Sakar murli for Wednesday 24 February 1965

A

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

अब ab

Now.

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.

accurate

Accurate.

Adam

Adam; According to the Bible, the first man to live on Earth.
(Bābā) Prajāpitā Brahmā, the Procreator of humanity.

आदि ādi

Etcetera.
Beginning.
Early, initial, primordial.

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.

आहिस्ते āhistē

Slowly, gently, softly.
āhistē-āhistē Slowly, gradually, by degrees.

ऐसा aisā

Such, of this type.

ऐसे नहीं aisē nahī̃

'not so', Do not believe.

आज āj

Today.

अकेला akēlā

Single, lonely, lonesome, solitary.

अक्षर akṣhar

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

अलग alag

Different, separate, apart, distinct.

आना ānā

To come.

अनगिनत anginat

Innumerable, numberless, countless.

अंग्रेजी aṅgrējī

English, British.
English, the English language.

अन्त ant

End.

अनुसार anusār

According to, in conformity with.

अपन apan

(regional) I.

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.

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.

आत्मा ātmā

The soul, the spirit, the self.

attention

Attention.

और aur

And.
Else.
Other.

और कोई aur kōī

Someone else, anyone else.

बाबा bābā

Father.

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.

बाद bād

After, later, subsequently.

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.

बजाना bajānā

To play (an instrument, a recording).
To strike (a bell, gong); to beat (a drum).
To clap (the hands).

बाकी bākī

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

बाकी bākī

But if.., but, nevertheless.

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.

बनना bannā

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

बाप bāp

Father.

बाप कहते हैं bāp kahtē haĩ

The Father says.

बापदादा bāpdādā

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

बार bār

Time, occasion.

बड़ा baṛā

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

बरसना barasnā

To rain, to fall in showers.

बरात barāt

Marriage procession, journey of the bridegroom to the bride's house, marriage party, wedding guests, troop, crowd.

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.

बौद्ध bauddh

Buddhist.

बेटी bēṭī

Daughter.

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.

भगवानुवाच bhagvānuvāch

Bhagvān says, God says. (expression repeated in the Gītā)

भला bhalā

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

भारी bhārī

Heavy.
Difficult to digest.
Weighty, massive.
Grave.
Burdensome.

भाषण bhāṣhaṇ

Speech, address.

भविष्य bhaviṣhya

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

भेड़-बकरी bhēṛ-bakrī

Sheep and/or goat. Who according to the proverb cannot understand anything of heavenly music (knowledge).

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.

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.

भूषण bhūṣhaṇ

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

बीबी bībī

Lady, dame, madam.
Wife.
Mistress.
A term of endearment.
Eve.

बिचारा bichārā

Poor, helpless.

बिगर bigar

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

बिल्कुल bilkul

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

बोझ bōjh

Burden, load.

बोलना bōlnā

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

ब्रह्म brahm

(Hinduism) The Supreme Being, the all pervading Spirit and Soul of the universe, the divine essence and source of all being from which all created things emanate and to which they return, the Self-existent, the Absolute, the Eternal.
(Bābā) The substance (element) constituting the place of residence of souls and the Supreme Being.

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.

ब्रह्माकुमार brahmākumār

Son 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.

ब्राह्मण कुल brāhmaṇ kul

Brāhmaṇ community or family.

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.

चाहिए chāhiē

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

चाहना chāhnā

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

चक्र, चक्कर chakra, chakkar

Circle, disc.
Cycle, circular movement, rotation, revolution, circumambulation, round.
(Sanskrit) The royal wheel, badge of sovereignty.
(Sanskrit) Region, country; sovereignty.
myth. Flaming disc, solar weapon of Viṣṇu.

चलना chalnā

Continue.

चन्द्रवंशी chandravanśhī

The one belonging to the lunar dynasty or race.
(Bābā) A descendant of the lunar lineage (kṣatriya lineage of the Silver Age).

चढ़ना chaṛhnā

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

छोड़ना chhōṛnā

To leave.
To abandon.
To release.

छोटा chhōṭā

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

Christ

Christ.

Christian

Christian.

छूटना chhūṭnā

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

चीज़ chīz

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

class

Class.

correct

Correct.

दादा dādā

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

दान dān

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

दरकार darkār

Necessity, need.
Necessary, needed.

दाता dātā

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

देह dēh

Body.

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.

देरी dērī

Delay, lag.

detail

Detail.

देवी-देवता dēvī-dēvtā

Goddess and god.

देवता dēvtā

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

धाम dhām

Residence, abode.
Seat of a diety.
The four chief pilgrimage centres (of the Hindus).

धारण करना dhāraṇ karnā

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

धर्म dharm

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

ढेर ḍhēr

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

ढूँढना ḍhūṇḍhnā

To seek, search for.

difficult

Difficult.

दिखलाना dikhlānā

To show, to direct, to indicate.

direct

Direct.

direction

Direction.

दो dō

Two, 2.

drama

Drama.
(Bābā) Film (which repeats itself identically unlike a play).
(Bābā) The Great Drama of life lasting 5000 years which revolves eternally. Human beings are the actors: souls occupying a costume or body. The sun, moon and stars are the lighting of the stage. The part of each person is inscribed in the soul and cannot be modified, which makes the Drama predestined.

दुःख duḥkh

Sorrow, unhappiness, suffering, grief, distress.

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.

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).

एकदम ēkdam

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

english

English.

फ़र्क fark

Difference, distinction, distance.

father

Father.

final

Final.

गाना gānā

To sing, to chant.
A song.

गर्भ जेल garbh jēl

Jail of a womb.

गति gati

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

घमण्ड ghamaṇḍ

Pride, conceit, haughtiness, arrogance.

घमण्डी ghamaṇḍī

Conceited, vain.

घराना gharānā

Family, clan.

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.

गीता का भगवान gītā kā bhagvān

The Bhagvān, the Supreme Being or the God of the Gītā.

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.

goddess of knowledge

Goddess of Knowledge, a name given to Sarasvatī.

good morning

Good morning.

guide

Guide.

गुरू gurū

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

गुरू करना gurū karnā

To Adopt a gurū.

ज्ञान gyān

Knowledge directly taught by God.

ज्ञानवान gyānvān

Intelligent, wise, learned, enlightened, perceptive.

हां hā̃

Yes, yea.

हल्का halkā

Light, cheap, thin, faint.

हम ham

We.
(rustic form) I.

हंगामा haṅgāmā

Uproar, tumult, upheaval, affray, riotous scene.

हर एक har ēk

Each, every.
Each one, everybody.

head

Head.

ही hī

Emphatic particle with a sense of exclusion : only.

हिन्दी hindī

The Hindi language.
Indian.

हिसाब hisāb

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

हिसाब-किताब hisāb-kitāb

Accounts.

होना hōnā

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

in

In.

incorporeal

Incorporeal.

इस समय is samay

At this time, now.

इस्लामी islāmī

Faithful, orthodox (according to Moḥammadans).
A follower of the Moḥammadan religion, a Muslim.

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.

जगदम्बा jagadambā

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

जहाँ jahā̃

Where, wherever.

जैसा jaisā

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

जल्दी jaldī

Hurry, haste.
Quickly, urgently, immediately.

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.

जास्ती jāstī

More. (often used as a comparison)

झाड़ jhāṛ

Tree, bush.

झुण्ड jhuṇḍ

A multitude, crowd, troop.
A flock, herd.
A swarm.
The buzzing noise of a crowd.

जिस्म jism

Body.

जिस्मानी jismānī

Physical, bodily.

जितना jitnā

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

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)

जीवनमुक्तिधाम jīvanmuktidhām

Abode of liberation in life (on Earth 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.

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)

कब kab

Interrogative adverb: When? At what time ?

कभी kabhī

Sometime, ever.

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.

काम kām

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

काम kām

Passion, lust.
Desire.

कम से कम kam sē kam

(superlative of kam) At the very least.

कन्या kanyā

A girl, a virgin.
A daughter.
The sign Virgo.
A name of Durgā.

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.

कर्मबन्धन karmbandhan

Bond of karma, hindrance of karma; attachment to the world (what happens when we think of ourselves as the body).

कर्मक्षेत्र karmkṣhētr

The field of karma, the field of actions: the world here below where we can perform actions and experience their good or bad fruits (happiness or unhappiness).
(Mahābhārat) The battlefield where the Kauravs and the Pāṇḍavs fought.
(Bābā) The battlefield of the mind where the soul triumphs over vices.

करना karnā

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

कर्ता, करतार kartā, kartār

Doer, maker, author, creator, agent.
Workman.
Operator.
Party (in a cause).
Proprietor, master, chief.
Husband.
(Grammar) The nominative case.

करवट karvaṭ

Lying on one side.
The position of lying or sleeping on the side.
Turning from one side to the other.

कठिन kaṭhin

Difficult, arduous, tough.
Stiff, hard.
Severe.

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 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".

key

Key.

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.

खिलाना khilānā

To feed.

खुद khud

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

खुश khuśh

Happy, pleased.
Good.

कि ki

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

कितना kitnā

(interrogative) How much, how many.
(exclamative) So, so much, so many.

knowledge

Knowledge.

को kō

को is used for denoting:

  • A Person who 'does' something involuntarily (such as—like, dislike, remember, be injured, be offended, suffer, feel, enjoy, receive, happen, to have, to meet, to know, to see or to hear, or to do something under compulsion, requirement, necessity, obligation, etc.).
  • An Animate Object, provided it denotes a particular being.
  • The object of a Verb in the Neutral Construction.
  • Every Secondary Object (which is usually animate).
  • The Object of a Verb requiring a predicative word (referring to the object).
  • Nouns denoting time when used adverbially.
    (A Basic Grammar of Modern Hindi)

कोई kōī

Some, any, someone, anyone.

कोई भी kōī bhī

Anyone, someone, any.

कोशिश kōśhiśh

Effort, endeavour.

कुछ kuchh

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

कुछ भी kuchh bhī

Anything, whatsoever, anything at all.

कुमारी kumārī

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

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.

लाख lākh

A hundred thousand, 100 000.

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.

last

Last.

लटकना laṭaknā

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

लायक lāyak

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

ले जाना lē jānā

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

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.

लिखना likhnā

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

loan

Loan.

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)

मच्छर machchhar

A mosquito, a gnat, a midge.

मदद madad

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

मदार madār

Place of turning or returning: axis, pivot, centre.
A place within which anything revolves: an orbit, a circumference.
A place where anyone stops or stands, station, seat; that on which anything stands or rests, or depends: ground (of), basis.
Dependence.
The point upon which a question turns.

मधुबन madhuban

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

मैं maĩ

I. (personal pronoun)

मक्कड़ makkaṛ

Locust.

माला mālā

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

मालिक mālik

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

मालूम mālūm

Known.
Evident, apparent.

ममत्व mamatva

Affection, attachment, the sense of owniṉg or being one with something or somebody.

मंगाना maṅgānā

To send for, to ask for, to call for.

मनुष्य manuṣhya

A man, a human being.

मंज़िल mañzil

Destination, stage, storey.

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.

मर्तबा martabā

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

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.

माता mātā

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

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.

minister

Minister.

minute

Minute.

मीठा mīṭhā

Sweet, pleasant.
Sweetmeat, jaggery.

मिटना miṭnā

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

मुझे याद करो mujhē yād karō

Remember Me.

मुख्य mukhya

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

मुक्तिधाम muktidhām

Abode of liberation, of final deliverance, of salvation.: the incorporeal world of souls.

मूल mūl

Root, the principal (the sum), origin, source.
Radical, original, essential, fundamental, basic, principal, chief, parent.

मूलवतन mūlvatan

Original homeland, root homeland. (the world where non-incarnate souls reside)

मूँझना mūnjhnā

To be confused.

मुरली murlī

Flute, pipe.
(Bābā) The words of God, the instrument to enchant us, to make us dance in happiness in the company of the Supreme Being, the Beloved Being.

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.

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.

निवासी nivāsī

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

not

Not.

नम्बरवार number-wār

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

nutshell

Nutshell.

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).

पहले pahlē

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

पहले से pahlē sē

From the first, from the very commencement.
At first, in the first place.
Already, beforehand.

पहुंचना pahuñchnā

To reach, to arrive.

पक्का pakkā

Ripe.
Expert, confirmed.
Strong, lasting, permanent, firm.

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.

पाप आत्मा pāp ātmā

(pāpātmā) Sinner, impious; a sinner, an evildoer.
(Bābā) Sinful soul, guilty soul, wicked soul, impious soul, vicious soul, criminal soul, bad soul.

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.

पार pār

The other coast, the other bank, the other side.
Extremity, limit, conclusion, end.
Across, on the other side, on the other bank, on the other coast.
Past, last, next.

परमात्मा paramātmā

Supreme Soul : Śiv and not Brahmā.

परमपिता parampitā

Supreme Father.

परन्तु parantu

But, however.

पढ़ाना paṛhānā

To teach, to instruct, to educate.

पढ़ना paṛhnā

To read, to study, to recite.

पढ़ना-लिखना paṛhnā-likhnā

To study, to read and write.

पड़ना paṛnā

To fall, to fall down, to drop.
To lie (down).
To occur, to befall.
To be involved; to be hit.
(Following the uninflected infinitive of another verb, paṛnā, like honā, signifies 'have to,' 'must'; e.g. usko jāne paṛā, 'he had to go'; — annexed to the base of some neuter verbs it forms intensives, as gir-paṛnā, 'to fall down'; — annexed to the base of a transitive verb it has generally the sense of honā, as dekh paṛnā, 'to be seen,' 'to become visible').

part

Part.

pass

To pass.

past

Past.

पता patā

Address, whereabouts, information, knowledge.

पतित पावन patit pāvan

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

पवित्र pavitr

Holy, sacred, pure.

peace

Peace.

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.

फिर से phir sē

Anew, afresh.

फिरना phirnā

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

पिछाड़ी pichhāṛī

(sindhi) The end, conclusion, latter part.
The rear, back, hinder part.
In the rear, behind, at the back.

पिछाड़ी में pichhāṛī mē̃

In the end, in the latter part.

पीछे pīchhē

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

पीना pīnā

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

पिरोना pirōnā

To thread, to string, to needle.
(Bābā) To string, to be threaded.

पीसना pīsnā

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

प्रदर्शनी pradarśhanī

Exhibition.

प्रातः prātaḥ

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

प्रति prati

Towards.

प्रवेश pravēśh

Entry, admission, access, inlet.
Gate, entrance.

प्रवेश करना pravēśh karnā

To enter.

prince

Prince.

princess

Princess.

पूछना pūchhnā

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

पुनर्जन्म punarjanma

New or second birth.
The birth of new principles within, leading to a change of life and character, regeneration.
Future birth by transmigration, metempsychosis.

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.

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.

रहित rahit

Without, devoid of, bereft of.

रहना rahnā

To remain, to stay.

राजाई rājāī

Kingship, royalty, rank or function of a king, sovereignty, princedom, kingly dignity or authority, supremacy, government, sway, rule, reign.

राजेश्वर rājēśhvar

King of kings, supreme sovereign.
Sovereign, prince, governor.
(Bābā) King of kings, emperor (in the golden age).

राजयोग rājyōg

'Yoga of the king', Raja Yoga, the highest, kingly yoga. The union of the soul with the Supreme Soul. The yoga that makes us the rulers of the self and the kings of the world.

रखना rakhnā

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

रास्ता rāstā

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

रात rāt

Night.

रात-दिन rāt-din

Night and day.
Continually.

रावण राज्य rāvaṇ rājya

Kingdom of Rāvaṇ.

record

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

repeat

To repeat.

right

Right.

रीस rīs

Envy.
Emulation, rivalry.
Equality.
Comparison.

room

Room.

रूह rūh

The soul, the spirit.

रूहानी rūhānī

Spiritual.

सब sab

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

सभा sabhā

Assembly, meeting, company.
Council.
A sitting of the king in council.
A judicial court, hall of audience.

सबका sabkā

(genitive case of sab) Of everyone.

सबको sabkō

sab + kō : everything, everyone.

सबसे sabsē

(superlative) Of all, the most.

साधारण sādhāraṇ

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

सहज sahaj

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

सहित sahit

With, together with, along with, accompanied by.

सजाना sajānā

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

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).

समझ samajh

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

समझना samajhnā

To understand.

समाना samānā

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

समय samay

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

समझाना samjhānā

(Causative of samajhnā) To persuade, explain.

सम्मुख sammukh

Before, in front of; opposite, facing, confronting, being face to face.

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.

शान्ति śhānti

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

सार sār

Essence, substance, best or essential part, heart, core, marrow.
Sap.
Gist, sense; content.
Essential worth or value.

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).

सर्वशास्त्र मई sarvśhāstra maī

Composed of all scriptures.

शास्त्र śhāstra

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

सत sat

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

साथ sāth

With, together, along with.
Company, association.

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.

संवारना sãvārnā

To prepare, to construct.
To dress, decorate, adorn, deck.
To arrange, methodize, regulate, rectify, correct, mend, improve.

सज़ा sazā

Punishment, penalty.

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)

section

Section.

service

Service.

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.

सिवाए sivāē

Except, but, with the exception (of).

शिवबाबा śhivbābā

The Father Śiv.

शिवभगवानुवाच śhivbhagvānuvāch

Śiv Bhagvān says, God Śiv says. (In the Gita, Krishna speaks to Arjuna and many hindu believe Krishna is God and not just a deity. But God the Supreme Being is in fact Śiv)

सोना sōnā

To sleep.

श्री śhrī

An honorific adjective prefixed to male names; Mr. Wealth, treasure, prosperity. Lustre, brilliance, radiance, splendour.
Myth. n.p. of Śhrī “Fortune”, epith. of Lakṣhmī, goddess of prosperity, wife-śhakti of Viṣhṇu; she is said to come from the churning of the primordial sea of milk, or else the daughter of Bhṛigu and Kyāti; she is the patroness of commerce.
(before proper nouns or books) excellent, splendid, honorable, eminent, famous, famous, illustrious, holy, revered, sacred.

श्रीकृष्ण śhrīkr̥iṣhṇa

The Divine Kṛiṣhṇa.

श्रीमत śhrīmat

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

सुबह subah

Morning, dawn.

सुख sukh

Happiness, pleasure, comfort, felicity, contentment.

सुखदाता sukhdātā

The Giver of Happiness.

सुखधाम sukhdhām

Abode of Happiness.

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.

supreme soul

Supreme Soul.

सूर्यवंशी sūryavanśhī

The one belonging to the solar dynasty or race.
(Bābā) A descendant of the solar lineage (lineage of golden age deities).

स्वदर्शन चक्रधारी svadarśhan chakradhārī

The chakradhārī of svadarśhan. The one who remembers the cycle with the vision of himself and his fortune.

स्वयंवर svayamvar

'self choice'. The public election of a husband by a maiden of rank at an assembly of suitors held for the purpose.

तब tab

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

तन tan

Body.

तप tap

Devout austerity, asceticism, self-mortification, penance.

तपना tapnā

To be heated.
To burn with pain or grief.
To practise self-mortification.

तरफ taraph

Side, direction.
Towards.

तारीख tārīkh

A date.
An appointed day.
History.

ठहरना ṭhaharnā

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

ठीक ṭhīk

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

थोड़ा thōṛā

A little, some, meagre, scanty.
Short.

time

Time.

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.

तुम tum

You (between equals).

तुम जानते हो tum jāntē hō

You know.

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.

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.

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.

वा vā

Or.

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.

वेद vēd

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

विकर्म vikarm

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

विलायत vilāyat

A foreign land or country, Europe, England.

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.

विस्तार vistār

Spreading, spread; expansion.
Extent.
Expansion, development (of an organisation, an activity).
Amplitude; detail.

वृद्धि vr̥iddhi

Increase, increment, rise, growth, progress, enlargement, augmentation, enhancement, magnification.

waste of money

Waste of money.

wonder

Wonder.

worth

Worth.

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-प्यार yād-pyār

Yād and pyār: remembrance and love, remembrance and affection.

यज्ञ yagya

Sometimes Baba also says that it is the imperishable sacrificial fire of knowledge created by God, Rudra, in which a horse is sacrificed for attaining the kingdom.
The word “yagya” stands for “sacrificial fire” Yagyas are normally conducted for protection against natural calamities, wars, for rain-making etc.
Ashwamedh yagya (where a horse is sacrificed) is mentioned in ancient scriptures A ritual described there is performed by a king (raja) who strives for becoming a great king, or an emperor (maharaja) Before the yagya is conducted, a horse is set loose to roam around wherever it chooses for a few months or a year If the inhabitants of the lands that the horse crosses let it cross their territory without any obstruction, it means they accept the raja’s rule over them In this way the raja becomes a chakravarti raja (literally - the ruler of the entire globe).
In Baba’s murlis the word “yagya” often stands for this Godly University, or this system of giving the knowledge and providing God’s sustenance, created by Baba at the Confluence age Every Baba’s service place is the yagya. Madhuban is often called Mahayagya (the Great Yagya).

यह yah

3rd person personal pronoun, demonstrative pronoun or determiner in a close context : he, she, this (also they, these).

यहाँ yahā̃

Here, hither, in/at this place.

यही yahī

Emphatic form of yah: this very.

यथार्थ yathārth

Real, actual.
Accurate.

यात्रा yātrā

Pilgrimage, march, journey, travel, wayfaring, trip, tour.

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.

ज़रूरी zarūrī

Important, necessary, needful, compulsory, indispensable.