.

तीर्थ tīrth

A bathing place, a shrine or sacred place of pilgrimage (as Benares, &c.; especially particular spots along the course of sacred streams, as the Ganges, &c.). Pilgrimage.

तो tō

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

तो भी tō bhī

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

टोली ṭōlī

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

त्रेता trētā

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

त्रिमूर्ति trimūrti

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

तुम tum

You (between equals).

उद्धार uddhār

Deliverance, salvation, redemption, riddance, restoration, uplift.

उद्घाटन udghāṭan

Inauguration, release.
Uncovering.

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.

उतरना utarnā

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

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).

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.

वापिस, वापस vāpis, vāpas

Back, back again.

वर्सा varsā

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

वेद vēd

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

विघ्न vighna

Interruption, interference, meddling, obstacle, disturbance.

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).

विकर्म vikarm

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

विनाश vināśh

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

विनाश होना vināśh hōnā

To disappear, to be destroyed.

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.

विश्वनाथ viśhvanāth

'Lord of the universe', name of Śhiv (esp. as the object of adoration at Benares).

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.

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).

योग-अग्नि yōg-agni

Fire of Yōg.

योगी yōgī

(One) who practices yōg.

युगल yugal

A pair, couple; both, the two.

युक्ति yukti

Device.
Means.
Tactics, artifice, manoeuvre.
Skill.
Argument, plea.

ज़रूर zarūr

Certainly, undoubtedly, positively, without fail.