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Mahabir bikram Bajrangi: meaning

Chaupai 3 of the Hanuman Chalisa

महाबीर बिक्रम बजरंगी

कुमति निवार सुमति के संगी

Mahābīr bikram Bajraṅgī / kumati nivār sumati ke saṅgī

Great hero, brave, with limbs as hard as a thunderbolt. You drive off bad thinking and keep company with good thinking.

Words

महाबीर Mahābīrgreat heroSanskrit mahā (great) plus vīra (hero).
बिक्रम bikramvaliantAwadhi form of Sanskrit vikrama, valour.
बजरंगी Bajraṅgīthunderbolt-limbedUsually traced to Sanskrit vajra (thunderbolt) plus aṅga (limb).
कुमति kumatibad thinkingSanskrit ku (bad) plus mati (mind).
निवार nivārdriving off
सुमति sumatigood thinkingSanskrit su (good) plus mati (mind).
के keof
संगी saṅgīcompanion