Sakar murli for Sunday 16 May 1965

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.

आधा ādhā

Half.

आधार ādhār

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

adopt

To take something or someone as one’s own.

अगर agar

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

आगे āgē

Ahead, in front of, before; in future.

अहंकार ahaṅkār

Vanity, egotism, vainglory.
Sense of self, egoism.
Pride, arrogance, self-respect.

ऐसा aisā

Such, of this type.

ऐसे नहीं aisē nahī̃

'not so', Do not believe.

आज āj

Today.

आकर्षित ākarṣhit

Attracted, charmed, allured.

अखण्ड akhaṇḍ

The whole, complete, undivided, indivisible.

अक्षर akṣhar

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

अलग alag

Different, separate, apart, distinct.

अल्प alp

A little, small, minute, short, few.

अल्पकाल alpkāl

Short term.

आना ānā

To come.

अन्त ant

End.

अनुसार anusār

According to, in conformity with.

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.

आराम ārām

Rest, comfort, relief.

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.

आत्मा ātmā

The soul, the spirit, the self.

आत्मा कहती है ātmā kahtī hai

(The) soul says.

और aur

And.
Else.
Other.

और कोई aur kōī

Someone else, anyone else.

अवस्था avasthā

Condition, state, age, stage, phase.

अवगुण avguṇ

Defect, demerit, vice, fault.

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.

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.

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 को याद करना bāp kō yād karnā

To think of the father.

बापदादा bāpdādā

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

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.

बे bē

The second letter of the Urdū or Hindūstānī (and of the Persian and Arabic) alphabet.
(Bābā) The second thing to remember: inheritance.

बेहद का bēhad kā

Limitless, unlimited, unbounded.

भगवान bhagvān

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

भगवानुवाच bhagvānuvāch

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

भाग्य bhāgya

Fortune, fate, luck, destiny.

भई bhaī

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

भाई bhāī

Brother.

भक्ति मार्ग bhakti mārg

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

भला bhalā

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

भाना bhānā

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

भारत bhārat

The ancient name of India (so called because it was the patrimony of Bharat, son of Dushyant, who is said to have been the first monarch of all India)

भारतवासी bhāratvāsī

Inhabitant of Bhārat.

भारी bhārī

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

भरना bharnā

To fill, to refill.

भाव bhāv

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

भावना bhāvnā

Sentiment, feeling, emotion.

भी bhī

Inclusive emphatic particle: too, also, even.

भिन्न bhinn

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

भूषण bhūṣhaṇ

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

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.

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 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.

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.

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.

class

Class.

college

College.

connection

Connection.

चुकना chuknā

To be finished, to be spent up, exhausted, completed.
To be paid off in full.
To be settled.
(secondary terminative aspect which follows the base of the verb) Expresses the end or completion of the action.

चूसना chūsnā

To suck, to suck dry, to sip, to drink in.
To exploit.
To exhaust.

डालना ḍālnā

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

दाता dātā

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

देह dēh

Body.

देह-अभिमान dēh-abhimān

Considering oneself as the body.
Bodily pride.

देखना dēkhnā

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

देना dēnā

To give.

देरी dērī

Delay, lag.

देवता dēvtā

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

धारण dhāraṇ

Holding, bearing, carrying, keeping, wearing.
Upholding, maintaining, sustaining, preserving.
Possessing, having, assuming.
Knowing, acquiring.
Undertaking.

ढेर ḍhēr

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

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).

दिव्य दृष्टि divya dr̥iṣhṭi

Divine vision.

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.

दृढ़ dr̥iṛh

Firm, resolute, strong-willed.
Strong.
Tough, hard.
Rigid, tenacious.

दृष्टि dr̥iṣhṭi

Sight, view, vision, glance.
(Bābā) Vision, look.

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.

dynasty

Dynasty.

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.

फ़ायदा fāydā

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

final

Final.

follow

Follow.

follower

Follower.

गाना gānā

To sing, to chant.
A song.

गणेश gaṇēśh

Name of the son of Śhiv and Pārvatī (he is the god of wisdom, and the remover of obstacles; hence he is invoked at the commencement of all undertakings, literary composition, &c. Most Hindū literary compositions begin with the phrase śrī-gaṇeśāya-namah, 'reverence to the divine Gaṅeśh).

गंगा gaṅgā

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

गर्भ garbh

The womb.
Pregnancy.
Foetus.
The interior.

गति gati

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

घण्टा ghaṇṭā

Bell, gong, clock, hour.

घड़ी ghaṛī

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

घोड़ा ghōṛā

A horse.

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.

ग्लानि glāni

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

गोप gōp

A caste of Hindūs who are cow-herds ; a man of that caste; a cow-herd, herdsman; a dairyman, a milkman.

गोप-गोपी gōp-gōpī

Gōp and gōpī.

गोपी, गोपिका gōpī, gōpikā

The wife of a gop or cow-herd.
A cowherdess (esp. applied to the cowherdesses of Vrindā-van, the companions of Krishṇa's juvenile sports).
A milk-maid, dairy-maid.

government

Government.

गुह्य guhya

Requiring, or able to be, hidden.
Secret, mysterious; esoteric.

गुल gul

A flower.

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).

गुणवान guṇvān

Meritorious, virtuous, possessing good qualities, excellent, perfect.

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.

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.

हरण haraṇ

Taking, seizing; carrying off; stealing.
Taking away; removing (a difficulty); curing (a disease); confiscation (of assets).
Destroying (sin).
Captivating (the heart).

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).

ही hī

Emphatic particle with a sense of exclusion : only.

हिरना hirnā

(Probably derived from the Sindhi 'heran' habituate or 'hiraNru' become habituated) To become tame, acquire a habit, become habituated.

हिसाब hisāb

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

होना hōnā

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

in

In.

इन्तजार intjār

Wait.

इस समय is samay

At this time, now.

इसलिए isliē

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

ईश्वर īśhvar

God, Ruler, Master, Lord.

इतना itnā

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

जब jab

(Relative pronoun) When.

जादूगर jādūgar

Magician, sorcerer, wizard, enchanter, conjurer, prestidigitator.

जादूगरी jādūgarī

Magic, enchantment, necromancy, conjuring.

जगदम्बा jagadambā

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

जैसा jaisā

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

जाना jānā

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

जन्मना janamnā

To be born.

जंगल jaṅgal

Forest, wood, wilderness.

जानी जाननहार jānī jānanhār

One who knows. An epithet for Śhivbābā.

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)

जेल jēl

(from english 'jail') Prison, jail/gaol.

झूठ jhūṭh

Falsehood, lie, untruth.
False, untrue, incorrect.

झूठ खण्ड jhūṭh khaṇḍ

Region of lies, falsehood, deception.

झूठा jhūṭhā

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

जीव jīv

Creature, living being, life.
(Bābā) The living body which is ready to shelter or which shelters the soul.

जीवनबन्ध jīvanbandh

Bondage, imprisonment in life.
Attachment to the world through the chain of our actions.

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.

ज्योति jyōti

Light, flame, lustre.
Vision.

ज्योतिस्वरूप jyōtisvarūp

Form of light.

K

The letter K of our alphabet (used as an initial in acronyms).

का kā

का denotes one of the under-mentioned relations between a Noun or a Pronoun and another Noun which follows the former. If the Noun that follows is Feminine (singular or plural), का changes to की; if it is Masculine and Plural, or has an oblique form, का changes to के.

  • Possession and relationship.
  • Material or composition.
  • Worth and measure (space or time).
  • Source, origin, cause.
  • Subject (doer of an act).
  • Object (of an activity).
  • Part of a whole.
  • Purpose.
  • Characteristic.
    (A Basic Grammar of Modern Hindi)

कभी kabhī

Sometime, ever.

कहाँ kahā̃

Interrogative pronominal adverb : Where ?

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.

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.

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.

काम kām

Passion, lust.
Desire.

काम kām

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

कान kān

An ear.

कंस kaṅs

Kansa was a Chandravanshi Yadav king for Madhura kingdom. He was the maternal uncle of Śhrī Kr̥iṣhṇa. Out of fear of death, he kept his own sister, Devaki in prison and kept killing their children. The eighth child was Śhrī Kr̥iṣhṇa.

कांटा kāṇṭā

Thorn, spicule, fork, hook, fishing hook, prong.
Balance, the tongue of a balance.
Hands of a watch.
The process of testing the correctness of a multiplication sum.
Bone of fish.
A thorn in the side; inconvenience, impediment (as to progress); cause of care or suffering.

कन्या kanyā

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

कपड़ा kapṛā

Cloth.
Clothing, clothes, dress, habit.

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.

कथा kathā

Story, tale, fable, narrative, religious discourse.

कटना kaṭnā

To be cut, to be wounded (by a blade etc.), to die in battle, to be destroyed.
To pass away time.
To complete (a journey, etc.)
To be ashamed.
To be disconnected, to be deprived of, to be made to part with.

कौन kaun

interrogative pronoun. Who

के लिए kē liē

For, for the sake of.

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.

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.

खेल khēl

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

खेल-पाल khēl-pāl

Games and recreation, play and amusement, fun and games.

खेलना khēlnā

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

खुद khud

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

खुशी khuśhī

Joy, delight, happiness.

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.

knowledgeful

Knowledgeful.

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.

क्रोध krōdh

Anger, wrath, fury, rage.

कृपा kr̥ipā

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

कृष्ण kr̥iṣhṇa

Black, dark.
Lord Kr̥iṣhṇa.

क्षण भंगुर kṣhaṇ bhaṅgur

Momentary, transitory.

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.

लाख lākh

A hundred thousand, 100 000.

लक्ष्मी-नारायण lakṣhmī-nārāyaṇ

Lakṣmī and Nārāyaṇ.

लड़ाई laṛāī

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

लव lav

Name of a son of Rāmcandra and Sītā.

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.

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.

लोभ lōbh

Greed, avarice, covetousness.
Temptation, lure.

लोग log

A man.
People, public.
Placed after the pronoun ham (we), tum (you or you) or āp (you) grammatically plural to remove ambiguity on the number of people (at least 2 people)

love

Love.

मदद madad

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

मधुबन madhuban

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

महाभारत mahābhārat

The great war of the Bharatas or descendants of Bharat.
The great narrative of the war of the Bharatas (name of the great epic poem — ascribed to Vyasa — describing the acts, rivalries, and contests of the Kurus and Pāṇḍus, two great collateral branches of the house of Bhārat, so called from Bharat its founder).

महल mahal

A palace, palatial mansion.

महिमा mahimā

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

मैं maĩ

I. (personal pronoun)

मई maī

Consisting of, made of, composed of, abounding in, full of, replete with, mixed with.

मालिक mālik

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

मालूम mālūm

Known.
Evident, apparent.

मामेकम् māmēkam

Only me.

माना mānā

(it) Means, that is.

मनुष्य manuṣhya

A man, a human being.

मारा-मारी mārā-mārī

Mutual killing, mutual fight, bloody encounter.

मरना marnā

To die, to pass away, to wither away, to become ineffective, to vanish, to disappear, to discontinue, to be absorbed, to fall for. Death, post-death rites.

मारना mārnā

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

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).

May

May (month)

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)

मेहनत mēhnat

Labour, hard work, toil.
Industry, application.
Exercise.

मिलना milnā

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

मीठा mīṭhā

Sweet, pleasant.
Sweetmeat, jaggery.

मीठे बच्चे mīṭhē bachchē

Sweet children.

मोह mōh

Illusion; ignorance; affection; infatuation; fascination; spell.
(in philos.) darkness or delusion of mind preventing the discernment of truth (leading men to believe in the reality of worldly objects, and to addict themselves to mundane or sensual enjoyment).
(sindhi) Affection, attachment, love, charm, fascination, allurement.

मुझ निर्गुण हारे में कोई गुण नाहीं, आपेही तरस परोई mujh nirguṇ hārē mē̃ kōī guṇ nāhī̃ , āpēhī taras parōī

(Granth) I am unworthy - I have no worth or virtues at all. You have taken pity on me.

मुझे याद करो mujhē yād karō

Remember Me.

मुख mukh

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

मुक्तिधाम muktidhām

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

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.

मुसलमान musalmān

A believer in the religion of Moḥammad, a Moḥammadan, a Muslim.

मुश्किल muśhkil

Difficult, hard, intricate.
Difficulty, hardship.

न na

Not (subjunctive or imperative).
Na .. na, Neither .. nor.
Repetitive Compounds of indefinite Pronouns, and of Adverbs formed from them are made by placing the Negative particle between the two words. These Compounds have a pronounced indefinite force. (A Basic Grammar of Modern Hindi - Appendice III 5-j)

ना nā

Emphatic particle at the end of the sentence: no?, isn't it?
No.

नहीं nahī̃

No.
Not.

नहीं तो nahī̃ tō

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

नाम nām

Name.

नया nayā

New, novel, fresh, unused, green, recent, modern, raw, inexperienced, young.

ने nē

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

नीचे nīchē

Below, under, beneath, at the bottom, down, below.

निकलना nikalnā

To come out, to get out, to emerge, to rise, to ooze out, to proceed, to emanate, to appear, to be extracted, to be deduced, to be solved, to issue or be issued, to be published, to slink away.

निराकार nirākār

Incorporeal.
An epithet of God.
(Hinduism) without form, permeating everything (which makes God omnipresent).
(Bābā) Incorporeal, without physical or subtle body. God is incorporeal but has a form, the form of a point. Likewise the souls in the incorporeal world are incorporeal and have the form of a point.

निर्वाणधाम nirvāṇdhām

Abode of final emancipation, abode of silence: the incorporeal world of souls (without sound and without movement).

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.

number one

Number one.

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).

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.

पक्का pakkā

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

पानी pānī

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

पर par

Opposite, inimical, other, alien, higher.

पर par

पर denotes :

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

paradise

Paradise.

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.

परम्परा paramparā

Successively, in continuous succession; in lineal succession, from father to son.
From time immemorial.

परन्तु parantu

But, however.

पढ़ाना paṛhānā

To teach, to instruct, to educate.

पढ़ना paṛhnā

To read, to study, to recite.

part

Part.

पता patā

Address, whereabouts, information, knowledge.

पटकना paṭaknā

To dash down, to throw down, to enforce a violent fall.

पत्ता pattā

Leaf (of a tree).
Playing card.

percent

Percent, The symbol is %.

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.

फूल phūl

A flower.
The tassel of a rosary (a decoration, consisting of a bunch of hanging threads tied tightly at one end and loose at the other end).

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).

पीपल pīpal

The holy fig-tree, Ficus religiosa.

पिता pitā

Father, procreator, progenitor.

प्रजा prajā

Subjects, public, people.

प्रजापिता ब्रह्मा prajāpitā brahmā

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

प्रलय pralay

Universal destruction, annihilation, destruction of the whole world. Catastrophe.

प्रातः prātaḥ

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

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.

पूजा pūjā

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

पुकारना pukārnā

To call.
To cry out.
To call for help.
To exclaim, to proclaim.

पूरा pūrā

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

पूरी pūrī

A thin cake of meal fried in ghī or oil.

पुरुषार्थ puruṣhārth

Human effort or exertion; valour; industry.
An object of human pursuit.
(Hinduism) The four basic aims of human existence (viz. dharm discharge of duty; arth acquirement of wealth; kām gratification of desire; mokṣha final emancipation).
(Bābā) The effort made by the soul to attain perfection.
(Bābā) Spiritual effort. The effort made for the sake (arth) of development of the soul (puruṣh). This effort includes the steps we take for attaining the perfect state of our original and eternal self.

पुरूषार्थी purūṣhārthī

Diligent, industrious.
Valorous, heroic.
Who makes a personal effort, who has a goal.

प्यार pyār

Love, affection, amour, amorous relationship.

रचता rachtā

Creator one who makes.

रहाना rahānā

To make stay, to make remain.

रहना rahnā

To remain, to stay.

राजा rājā

King, monarch, prince.

राजा रानी rājā rānī

King and queen.
Prince and princess.

राजधानी rājdhānī

King's residence, a royal palace, royal city, seat of government, capital, metropolis.

राज्य rājya

Kingdom, rule, reign, polity, the state.

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.

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.

रास्ता rāstā

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

रात rāt

Night.

रथ rath

Chariot, vehicle (of a god).

रिद्धि-सिद्धि riddhi-siddhi

Wealth and prosperity.
Supernatural power, magical power, magic.

रोमांच rōmāñch

'Curling or erection of the hair of the body,' horripilation.
Thrill of rapture.
Thrill of horror.

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.

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.

सच खण्ड sach khaṇḍ

(Sikhism) The highest spiritual level where the individual experiences union with God.
Region of truth.

सागर sāgar

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

सहित sahit

With, together with, along with, accompanied by.

शहज़ादा śhahzādā

Son of śah. Son of a king, prince.

साजन sājan

Lover, paramour, sweetheart, gallant.
Husband.

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).

सामग्री sāmagrī

Matter, substance.
Material, things, stuff.
Data, information.
(Hinduism) the necessary items for homa (or yagya), the fire-sacrifice ritual.

समझ samajh

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

समझना samajhnā

To understand.

समय samay

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

सम्बन्ध sambandh

Connection, relationship.

समझाना samjhānā

(Causative of samajhnā) To persuade, explain.

सम्मुख sammukh

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

सम्पूर्ण sampūrṇ

Whole, entire, complete, perfect.

संगम saṅgam

Confluence, union, meeting.

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.

सर्वगुण सम्पन्न sarvguṇ sampann

(Epithet of the deity) Endowed with all the qualities.

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.

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.

सवार savār

Mounted, riding.
A rider, horseman.

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)

season

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

सीखना sīkhnā

To learn.

सीढ़ी sīṛhī

Ladder, stairs, staircase, escalator, stile, stepping stone.

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.

शिवबाबा śhivbābā

The Father Śiv.

स्नान snān

Bathing, ablution.
Purification, lustration.

सोलह sōlah

Sixteen, 16.

सोना sōnā

To sleep.

soul

Soul.

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.

star

Star.

स्थापना, स्थापन sthāpanā, sthāpan

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

स्थूलवतन sthūlvatan

Tangible or material homeland.

सुख sukh

Happiness, pleasure, comfort, felicity, contentment.

सूक्ष्मवतन sūkṣhmavatan

Subtle homeland.

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.

शुरूआत śhurūāt

Beginnings.

स्वदर्शन चक्रधारी svadarśhan chakradhārī

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

स्वर्ग svarg

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

स्वरूप svarūp

Shape, form.
Appearance.
Character, nature.
(Hinduism) Form assumed by a deity, or by the ultimate being; image, idol.
Of the same nature or character; similar.
(suffix) Having the nature or character (of), by way of, as, amounting to.
(Bābā) Form assumed by the soul; image.

तब tab

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

तक tak

To, upto, till, until, by.

तन tan

Body.

तरस taras

Pity, compassion, mercy.

तथा tathā

And.
So.

थकना, फथकना thaknā, phathaknā

To be wearied, to weary, tire, be fatigued, be jaded, be exhausted; to flag, droop, faint; to be enervated; to be inert, sluggish; to be slack or dull.

ठीक ṭhīk

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

थोड़ा thōṛā

A little, some, meagre, scanty.
Short.

तीर tīr

An arrow.

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')

त्रिकालदर्शी trikāldarśhī

Seeing the three times: the past, the present and the future; omniscient; Rishi or divine sage.

तू tū

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

तुम tum

You (between equals).

तुम जानते हो tum jāntē hō

You know.

ऊंच ūñch

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

ऊपर ūpar

On, upon, above, upward, over.

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.

वानप्रस्थ vānprasth

The third of the four stages (āśram) of life prescribed by tradition for a caste Hindu—the stage of abandoning worldly things.

वर्सा varsā

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

विकर्म vikarm

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

विश्व viśhva

The world, universe.

विश्व का मालिक viśhva kā mālik

Master of the world.

wonder

Wonder.

या yā

Or, either.

याद yād

Remembrance, recollection, memory.

याद दिलाना yād dilānā

To remind.

याद करना yād karnā

To think of, to remember, recollect, call to mind.
To commit to memory.
(Bābā) To remember (by making an effort). It is a function of the higher mind (buddhi).

याद रखना yād rakhnā

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

यह yah

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

यहाँ yahā̃

Here, hither, in/at this place.

यही yahī

Emphatic form of yah: this very.

यथा yathā

In which manner, as, like as, like, according to.
Thus, so.
As is right or proper; fitly, suitably.

ज़रूर zarūr

Certainly, undoubtedly, positively, without fail.