Core Glossary
Core Glossary: Philippians (English → Maithili)
Section A — Terms Reused Exactly from the Romans Baseline
| Term (Eng) | Greek | Maithili | Transliteration | Risk | Doctrine | Philippians occurrences | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| gospel | εὐαγγέλιον | सुसमाचार | susamācār | High | Gospel | 1:5, 1:7, 1:12, 1:16, 1:27, 2:22, 4:3, 4:15 | [BASELINE REUSE] |
| grace | χάρις | अनुग्रह | anugraha | High | Grace | 1:2, 1:7, 1:29 (verb form), 4:23 | [BASELINE REUSE] |
| faith | πίστις | विश्वास | biswas | High | Faith | 1:25, 1:27, 2:17, 3:9, 3:9b | [BASELINE REUSE] |
| righteousness | δικαιοσύνη | धार्मिकता | dhārmiktā | Critical | Salvation / Righteousness by Faith vs. Law | 1:11, 3:6, 3:9 (x2) | [BASELINE REUSE] |
| salvation | σωτηρία | उद्धार | uddhār | Critical | Salvation | 1:19, 1:28, 2:12 | [BASELINE REUSE] |
| holy / saints | ἅγιος / ἅγιοι | पवित्र / पवित्र जन | pavitra / pavitra jan | High | Sainthood | 1:1, 4:21, 4:22 | [BASELINE REUSE] |
| church | ἐκκλησία | मण्डली | maṇḍalī | Medium | Church as God’s People | 3:6 (persecuting the church), 4:15 (implied, “no church”) | [BASELINE REUSE] |
| resurrection | ἀνάστασις | पुनरुत्थान | punaruthān | Critical | Resurrection of Christ | 3:10, 3:11 | [BASELINE REUSE] |
| lord | κύριος | प्रभु | prabhu | Critical | Lordship of Christ | 1:2, 1:14, 2:11, 2:19, 2:24, 2:29, 3:1, 3:8, 3:20, 4:1, 4:2, 4:4 (x2), 4:5, 4:10, 4:23 | [BASELINE REUSE] |
| son of God (root: sonship/deity) | μορφῇ θεοῦ / ἴσα θεῷ | परमेश्वरक स्वरूप / परमेश्वरक बराबरी | parameśvarak svarūp / parameśvarak barābarī | Critical | Sonship / Deity of Christ | 2:6 | [BASELINE REUSE, extended — see Section B for new phrase-level terms] |
| incarnation | (theological name for) ἐν ὁμοιώματι ἀνθρώπων γενόμενος | देहधारण | dehadhāraṇ | Critical | Incarnation | 2:7 | [BASELINE REUSE] |
| peace | εἰρήνη | शान्ति | śānti | Medium | Peace with God / Contentment | 1:2, 4:7, 4:9 | [BASELINE REUSE] |
| thanksgiving | εὐχαριστία | धन्यवाद | dhanyavād | Low | Thanksgiving | 1:3 (εὐχαριστῶ), 4:6 | [BASELINE REUSE] |
| fellowship | κοινωνία | सङ्गति | saṅgati | Low (Medium in gospel-partnership contexts — see Section B note) | Christian Fellowship / Partnership in the Gospel | 1:5, 2:1, 3:10, 4:14-15 | [BASELINE REUSE, risk-elevated in context — see 08B] |
| glory | δόξα | महिमा | mahimā | High | Deity of Christ / Glory | 1:11, 2:11, 3:19 (misused glory), 3:21, 4:19, 4:20 | [BASELINE REUSE] |
| power of God (root) | δύναμις / ἐνδυναμόω | सामर्थ्य | sāmarthya | High | Power of God for Salvation | 3:10, 3:21, 4:13 | [BASELINE REUSE] |
| law | νόμος | व्यवस्था | byavasthā | High | Fulfillment of Prophecy / Righteousness by Faith vs Law | 3:5, 3:6, 3:9 | [BASELINE REUSE] |
| obedience (root) | ὑπήκοος | आज्ञाकारिता-root | ājñākāritā-root | High | Obedience of Faith (extended to Christ’s own obedience) | 2:8, 2:12 | [BASELINE REUSE] |
| jesus | Ἰησοῦς | यीशु | Yīśu | Critical | Lordship / Sonship of Christ | throughout | [BASELINE REUSE] |
| god | θεός | परमेश्वर | parameśvar | Critical | Deity of Christ | throughout | [BASELINE REUSE] |
| holy spirit | πνεῦμα | पवित्र आत्मा | pavitra ātmā | Critical | Sanctification | 1:19, 2:1, 3:3 | [BASELINE REUSE] |
| father | πατήρ | पिता | pitā | Critical | Adoption / Deity | 1:2, 2:11, 4:20 | [BASELINE REUSE] |
| called / calling | κλῆσις | बजाओल जाएब | bajāol jāeb | High | Divine Calling | 3:14 (upward call) | [BASELINE REUSE] |
| exhort | παρακαλέω-family (encouragement, comfort) | उत्साहित करब / प्रोत्साहन | utsāhit karab | Low | Mutual Edification | 2:1, 4:2 | [BASELINE REUSE] |
| apostle | ἀπόστολος (implied office, cf. ἐπίσκοπος distinction) | प्रेरित | prerit | Medium | Apostleship | 1:1 (Paul’s self-identification, though here he uses δοῦλος, not ἀπόστολος) | [BASELINE REUSE, term available for cross-reference] |
Section B — New Terms Introduced by Philippians
B1. Incarnation / Kenosis Doctrine Cluster (Critical — highest priority for human theologian review)
| Term (Eng) | Greek | Maithili | Transliteration | Risk | Doctrine | Occurrences | Rejected alternatives | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| emptied himself (kenosis) | ἐκένωσεν | अपनाकेँ रीता कएलनि | apanākẽ rītā kaelani | Critical | Incarnation and Self-Emptying of Christ (Kenosis) | 2:7 | शून्य कएलनि (Buddhist śūnyatā collision); छोड़ि देलनि (implies loss of divine nature) | The single highest-stakes new term in this curriculum. Mandatory translator note required at every occurrence distinguishing from both Buddhist emptiness-philosophy and kenotic heresy (loss of divine nature). |
| form of God | μορφῇ θεοῦ | परमेश्वरक स्वरूप | parameśvarak svarūp | Critical | Deity of Christ / Incarnation | 2:6 | प्रकृति alone (loses parallel with “form of a servant”) | Collision risk: स्वरूप is Vaishnava vocabulary for a deity’s particular manifested/temporary form. Mandatory translator note: this names Christ’s eternal essential nature, not one manifested appearance among several. |
| form of a servant | μορφὴν δούλου | दासक स्वरूप | dāsak svarūp | Critical | Incarnation | 2:7 | — | Parallel construction with “form of God” (same word, opposite status) intentionally preserved. |
| a thing to be grasped | ἁρπαγμός | पकड़ि रखबाक/भोग करबाक चीज | pakaṛi rakhabāk cīj | Critical | Deity of Christ | 2:6 | — | Must not imply Christ lacked or sought equality with God; he already possessed it and declined to exploit it. |
| equality with God | ἴσα θεῷ | परमेश्वरक बराबरी | parameśvarak barābarī | Critical | Deity of Christ | 2:6 | ”godlike,” “God’s representative” (both too weak) | Full ontological equality required. |
| existing (eternal pre-existence) | ὑπάρχων | अनादिकालसँ … रहला | anādikālasã̃ … rahalā | Critical | Deity / Sonship of Christ | 2:6 | — | Must be grammatically distinguished from γενόμενος (“became,” v.7) to preserve the eternal-God-becomes-man contrast. |
| became / was made (of human nature) | γενόμενος | भऽ गेला | bha’ gelā | Critical | Incarnation | 2:7 | अवतार-style “appeared as” | Reuses देहधारण doctrine caution: this is a real, once-for-all becoming, not an avatar-style episodic appearance. |
| likeness of men | ὁμοιώματι ἀνθρώπων | मनुष्यक समानतामे | manuṣyak samānatāmé | Critical | Incarnation / Humanity of Christ | 2:7 | — | Genuine, not merely apparent, human likeness. |
| found in appearance as a man | σχήματι … ὡς ἄνθρωπος | मनुष्य जकाँ रूपमे पाओल गेला | manuṣya jakā̃ rūpmé pāol gelā | High | Humanity of Christ | 2:7 | — | Distinguish σχῆμα (visible appearance) from μορφή (essential nature) above; avoid docetic misreading. |
| humbled himself | ἐταπείνωσεν ἑαυτόν | अपनाकेँ नम्र कएलनि | apanākẽ namra kaelani | High | Kenosis / Unity and Humility in the Church | 2:8 | — | Verb form of तापेइनोफ्रोसुने (humility, below). |
| humility (lowliness of mind) | ταπεινοφροσύνη | नम्रता | namratā | High | Unity and Humility in the Church | 2:3 | — | Risk: could be read through Mithila’s Brahmin-caste social-deference lens rather than as a universal mutual virtue. Translator note required distinguishing gospel humility from caste-inflected social deference. |
| obedient unto death | ὑπήκοος μέχρι θανάτου | मृत्युपर्यन्त आज्ञाकारी | mrityuparyant ājñākārī | High | Kenosis | 2:8 | कर्तव्य पालन (“duty compliance,” baseline-rejected) | Christ’s unique redemptive obedience, not general duty-based compliance. |
| highly exalted | ὑπερύψωσεν | अत्यन्त उच्च कएलनि / सर्वोच्च स्थानपर बैसओलनि | atyant ucca kaelani | Critical | Resurrection / Lordship of Christ (exaltation) | 2:9 | — | Unique, unmatched exaltation, not one elevation among several devotional honors. |
| name above every name | ὄνομα τὸ ὑπὲρ πᾶν ὄνομα | सभ नामसँ उच्च नाम | sabh nāmsã̃ ucca nām | Critical | Lordship of Christ | 2:9 | — | Echoes Isaiah 45:23 (YHWH-text) applied to Jesus. |
| every knee bow / every tongue confess | πᾶν γόνυ κάμψῃ / πᾶσα γλῶσσα ἐξομολογήσηται | हर एक घुटना नमब / स्वीकार करत | har ek ghuṭnā namab / svīkār karat | Critical | Deity / Lordship of Christ | 2:10-11 | — | Universal cosmic homage; OT YHWH-text applied to Christ. |
| Jesus Christ is Lord (confession) | ΚΥΡΙΟΣ ΙΗΣΟΥΣ ΧΡΙΣΤΟΣ | यीशु ख्रीष्ट प्रभु छथि | Yīśu Khrīṣṭ prabhu chathi | Critical | Lordship of Christ | 2:11 | — | Must remain verbatim-consistent with Romans 10:9’s “यीशु प्रभु छथि” honorific verb form छथि. Second core cross-curriculum-locked confession. |
| body of humiliation / body of glory (future transformation) | σῶμα τῆς ταπεινώσεως / σῶμα τῆς δόξης, μετασχηματίσει, σύμμορφος | नम्रताक शरीर / महिमाक शरीर, रूपान्तरित करता | namratāk śarīr / mahimāk śarīr | Critical | Resurrection (future bodily hope) | 3:21 | — | Deliberately echoes the Christ-hymn’s μορφή vocabulary in reverse; preserve the pairing in teaching commentary. |
B2. Righteousness by Faith versus the Law Cluster
| Term (Eng) | Greek | Maithili | Transliteration | Risk | Doctrine | Occurrences | Rejected alternatives | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| circumcision / mutilation (polemical pun) | περιτομή / κατατομή | खतना / काट-छाँट | khatnā / kāṭ-chā̃ṭ | Low-Medium | Righteousness by Faith vs. Law | 3:2-3 | — | Mostly historical-polemical; ensure not misheard as referencing regional Muslim circumcision practice. |
| righteousness under the law, blameless | κατὰ δικαιοσύνην τὴν ἐν νόμῳ γενόμενος ἄμεμπτος | व्यवस्थाक धार्मिकतामे निर्दोष | byavasthāk dhārmiktāmé nirdoṣ | Critical | Righteousness by Faith vs. Law | 3:6 | — | Direct autobiographical foil to faith-righteousness (3:9); must track baseline धार्मिकता/व्यवस्था exactly. |
| surpassing worth of knowing Christ | τὸ ὑπερέχον τῆς γνώσεως Χριστοῦ | ख्रीष्टकेँ जानबाक सर्वोत्कृष्ट मूल्य | Khrīṣṭakẽ jānabāk sarvotkṛṣṭa mūlya | High | Righteousness by Faith / Pressing on toward the Goal | 3:8 | — | ज्ञान/जानब risks jñāna-mārga (Advaita Vedanta path-of-knowledge) collision; must be personal/relational knowing, not metaphysical self-realization. |
| rubbish / dung | σκύβαλα | कूड़ा-करकट | kūṛā-karkaṭ | Low | Righteousness by Faith vs. Law | 3:8 | literal scatological term (rejected for register) | Strong devaluation term; kept formal per register requirements. |
| righteousness from God based on faith | δικαιοσύνην τὴν ἐκ θεοῦ ἐπὶ τῇ πίστει | परमेश्वरसँ प्राप्त धार्मिकता जे विश्वासपर आधारित अछि | parameśvarasã̃ prāpta dhārmiktā je biswaspar ādhārit achi | Critical | Righteousness by Faith vs. Law | 3:9 | अपन धार्मिकता जे व्यवस्थासँ अछि (the rejected model, kept only as the explicit foil) | Must exactly track Romans 3-4 imputed-righteousness rendering. |
B3. Joy in Suffering and Imprisonment Cluster
| Term (Eng) | Greek | Maithili | Transliteration | Risk | Doctrine | Occurrences | Rejected alternatives | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| joy / rejoice | χαρά / χαίρω | आनन्द / आनन्दित होउ | ānand / ānandit ho’u | High | Joy in Suffering and Imprisonment | 1:4, 1:18 (x2), 1:25, 2:2, 2:17, 2:18 (x2), 2:28, 2:29, 3:1, 4:1, 4:4 (x2), 4:10 | हर्ष, प्रसन्नता (considered, not rejected outright — usable as supporting vocabulary but आनन्द chosen as primary) | HIGH RISK: आनन्द is also the third term of सच्चिदानन्द (Advaita Vedanta’s Brahman-bliss). Mandatory rule: always pair with “प्रभुमे”/“ख्रीष्टमे” (in the Lord/in Christ) qualifier; never leave free-floating. |
| to live is Christ, to die is gain | τὸ ζῆν Χριστὸς καὶ τὸ ἀποθανεῖν κέρδος | जीवन ख्रीष्ट थिकाह, आ मृत्यु लाभ थिक | jīvan Khrīṣṭ thikāh, ā mrityu lābh thik | High | Joy in Suffering and Imprisonment | 1:21 | — | “Gain” (लाभ) must be relational (closer union with Christ, v.23), not karmic/transactional. |
| suffering granted as grace-gift | πάσχειν … ἐχαρίσθη | दुःख सहबाक अनुग्रहस्वरूप देल गेल अछि | duḥkh sahabāk anugrahasvarūp del gel achi | High | Joy in Suffering and Imprisonment / Grace | 1:29 | प्रारब्ध/कर्मफल-style suffering-as-consequence framing | Must not be read as karmic consequence; suffering as gift of grace, extends baseline अनुग्रह. |
| poured out as a drink offering | σπένδομαι | बलिदानक रूपमे ढारल जाएब | balidānak rūpmé ḍhāral jāeb | Medium-High | Joy in Suffering / Partnership in the Gospel | 2:17 | अर्घ्य (Hindu ritual libation term) | Avoid ongoing-ritual-appeasement framing; one-time metaphorical self-giving. |
B4. Unity and Humility in the Church Cluster
| Term (Eng) | Greek | Maithili | Transliteration | Risk | Doctrine | Occurrences | Rejected alternatives | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| have this mind / mindset | φρονέω / φρόνημα | मनोभाव (राखब) | manobhāv (rākhab) | Medium | Unity and Humility in the Church | 1:7, 2:2 (x2), 2:5, 3:15 (x2), 3:19, 4:2, 4:10 | सोचब (too weak, cognitive-only); विचारधारा (too abstract/political) | Recurring keyword; must render consistently across every occurrence in the letter. |
| united in soul / one accord | σύμψυχος | एक प्राण / एक मनक | ek prāṇ / ek manak | Low | Unity and Humility | 2:2 | — | Keep social/relational, not metaphysical (avoid Atman-Brahman “one soul” overtones). |
| selfish ambition | ἐριθεία | स्वार्थी महत्वाकांक्षा | svārthī mahatvākāṅkṣā | Low | Unity and Humility | 2:3 | — | — |
| vain conceit / empty glory | κενοδοξία | खोखला घमंड | khokhlā ghamaṇḍ | Low-Medium | Unity and Humility | 2:3 | — | Shares κενός root with kenosis (v.7); flag wordplay for translator commentary, not forced into matching Maithili vocabulary. |
| encouragement / comfort of love / fellowship of the Spirit / affection and compassion | παράκλησις / παραμύθιον ἀγάπης / κοινωνία πνεύματος / σπλάγχνα καὶ οἰκτιρμοί | प्रोत्साहन/सान्त्वना; प्रेमक सान्त्वना; आत्माक सङ्गति; स्नेह आ करुणा | — | Low-Medium | Unity and Humility | 2:1 | — | Foundational relational vocabulary for the ethical appeal preceding the Christ-hymn. |
| overseers | ἐπίσκοποι | अध्यक्ष | adhyakṣa | Medium | Unity and Humility (church order) | 1:1 | पंडित (baseline-rejected for apostle; avoid here too) | Functional congregational office, not a caste-linked hereditary role. |
| deacons | διάκονοι | मण्डली-सेवक | maṇḍalī-sevak | Low-Medium | Unity and Humility (church order) | 1:1 | — | Distinguish from दास (bond-servant status term, below). |
| servant(s)/slave(s) of Christ | δοῦλος | दास | dās | Medium | Unity and Humility / Christian Identity | 1:1, 2:7 | — | Distinguish from bhakti devotional self-designation (“-दास” names for Krishna/Ram/Shiva devotees); here, total ownership by Christ specifically. |
B5. Contentment in All Circumstances Cluster
| Term (Eng) | Greek | Maithili | Transliteration | Risk | Doctrine | Occurrences | Rejected alternatives | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| content / self-sufficient | αὐτάρκης | सन्तुष्ट | santuṣṭa | High | Contentment in All Circumstances | 4:11 | संतोष used standalone without Christ-qualifier | HIGH RISK: collides with Yogic santosha (Patanjali’s niyama, self-achieved through vairagya/detachment). Must be paired with v.13’s सामर्थ्य (Christ’s enabling) in every teaching context. |
| I can do all things through him who strengthens me | πάντα ἰσχύω ἐν τῷ ἐνδυναμοῦντί με | जे मोहिं सामर्थ्य दैत छथि, हुनकासँ हम सभटा कऽ सकैत छी | — | High | Contentment in All Circumstances / Power of God | 4:13 | — | Reuses baseline सामर्थ्य (never शक्ति) for full Romans 1:16 consistency. |
| do not be anxious | μεριμνᾶτε | चिन्ता जुनि करू | cintā juni karū | Low | Contentment in All Circumstances | 4:6 | — | — |
| peace surpassing understanding | εἰρήνη ὑπερέχουσα πάντα νοῦν | शान्ति जे सभ समझसँ परे अछि | śānti je sabh samajhsã̃ paré achi | Medium | Contentment / Peace with God | 4:7 | — | Not human self-discipline-achieved calm; extends baseline शान्ति. |
| fragrant offering, acceptable sacrifice | ὀσμὴ εὐωδίας, θυσία δεκτή, εὐάρεστος τῷ θεῷ | सुगंधित बलिदान, ग्रहणयोग्य बलिदान, परमेश्वरकेँ भावएवाला | — | High | Partnership in the Gospel / Contentment (generosity) | 4:18 | — | Collides with regional havan/yajña fragrant-offering ritual pattern; must be marked as a completed, one-time metaphor, not ongoing appeasement ritual. |
| fruit that increases to your account | καρπὸν τὸν πλεονάζοντα εἰς λόγον ὑμῶν | अहाँक खातामे बढ़एवाला फल | ahā̃k khātāmé baṛhaevālā phal | Medium-High | Partnership in the Gospel | 4:17 | — | फल risks कर्मफल (karma-fruit) collision; must be relational/gracious, not automatic merit-accrual. |
B6. Citizenship in Heaven Cluster
| Term (Eng) | Greek | Maithili | Transliteration | Risk | Doctrine | Occurrences | Rejected alternatives | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| conduct yourselves as citizens | πολιτεύεσθε | नागरिकक रूपमे आचरण करू | nāgarikak rūpmé ācaraṇ karū | Medium-High | Citizenship in Heaven | 1:27 | — | First half of the citizenship metaphor; anticipates 3:20. |
| our citizenship is in heaven | πολίτευμα ἐν οὐρανοῖς | हमर सभक नागरिकता स्वर्गमे अछि | hamar sabhak nāgariktā svargmé achi | High | Citizenship in Heaven | 3:20 | — | Must not be read as merely future/honorary, nor as competing with or diluting Mithila’s own historic Janak-kingdom identity (cf. baseline kingdom_of_god caution); reshapes present conduct. |
| Savior | σωτήρ | उद्धारकर्ता | uddhārkartā | Critical | Citizenship in Heaven / Salvation | 3:20 | मुक्तिदाता, मोक्षदाता (baseline-forbidden roots) | Extends उद्धार family; personal Rescuer, not release from rebirth cycle. |
B7. Partnership in the Gospel Cluster
| Term (Eng) | Greek | Maithili | Transliteration | Risk | Doctrine | Occurrences | Rejected alternatives | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| your partnership in the gospel | κοινωνία ὑμῶν εἰς τὸ εὐαγγέλιον | सुसमाचारमे सङ्गति (सुसमाचार सेवामे सहभागिता where financial sense is prominent) | susamācārmé saṅgati | Medium (elevated from baseline Low) | Partnership in the Gospel | 1:5, 4:15-16 | — | Must carry active, resource-sharing partnership sense, not merely relational warmth. |
| supply of the Spirit | ἐπιχορηγία τοῦ πνεύματος | आत्माक सहायता/आपूर्ति | ātmāk sahāyatā/āpūrti | Medium | Partnership in the Gospel / Joy in Suffering | 1:19 | — | Sufficient, personal, Spirit-given provision. |
| labored with me in the gospel / giving and receiving | συνήθλησάν … ἐν τῷ εὐαγγελίῳ / εἰς λόγον δόσεως καὶ λήμψεως | सुसमाचारमे परिश्रम कएलनि / देब आ लेबाक हिसाबमे | — | Low-Medium | Partnership in the Gospel | 4:3, 4:15 | — | Concrete missional/financial partnership language. |
B8. Pressing on toward the Goal in Christ Cluster
| Term (Eng) | Greek | Maithili | Transliteration | Risk | Doctrine | Occurrences | Rejected alternatives | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| press toward the goal for the prize | κατὰ σκοπὸν διώκω εἰς τὸ βραβεῖον | लक्ष्यक दिस दौड़ैत छी … पुरस्कारक निमित्त | lakṣyak dis dauṛait chī … puraskārak nimitta | High | Pressing on toward the Goal in Christ | 3:14 | — | पुरस्कार risks कर्मफल collision unless anchored to God’s gracious “upward call” (बजाओल जाएब), not self-earned merit. |
| straining forward | ἐπεκτεινόμενος | आगू दिस पूरा शक्तिसँ बढ़ैत | āgū dis pūrā śaktisã̃ baṛhait | Low | Pressing on toward the Goal | 3:13 | — | — |
| not that I have already obtained / am already perfect | οὐχ ὅτι ἤδη ἔλαβον … τετελείωμαι | नहि जे हम पहिनहिं पाबि लेलहुँ … सिद्ध भऽ गेल छी | — | Medium | Pressing on toward the Goal | 3:12 | — | Guards against triumphalist over-realization; ongoing pursuit, not present perfection. |
| mature / perfect | τέλειος | सिद्ध / परिपक्व | siddha / paripakva | Low-Medium | Pressing on toward the Goal | 3:15 | — | Distinguish from “sinlessly perfect” (v.12 negates that reading). |
| fellowship of his sufferings, power of his resurrection | κοινωνίαν παθημάτων αὐτοῦ, δύναμιν τῆς ἀναστάσεως αὐτοῦ | हुनक दुःखमे सहभागिता, हुनक पुनरुत्थानक सामर्थ्य | — | Critical | Pressing on toward the Goal / Resurrection | 3:10 | — | पुनरुत्थान never पुनर्जन्म (baseline-forbidden); सहभागिता not karmically meritorious suffering. |
Cross-Reference Notes for Phase 2
- Christological confession consistency: Philippians 2:11 (“यीशु ख्रीष्ट प्रभु छथि”) must be locked alongside Romans 10:9 (“यीशु प्रभु छथि”) in the Theological Consistency Rules — both are core salvation/Lordship confessions using the honorific verb छथि.
- Kenosis vocabulary is new to this curriculum and is its single highest-risk term family (अपनाकेँ रीता कएलनि, परमेश्वरक स्वरूप, दासक स्वरूप). All occurrences require human theologian review before Phase 2 approval, per the same escalation logic the baseline already applies to Incarnation/Deity of Christ/Sonship of Christ.
- Joy vocabulary (आनन्द) is the most frequently recurring new term in the book (14+ occurrences) and carries a High risk Vedantic-bliss collision; the “in the Lord” qualifier rule must be enforced programmatically in Phase 2, not left to per-segment discretion.
- Contentment (सन्तुष्ट/आत्मनिर्भरता) and Citizenship (नागरिकता) both require mandatory pairing with their chapter’s Christ-centered qualifier (4:13’s सामर्थ्य; 3:20’s उद्धारकर्ता/eager waiting) to prevent collapse into, respectively, Yogic self-sufficiency and merely political/earthly citizenship.
- All Section A terms are locked exactly as recorded in the Romans baseline
translation_memory.jsonand must not be re-derived or altered during Philippians Phase 2 processing.
Critical Risk Terms
Righteousness
Approved rendering: धार्मिकता
Transliteration: dhārmiktā
Doctrine: Righteousness by Faith versus the Law
Rejected alternatives: धर्म, पुण्य, सतीत्व
Original: δικαιοσύνη
Category: Salvation
[INHERITED FROM ROMANS PACKAGE] CRITICAL: never धर्म or सतीत्व. Philippians 3:6-9 is the clearest autobiographical contrast in the NT between law-righteousness and faith-righteousness and must track this rendering with zero deviation from Romans 3-4. Also occurs at 1:11.
Justification
Approved rendering: धर्मी घोषित कएल जाएब
Transliteration: dharmī ghoṣit kael jaeb
Doctrine: Righteousness by Faith versus the Law
Rejected alternatives: क्षमा भेटब, पुण्य कमाएब
Original: δικαίωσις
Category: Salvation
[INHERITED FROM ROMANS PACKAGE] The noun δικαίωσις does not itself occur in Philippians, but the doctrine underlies 3:9’s ‘righteousness from God based on faith’ and must use this identical compound phrase wherever the forensic-declaration sense is being taught alongside that verse.
Salvation
Approved rendering: उद्धार
Transliteration: uddhār
Doctrine: Salvation
Rejected alternatives: मुक्ति, मोक्ष, छुटकारा
Original: σωτηρία
Category: Salvation
[INHERITED FROM ROMANS PACKAGE] CRITICAL: never मुक्ति or मोक्ष. Philippians 2:12’s ‘work out your own salvation’ is exceptionally vulnerable to a works-righteousness misreading and must always be presented paired with 2:13 (see work_out_salvation, god_who_works_in_you below). Also occurs at 1:19, 1:28.
Resurrection
Approved rendering: पुनरुत्थान
Transliteration: punaruthān
Doctrine: Resurrection and Exaltation of Christ
Rejected alternatives: पुनर्जन्म, पुनर्जीवन
Original: ἀνάστασις
Category: Eschatology
[INHERITED FROM ROMANS PACKAGE] CRITICAL: never पुनर्जन्म. Philippians extends this doctrine into Christ’s present resurrection power at work in believers (3:10) and believers’ own future bodily transformation (3:21) — both must stay bodily, historical, once-for-all, never cyclical.
Lord
Approved rendering: प्रभु
Transliteration: prabhu
Doctrine: Lordship of Christ
Rejected alternatives: स्वामी, मालिक
Original: κύριος
Category: Christology
[INHERITED FROM ROMANS PACKAGE] Exclusive, supreme authority, never स्वामी/मालिक. Recurs 15+ times across Philippians (1:2 through 4:23). Philippians 2:11’s confession must remain verbatim-consistent with Romans 10:9, using honorific verb form छथि — see jesus_christ_is_lord_confession below.
Son Of God
Approved rendering: परमेश्वरक पुत्र
Transliteration: parameśvarak putra
Doctrine: Sonship of Christ
Rejected alternatives: ईश्वरक अंश, देवपुरुष
Original: μορφῇ θεοῦ / ἴσα θεῷ
Category: Christology
[INHERITED FROM ROMANS PACKAGE] Full phrase required, native genitive -क. Philippians 2:6 grounds this same doctrine through the phrases ‘form of God’ and ‘equality with God’ rather than the title itself — see form_of_god, equality_with_god below for the phrase-level extensions.
Incarnation
Approved rendering: देहधारण
Transliteration: dehadhāraṇ
Doctrine: The Incarnation and Self-Emptying of Christ (Kenosis)
Rejected alternatives: अवतार, देह प्रकट
[INHERITED FROM ROMANS PACKAGE] CRITICAL: never अवतार. This is the single highest-stakes term in the entire Maithili package because Mithila is the Ramayana’s own geographic setting (Janakpur, Sita’s mythological birthplace). Philippians 2:7 is this curriculum’s primary incarnation text; used for the ‘became’ event (γενόμενος), always paired with the eternal-existence contrast of v.6 — see became_man, eternal_preexistence below.
Jesus
Approved rendering: यीशु
Transliteration: Yīśu
Doctrine: Lordship / Sonship of Christ
Rejected alternatives: ईसा
Original: Ἰησοῦς
Category: Christology
[INHERITED FROM ROMANS PACKAGE] Standard form; never ईसा (Muslim/Urdu-influenced usage). Occurs throughout Philippians, frequently in the compound ‘Christ Jesus’ (ख्रीष्ट यीशु).
God
Approved rendering: परमेश्वर
Transliteration: parameśvar
Doctrine: Deity of Christ
Rejected alternatives: भगवान, ईश्वर
Original: θεός
Category: God
[INHERITED FROM ROMANS PACKAGE] Never भगवान (devotional-object ambiguity). Used throughout Philippians, including in the phrase-level Critical terms form_of_god and equality_with_god below.
Holy Spirit
Approved rendering: पवित्र आत्मा
Transliteration: pavitra ātmā
Doctrine: Sanctification
Rejected alternatives: ब्रह्म, परमात्मा
Original: πνεῦμα
Category: God
[INHERITED FROM ROMANS PACKAGE] Never ब्रह्म or परमात्मा alone. Occurs at Philippians 1:19 (supply of the Spirit), 2:1 (fellowship of the Spirit), 3:3 (worship by the Spirit).
Father
Approved rendering: पिता
Transliteration: pitā
Doctrine: Deity of Christ / Adoption
Rejected alternatives: ब्रह्मा, सृष्टिकर्ता
Original: πατήρ
Category: God
[INHERITED FROM ROMANS PACKAGE] Never a Hindu creator-deity name. Philippians 2:11 closes the Christ-hymn with ‘to the glory of God the Father’; also occurs at 1:2, 4:20.
Imputed Righteousness
Approved rendering: आरोपित धार्मिकता
Transliteration: āropit dhārmiktā
Doctrine: Righteousness by Faith versus the Law
Rejected alternatives: अर्जित धार्मिकता, सती-धर्म
Original: δικαιοσύνην τὴν ἐκ θεοῦ ἐπὶ τῇ πίστει
Category: Salvation
[INHERITED FROM ROMANS PACKAGE] Credited righteousness, not earned. Directly parallels Philippians 3:9’s righteousness_from_god_by_faith (below); the two entries must be read as the same doctrine and rendered with total consistency.
Messiah
Approved rendering: मसीह
Transliteration: masīh
Doctrine: Messianic Promise / Deity of Christ
Rejected alternatives: अभिषिक्त पुरुष, अवतारी पुरुष
Original: Χριστός
Category: Christology
[INHERITED FROM ROMANS PACKAGE] Transliterated term; never conflated with Ram/Krishna avatar-figures. Philippians uses Χριστός chiefly as part of the compound proper name ‘Christ Jesus’ (ख्रीष्ट यीशु), transliterated rather than translated as a title in that compound form — see the Phase 2 requirements document for the ख्रीष्ट/मसीह split convention.
Form Of God
Approved rendering: परमेश्वरक स्वरूप
Transliteration: parameśvarak svarūp
Doctrine: Deity of Christ / The Incarnation and Self-Emptying of Christ (Kenosis)
Rejected alternatives: प्रकृति (alone)
Original: μορφῇ θεοῦ
Category: Christology
Philippians 2:6. CRITICAL COLLISION: स्वरूप is the vocabulary North Indian Vaishnava devotional tradition uses for a deity’s particular manifested/temporary form (e.g. Krishna’s cowherd svarup, a deity’s darshan-image). MANDATORY translator note at first occurrence: this names Christ’s full, eternal, essential divine nature, not one manifested appearance among several, and not an avatar-descent (see incarnation/देहधारण above, never अवतार). स्वरूप is intentionally reused at form_of_a_servant below to preserve Paul’s same-word, opposite-status parallel construction.
Form Of A Servant
Approved rendering: दासक स्वरूप
Transliteration: dāsak svarūp
Doctrine: The Incarnation and Self-Emptying of Christ (Kenosis) / Humanity of Christ
Original: μορφὴν δούλου
Category: Christology
Philippians 2:7. Deliberately reuses स्वरूप from form_of_god above (same word, opposite status). दास also carries regional bhakti self-designation associations (‘-दास’ devotee names for Krishna/Ram/Shiva); the direction here is reversed and must be marked as such in translator commentary — God himself becomes the servant, not a devotee elevating a chosen deity.
Thing To Be Grasped
Approved rendering: पकड़ि रखबाक/भोग करबाक चीज
Transliteration: pakaṛi rakhabāk/bhog karabāk cīj
Doctrine: Deity of Christ
Original: ἁρπαγμός
Category: Christology
Philippians 2:6 (ἁρπαγμός). No single Maithili lexeme captures ‘something already possessed but not seized upon for selfish advantage’; must not imply Christ lacked or aspired to equality with God — he already possessed it and declined to exploit it. Mandatory translator commentary at first occurrence.
Equality With God
Approved rendering: परमेश्वरक बराबरी
Transliteration: parameśvarak barābarī
Doctrine: Deity of Christ
Rejected alternatives: ईश्वर-सदृश (godlike), परमेश्वरक प्रतिनिधि (God’s representative)
Original: ἴσα θεῷ
Category: Christology
Philippians 2:6 (ἴσα θεῷ). Must convey full ontological equality, never softened to similarity or representative status; the same claim as the baseline deity_of_christ doctrine, now in Christ’s own pre-incarnate self-understanding.
Eternal Preexistence
Approved rendering: अनादिकालसँ परमेश्वरक स्वरूपमे रहला
Transliteration: anādikālasã̃ parameśvarak svarūpmé rahalā
Doctrine: Sonship of Christ / Deity of Christ
Original: ὑπάρχων
Category: Christology
Philippians 2:6 (ὑπάρχων). Must be grammatically distinguished in Maithili tense/aspect from became_man (γενόμενος, v.7) below, so eternal pre-existence and voluntary becoming-human are not flattened into a single continuous transformation — which would read as one more avatar-appearance episode rather than the unique eternal-God-becomes-man event.
Became Man
Approved rendering: भऽ गेला
Transliteration: bha’ gelā
Doctrine: The Incarnation and Self-Emptying of Christ (Kenosis) / Sonship of Christ
Rejected alternatives: अवतार-शैलीक ‘प्रकट भेला’ (avatar-style ‘appeared as’)
Original: γενόμενος
Category: Christology
Philippians 2:7 (γενόμενος). Never rendered with avatar-style ‘appeared’ language. Real, once-for-all becoming, not a temporary or repeatable episodic appearance as in regional Puranic avatar narratives. Must be read paired against eternal_preexistence above.
Likeness Of Men
Approved rendering: मनुष्यक समानतामे
Transliteration: manuṣyak samānatāmé
Doctrine: Humanity of Christ / The Incarnation and Self-Emptying of Christ (Kenosis)
Original: ὁμοιώματι ἀνθρώπων
Category: Christology
Philippians 2:7 (ὁμοιώματι ἀνθρώπων). Genuine, not merely apparent, human likeness; must not be read as a costume or disguise (docetic error) nor conflated with avatar-descent.
Kenosis Emptied Himself
Approved rendering: अपनाकेँ रीता कएलनि
Transliteration: apanākẽ rītā kaelani
Doctrine: The Incarnation and Self-Emptying of Christ (Kenosis)
Rejected alternatives: शून्य कएलनि (collides with Buddhist śūnyatā/emptiness-as-ultimate-reality), छोड़ि देलनि (implies Christ ceased to be God, a kenotic heresy)
Original: ἐκένωσεν
Category: Christology
Philippians 2:7 (ἐκένωσεν). THE single highest-stakes new term in this curriculum. रीता (‘emptied,’ of a vessel that still exists and can be refilled) conveys real but non-annihilating self-emptying. MANDATORY translator note required at EVERY occurrence: Christ set aside the display and use of divine glory/privilege while remaining fully God; not a loss of divine nature, and never confused with देहधारण-as-avatar.
Highly Exalted
Approved rendering: अत्यन्त उच्च कएलनि
Transliteration: atyant ucca kaelani
Doctrine: Resurrection and Exaltation of Christ
Original: ὑπερύψωσεν
Category: Christology
Philippians 2:9 (ὑπερύψωσεν). Must communicate a unique, unmatched exaltation, not one elevation among several devotional honors given to competing regional deities.
Name Above Every Name
Approved rendering: सभ नामसँ उच्च नाम
Transliteration: sabh nāmsã̃ ucca nām
Doctrine: Lordship of Christ
Original: ὄνομα τὸ ὑπὲρ πᾶν ὄνομα
Category: Christology
Philippians 2:9 (ὄνομα τὸ ὑπὲρ πᾶν ὄνομα). Echoes Isaiah 45:23 (a YHWH-exclusive text) applied to Jesus; ties directly to Romans 10:9’s confession.
Every Knee Bow
Approved rendering: हर एक घुटना नमब
Transliteration: har ek ghuṭnā namab
Doctrine: Deity of Christ / Lordship of Christ
Original: πᾶν γόνυ κάμψῃ
Category: Christology
Philippians 2:10 (πᾶν γόνυ κάμψῃ). Among the strongest deity-of-Christ texts in the NT (Isaiah 45:23 applied to Jesus); must not be softened to voluntary respect among several devotional options available in a region with active Vaishnava, Shaiva, and Shakta traditions.
Every Tongue Confess
Approved rendering: स्वीकार करत
Transliteration: svīkār karat
Doctrine: Lordship of Christ
Original: πᾶσα γλῶσσα ἐξομολογήσηται
Category: Christology
Philippians 2:11 (ἐξομολογήσηται). The cosmic-universal counterpart to Romans 10:9’s personal salvation confession; must remain terminologically consistent with that verse’s ὁμολογήσῃς rendering.
Jesus Christ Is Lord Confession
Approved rendering: यीशु ख्रीष्ट प्रभु छथि
Transliteration: Yīśu Khrīṣṭ prabhu chathi
Doctrine: Lordship of Christ
Original: ΚΥΡΙΟΣ ΙΗΣΟΥΣ ΧΡΙΣΤΟΣ
Category: Christology
Philippians 2:11. MUST remain verbatim-consistent with Romans 10:9’s ‘यीशु प्रभु छथि,’ using the honorific verb form छथि without exception — never a lower honorific register. This is the SECOND core cross-curriculum-locked Christological confession; the Theological Consistency Rules must lock both together.
Body Of Glory Transformation
Approved rendering: नम्रताक शरीरकेँ हुनक महिमाक शरीर जकाँ रूपान्तरित करता
Transliteration: namratāk śarīrkẽ hunak mahimāk śarīr jakā̃ rūpāntarit karatā
Doctrine: Resurrection and Exaltation of Christ
Original: μετασχηματίσει τὸ σῶμα τῆς ταπεινώσεως … σύμμορφον τῷ σώματι τῆς δόξης αὐτοῦ
Category: Eschatology
Philippians 3:21 (μετασχηματίσει … σύμμορφον). Deliberately echoes the Christ-hymn’s μορφή/स्वरूप vocabulary in reverse (Christ humbled himself into a servant’s form; believers are conformed to his glorified form). Must preserve bodily, historical, once-for-all resurrection hope, never cyclical rebirth; preserve the pairing with the Christ-hymn in commentary where possible.
Law Righteousness Blameless
Approved rendering: व्यवस्थाक धार्मिकतामे निर्दोष
Transliteration: byavasthāk dhārmiktāmé nirdoṣ
Doctrine: Righteousness by Faith versus the Law
Original: κατὰ δικαιοσύνην τὴν ἐν νόμῳ γενόμενος ἄμεμπτος
Category: Salvation
Philippians 3:6 (κατὰ δικαιοσύνην τὴν ἐν νόμῳ γενόμενος ἄμεμπτος). The clearest autobiographical foil to faith-righteousness (3:9) in the NT; must track धार्मिकता and व्यवस्था above with total consistency — any deviation here directly undercuts this curriculum’s named central doctrine.
Righteousness From God By Faith
Approved rendering: परमेश्वरसँ प्राप्त धार्मिकता जे विश्वासपर आधारित अछि
Transliteration: parameśvarasã̃ prāpta dhārmiktā je biswaspar ādhārit achi
Doctrine: Righteousness by Faith versus the Law
Rejected alternatives: अपन धार्मिकता जे व्यवस्थासँ अछि (kept only as the rejected foil, 3:9a)
Original: δικαιοσύνην τὴν ἐκ θεοῦ ἐπὶ τῇ πίστει
Category: Salvation
Philippians 3:9 (δικαιοσύνην τὴν ἐκ θεοῦ ἐπὶ τῇ πίστει). THE defining verse for this curriculum’s named central doctrine outside the core passage; must exactly track the Romans 3-4 imputed-righteousness rendering with zero deviation.
Fellowship Of Sufferings Power Of Resurrection
Approved rendering: हुनका जानब, हुनक पुनरुत्थानक सामर्थ्य, आ हुनक दुःखमे सहभागिता
Transliteration: hunakā jānab, hunak punaruthānak sāmarthya, ā hunak duḥkhmé sahabhāgitā
Doctrine: Pressing on toward the Goal in Christ / Resurrection and Exaltation of Christ
Original: κοινωνίαν παθημάτων αὐτοῦ, δύναμιν τῆς ἀναστάσεως αὐτοῦ
Category: Eschatology
Philippians 3:10 (κοινωνίαν παθημάτων αὐτοῦ, δύναμιν τῆς ἀναστάσεως αὐτοῦ). पुनरुत्थान must never be पुनर्जन्म. सहभागिता must not be heard as suffering being karmically meritorious; this is relational union with Christ, not merit-accumulation.
Savior
Approved rendering: उद्धारकर्ता
Transliteration: uddhārkartā
Doctrine: Citizenship in Heaven / Salvation
Rejected alternatives: मुक्तिदाता, मोक्षदाता
Original: σωτήρ
Category: Salvation
Philippians 3:20 (σωτήρ). Extends the उद्धार word-family; never मुक्तिदाता or मोक्षदाता (release-from-rebirth roots, explicitly forbidden). A personal Rescuer who is himself awaited and will himself come, not release from the karmic cycle.
Work Out Salvation
Approved rendering: अपन उद्धारकेँ पूरा करैत रहब
Transliteration: apan uddhārkẽ pūrā karait rahab
Doctrine: Salvation
Rejected alternatives: उद्धार कमाएब (to earn salvation) — explicitly forbidden
Original: κατεργάζεσθε … σωτηρίαν
Category: Salvation
Philippians 2:12 (κατεργάζεσθε … σωτηρίαν). CRITICAL: never उद्धार कमाएब. Must ALWAYS be presented paired with god_who_works_in_you (2:13) below so the command is read as actively living out, not earning, a salvation already given. Mandatory human theologian review at every occurrence.
High Risk Terms
Gospel
Approved rendering: सुसमाचार
Transliteration: susamācār
Doctrine: Gospel / Partnership in the Gospel
Rejected alternatives: नीक खबर, शुभ सन्देश
Original: εὐαγγέλιον
Category: Salvation
[INHERITED FROM ROMANS PACKAGE] Sanskrit tatsama term shared across Maithili and Hindi religious registers; retained exactly. Philippians occurrences: 1:5, 1:7, 1:12, 1:16, 1:27, 2:22, 4:3, 4:15. In 1:5 and 4:15 it is the object of active gospel-partnership (सुसमाचारमे सङ्गति), not merely a proclaimed message.
Grace
Approved rendering: अनुग्रह
Transliteration: anugraha
Doctrine: Grace
Rejected alternatives: कृपा, दया, पुण्य, कर्मफल, भाग
Original: χάρις
Category: Salvation
[INHERITED FROM ROMANS PACKAGE] Unmerited favor apart from human merit. Philippians extends this term to an especially counter-intuitive application at 1:29, where suffering itself is described with grace-vocabulary (ἐχαρίσθη); see suffering_granted_as_grace below. Occurs at 1:2, 1:7, 1:29, 4:23 (opening and closing bracket of the letter).
Faith
Approved rendering: विश्वास
Transliteration: biswas
Doctrine: Faith
Rejected alternatives: श्रद्धा, भक्ति
Original: πίστις
Category: Faith
[INHERITED FROM ROMANS PACKAGE] Personal trust in Christ, never भक्ति (Ram-Sita/Shiva devotional reverence). Philippians 3:9 directly contrasts faith-righteousness with law-righteousness in Paul’s own autobiography; occurs also at 1:25, 1:27, 2:17.
Holy
Approved rendering: पवित्र
Transliteration: pavitra
Doctrine: Sanctification
Rejected alternatives: शुद्ध, निर्मल
Original: ἅγιος
Category: Sanctification
[INHERITED FROM ROMANS PACKAGE] Set apart for God, morally pure, not ritual purity. Root of पवित्र जन (saints), पवित्र आत्मा (Holy Spirit), used throughout Philippians.
Saints
Approved rendering: पवित्र जन
Transliteration: pavitra jan
Doctrine: Sainthood
Rejected alternatives: संत, सती
Original: ἅγιοι
Category: Church
[INHERITED FROM ROMANS PACKAGE] Never संत (ascetic holy man) or सती (Sita-modeled wifely-virtue ideal). Philippians 1:1 and 4:21-22 address ‘all the saints’ corporately, including Caesar’s household members — must not be narrowed to a gendered or social-elite category.
Glory
Approved rendering: महिमा
Transliteration: mahimā
Doctrine: Glory of God and Christ
Rejected alternatives: तेज, ज्योति
[INHERITED FROM ROMANS PACKAGE] God’s radiant presence and honor; avoid light-imagery terms conflating with Puranic divine luster. Philippians 2:11 shows the Son’s Lordship redounding to, not competing with, the Father’s glory — a Trinitarian point that must not be lost. Also occurs at 1:11, 3:19 (misused glory), 3:21, 4:19-20.
Power Of God
Approved rendering: परमेश्वरक सामर्थ्य
Transliteration: parameśvarak sāmarthya
Doctrine: Power of God for Contentment and Perseverance
Rejected alternatives: शक्ति, बल
Original: δύναμις θεοῦ / ἐνδυναμόω
Category: God
[INHERITED FROM ROMANS PACKAGE] Never शक्ति (Shakta-goddess associations, e.g. the regional Ugratara shrine). Philippians extends this root into Christ’s personal enabling strength at 3:10, 3:21, and especially 4:13 — see christs_enabling_strength below, the mandatory pairing partner for contentment (4:11).
Law
Approved rendering: व्यवस्था
Transliteration: byavasthā
Doctrine: Righteousness by Faith versus the Law
Rejected alternatives: धर्म, नियम
Original: νόμος
Category: Covenant
[INHERITED FROM ROMANS PACKAGE] Torah/Mosaic Law, never धर्म. Central to Philippians 3:5-9’s autobiographical contrast between law-righteousness and faith-righteousness.
Obedience Of Faith
Approved rendering: विश्वासक आज्ञाकारिता
Transliteration: biswasak ājñākāritā
Doctrine: Christ’s Redemptive Obedience (root)
Rejected alternatives: धार्मिक कर्तव्य पालन
Original: ὑπακοὴ πίστεως
Category: Faith
[INHERITED FROM ROMANS PACKAGE] Believer’s obedience flowing from faith, underlying the implied obedience of Philippians 2:12 (‘as you have always obeyed’). Must be kept distinct from Christ’s own unique redemptive obedience — see obedient_unto_death below, which shares the आज्ञाकारिता root but names a categorically different, unrepeatable act.
Called
Approved rendering: बजाओल
Transliteration: bajāol
Doctrine: Divine Calling
Rejected alternatives: आमंत्रित, नेह पाओल
Original: κλητός
Category: Salvation
[INHERITED FROM ROMANS PACKAGE] Native Maithili verb बजाएब rather than Sanskrit-borrowed आमंत्रित. Not directly used as a standalone verb form in Philippians but underlies calling below.
Calling
Approved rendering: बजाओल जाएब
Transliteration: bajāol jāeb
Doctrine: Divine Calling
Rejected alternatives: आह्वान
Original: κλῆσις
Category: Salvation
[INHERITED FROM ROMANS PACKAGE] Philippians 3:14’s ‘upward call of God in Christ Jesus’ (τῆς ἄνω κλήσεως) reuses this exact term — must convey a sovereign summons, not human striving. See press_toward_goal_prize below, which must anchor the athletic ‘prize’ vocabulary back to this term.
Providence
Approved rendering: परमेश्वरक विधान
Transliteration: parameśvarak vidhān
Doctrine: Providence: God’s Ongoing Work in Believers
Rejected alternatives: भाग्य, प्रारब्ध
Original: ὁ θεὸς ὁ ἐνεργῶν ἐν ὑμῖν (cf. Philippians 2:13; 1:6)
Category: God
[INHERITED FROM ROMANS PACKAGE] Never भाग्य or प्रारब्ध. Philippians 1:6 and 2:13 both extend this doctrine into God’s ongoing enabling work within believers — see god_who_works_in_you below, the mandatory safeguard for 2:12’s ‘work out your own salvation’.
Found In Appearance As Man
Approved rendering: मनुष्य जकाँ रूपमे पाओल गेला
Transliteration: manuṣya jakā̃ rūpmé pāol gelā
Doctrine: Humanity of Christ
Original: σχήματι εὑρεθεὶς ὡς ἄνθρωπος
Category: Christology
Philippians 2:7 (σχήματι … ὡς ἄνθρωπος). Uses रूप (outward, visible appearance) deliberately kept distinct from स्वरूप (essential nature, used for μορφή above) — this lexical separation must be maintained so real incarnation (not docetic appearance-only) and genuine human visibility (not merely divine glory shining through) are both preserved.
Humbled Himself
Approved rendering: अपनाकेँ नम्र कएलनि
Transliteration: apanākẽ namra kaelani
Doctrine: Unity and Humility in the Church / The Incarnation and Self-Emptying of Christ (Kenosis)
Original: ἐταπείνωσεν ἑαυτόν
Category: Christology
Philippians 2:8 (ἐταπείνωσεν ἑαυτόν). Verb form of humility (नम्रता) below, tying the ethical exhortation of 2:3-4 directly to Christ’s own action — he is not merely an example but the defining, empowering pattern of the virtue.
Humility
Approved rendering: नम्रता
Transliteration: namratā
Doctrine: Unity and Humility in the Church
Original: ταπεινοφροσύνη
Category: Ethics
Philippians 2:3. COLLISION RISK: in Mithila’s Brahmin-centered social hierarchy (reinforced by the Panjikaran lineage-registry system already flagged in the baseline), humility carries a live social meaning as the expected deference of lower-status persons toward social superiors. MANDATORY translator note at first occurrence: this virtue is commended to EVERY believer, including those of high social standing, following Christ’s pattern — he held the highest possible status (2:6) and humbled himself downward, reversing rather than reinforcing caste-inflected deference logic.
Obedient Unto Death
Approved rendering: मृत्युपर्यन्त आज्ञाकारी
Transliteration: mrityuparyant ājñākārī
Doctrine: Christ’s Redemptive Obedience
Rejected alternatives: कर्तव्य पालन (duty compliance, baseline-rejected)
Original: ὑπήκοος μέχρι θανάτου
Category: Christology
Philippians 2:8 (ὑπήκοος μέχρι θανάτου). Reuses the आज्ञाकारिता root from obedience_of_faith above, but names Christ’s own unique, once-for-all redemptive obedience, not general duty-bound compliance resonant with Mithila’s dharma-bound household-duty ideal.
Knowing Christ Surpassing Worth
Approved rendering: मोर प्रभु ख्रीष्ट यीशुकेँ जानबाक सर्वोत्कृष्ट मूल्य
Transliteration: mor prabhu Khrīṣṭ Yīśukẽ jānabāk sarvotkṛṣṭa mūlya
Doctrine: Pressing on toward the Goal in Christ / Righteousness by Faith versus the Law
Original: τὸ ὑπερέχον τῆς γνώσεως Χριστοῦ Ἰησοῦ τοῦ κυρίου μου
Category: Faith
Philippians 3:8 (τὸ ὑπερέχον τῆς γνώσεως Χριστοῦ). COLLISION RISK: ज्ञान/जानब is heavily freighted by jñāna-mārga, the Advaita Vedanta ‘path of knowledge’ toward मोक्ष — given extra weight in Mithila by its own historic Nyaya/Navya-Nyaya scholarly tradition (Darbhanga). Must be shown as personal, relational, growing knowledge of a specific person, never impersonal metaphysical self-realization. Mandatory translator note required.
Press Toward Goal Prize
Approved rendering: लक्ष्यक दिस दौड़ैत छी, ख्रीष्ट यीशुमे परमेश्वरक ऊपरिक बजाओल जाएबाक पुरस्कारक निमित्त
Transliteration: lakṣyak dis dauṛait chī, Khrīṣṭ Yīśumé parameśvarak ūparik bajāol jāebāk puraskārak nimitta
Doctrine: Pressing on toward the Goal in Christ
Original: κατὰ σκοπὸν διώκω εἰς τὸ βραβεῖον τῆς ἄνω κλήσεως τοῦ θεοῦ
Category: Faith
Philippians 3:14 (κατὰ σκοπὸν διώκω εἰς τὸ βραβεῖον τῆς ἄνω κλήσεως). पुरस्कार risks a कर्मफल (reward-for-deeds) misreading unless clearly anchored to God’s own gracious ‘upward calling’ (बजाओल जाएब, above) rather than self-earned merit; must be paired in commentary with 3:7-9’s renunciation of self-earned righteousness.
Joy
Approved rendering: आनन्द (सदिखन ‘प्रभुमे’/‘ख्रीष्टमे’ सहित)
Transliteration: ānand (sadikhan ‘prabhumé’/‘Khrīṣṭmé’ sahit)
Doctrine: Joy in Suffering and Imprisonment
Rejected alternatives: हर्ष, प्रसन्नता (usable as supporting vocabulary only, not as the primary keyword rendering)
Original: χαρά / χαίρω
Category: Faith
Occurs 14+ times across Philippians (1:4, 1:18 x2, 1:25, 2:2, 2:17, 2:18 x2, 2:28, 2:29, 3:1, 4:1, 4:4 x2, 4:10). COLLISION RISK: आनन्द is the third term of सच्चिदानन्द (Advaita Vedanta’s description of Brahman’s own impersonal, self-generated bliss attained through liberation/knowledge). MANDATORY STRUCTURAL RULE: every doctrinal occurrence must retain or supply the qualifying phrase ‘प्रभुमे’/‘ख्रीष्टमे’ (in the Lord/in Christ); this must be enforced programmatically in Phase 2, not left to per-segment discretion, since 4:4 is the single most quotable, most isolation-prone occurrence in the whole letter.
To Live Is Christ To Die Is Gain
Approved rendering: जीवन ख्रीष्ट थिकाह, आ मृत्यु लाभ थिक
Transliteration: jīvan Khrīṣṭ thikāh, ā mrityu lābh thik
Doctrine: Assurance in Life and Death
Original: τὸ ζῆν Χριστὸς καὶ τὸ ἀποθανεῖν κέρδος
Category: Faith
Philippians 1:21 (τὸ ζῆν Χριστὸς καὶ τὸ ἀποθανεῖν κέρδος). The theological center of Joy in Suffering and Imprisonment. लाभ (‘gain’) must be relational (closer union with Christ, per v.23), never read through a karma/merit-accumulation lens implying death somehow earns merit; लाभ is ambiguous in ordinary commercial Maithili usage without this anchor.
Suffering Granted As Grace
Approved rendering: दुःख सहबाक अनुग्रहस्वरूप देल गेल अछि
Transliteration: duḥkh sahabāk anugrahasvarūp del gel achi
Doctrine: Grace / Joy in Suffering and Imprisonment
Rejected alternatives: प्रारब्ध/कर्मफल-style suffering-as-consequence framing
Original: πάσχειν ὑπὲρ αὐτοῦ … ἐχαρίσθη
Category: Faith
Philippians 1:29 (πάσχειν ὑπὲρ αὐτοῦ … ἐχαρίσθη). An especially counter-intuitive application of grace-vocabulary — suffering itself named as God’s gracious gift. Mandatory translator note required distinguishing ‘suffering graciously granted for Christ’s sake’ from ‘suffering as karmic consequence’.
Poured Out As Drink Offering
Approved rendering: बलिदानक रूपमे ढारल जाएब
Transliteration: balidānak rūpmé ḍhāral jāeb
Doctrine: Joy in Suffering and Imprisonment / Partnership in the Gospel
Rejected alternatives: अर्घ्य (live regional Hindu ritual libation term, rejected)
Original: σπένδομαι
Category: Faith
Philippians 2:17 (σπένδομαι). Rejected अर्घ्य because it would frame Paul’s suffering as ongoing ritual appeasement rather than a costly, one-time metaphor for self-giving service within a sacrificial economy already fulfilled in Christ.
Content Self Sufficient
Approved rendering: सन्तुष्ट
Transliteration: santuṣṭa
Doctrine: Contentment in All Circumstances
Rejected alternatives: संतोष used standalone without a Christ-qualifier
Original: αὐτάρκης
Category: Ethics
Philippians 4:11 (αὐτάρκης). HIGH COLLISION: overlaps with the regional Hindu/Yogic virtue of संतोष (Patanjali’s niyama, self-achieved through वैराग्य/detachment as a step toward liberation). MANDATORY STRUCTURAL RULE: must be paired with 4:13’s सामर्थ्य (christs_enabling_strength below) in every teaching/doctrinal context, so contentment is never presented as self-achieved detachment.
Christs Enabling Strength
Approved rendering: जे मोहिं सामर्थ्य दैत छथि, हुनकासँ हम सभटा कऽ सकैत छी
Transliteration: je mohĩ sāmarthya dait chathi, hunkāsã̃ ham sabhaṭā ka’ sakait chī
Doctrine: Power of God for Contentment and Perseverance / Contentment in All Circumstances
Original: πάντα ἰσχύω ἐν τῷ ἐνδυναμοῦντί με
Category: God
Philippians 4:13 (πάντα ἰσχύω ἐν τῷ ἐνδυναμοῦντί με). Reuses baseline सामर्थ्य (never शक्ति) for full Romans 1:16 consistency. This verse is the mandatory pairing partner for content_self_sufficient above and must never be taught, quoted, or memorized apart from it.
Fragrant Offering Acceptable Sacrifice
Approved rendering: सुगंधित बलिदान, ग्रहणयोग्य बलिदान, परमेश्वरकेँ भावएवाला
Transliteration: sugandhit balidān, grahaṇayogya balidān, parameśvarkẽ bhāvevālā
Doctrine: Partnership in the Gospel / Contentment in All Circumstances
Original: ὀσμὴν εὐωδίας, θυσίαν δεκτήν, εὐάρεστον τῷ θεῷ
Category: Church
Philippians 4:18 (ὀσμὴν εὐωδίας, θυσίαν δεκτήν, εὐάρεστον τῷ θεῷ). HIGH COLLISION: directly parallels the regional Hindu havan/yajña ritual pattern of offering fragrant substances into fire to please and appease a deity, a live and visible devotional practice in Mithila. MANDATORY translator note: this is a one-time, already-fulfilled metaphor for a completed act of generosity, not an invitation to ongoing ritual appeasement offerings.
Fruit To Your Account
Approved rendering: अहाँक खातामे बढ़एवाला फल
Transliteration: ahā̃k khātāmé baṛhaevālā phal
Doctrine: Partnership in the Gospel
Original: καρπὸν τὸν πλεονάζοντα εἰς λόγον ὑμῶν
Category: Church
Philippians 4:17 (καρπὸν τὸν πλεονάζοντα εἰς λόγον ὑμῶν). फल risks being heard as कर्मफल (karma-fruit, automatic consequence of deeds through an impersonal moral law) — explicitly rejected in the baseline for grace and providence. Must be shown as a relational, gracious response from God, not automatic merit-accrual.
Conduct As Citizens
Approved rendering: नागरिकक रूपमे आचरण करू
Transliteration: nāgarikak rūpmé ācaraṇ karū
Doctrine: Citizenship in Heaven
Original: πολιτεύεσθε
Category: Kingdom
Philippians 1:27 (πολιτεύεσθε). First half of the citizenship metaphor, completed at 3:20 (see citizenship_in_heaven below). Must not be read through Mithila’s own historic identity as the ancient kingdom of Raja Janak, nor reduced to Roman/local civic pride — the very thing the metaphor is meant to relativize.
Citizenship In Heaven
Approved rendering: हमर सभक नागरिकता स्वर्गमे अछि
Transliteration: hamar sabhak nāgariktā svargmé achi
Doctrine: Citizenship in Heaven
Original: τὸ πολίτευμα ἡμῶν ἐν οὐρανοῖς ὑπάρχει
Category: Kingdom
Philippians 3:20 (τὸ πολίτευμα ἡμῶν ἐν οὐρανοῖς ὑπάρχει). नागरिकता is a modern, politically loaded term. Two mandatory translator notes required: (1) must not be read as merely honorary or future-only — this reshapes present conduct now; (2) must not be heard as competing with, or an echo of, Mithila’s own Janak-kingdom heritage narrative (cf. kingdom_of_god above).
God Who Works In You
Approved rendering: परमेश्वर जे अहाँमे काज करैत छथि
Transliteration: parameśvar je ahā̃mé kāj karait chathi
Doctrine: Providence: God’s Ongoing Work in Believers
Original: ὁ θεὸς ὁ ἐνεργῶν ἐν ὑμῖν
Category: God
Philippians 2:13, cf. 1:6 (ὁ θεὸς ὁ ἐνεργῶν ἐν ὑμῖν). The mandatory safeguard against reading work_out_salvation (2:12) as self-earned salvation; must not be conflated with प्रारब्ध (impersonal fate/destiny).
Medium Risk Terms
Church
Approved rendering: मण्डली
Transliteration: maṇḍalī
Doctrine: Church as God’s People
Rejected alternatives: मन्दिर, मठ
Original: ἐκκλησία
Category: Church
[INHERITED FROM ROMANS PACKAGE] Never मन्दिर or मठ. Occurs at Philippians 3:6 (‘persecuting the church’) and is implied at 4:15 (‘no church shared with me’).
Peace
Approved rendering: शान्ति
Transliteration: śānti
Doctrine: Peace with God and the Peace of God
Rejected alternatives: चैन, सुख
Original: εἰρήνη
Category: Salvation
[INHERITED FROM ROMANS PACKAGE] Relational, covenantal peace, not domestic-harmony (Sita-Ram household) ideal. Philippians 4:7 extends this to a guarding peace ‘surpassing understanding’ — see peace_surpassing_understanding below. Also occurs at 1:2, 4:9.
Apostle
Approved rendering: प्रेरित
Transliteration: prerit
Doctrine: Apostleship
Rejected alternatives: दूत, पंडित
Original: ἀπόστολος
Category: Church
[INHERITED FROM ROMANS PACKAGE] Never पंडित (Panjikaran lineage-registry custodian). Paul does not use this title of himself at Philippians 1:1 (he uses δοῦλος/दास instead — see servant_of_christ below), but the term remains available for Epaphroditus’s designation as ‘your messenger’ (ἀπόστολος root) at 2:25.
Kingdom Of God
Approved rendering: परमेश्वरक राज्य
Transliteration: parameśvarak rājya
Doctrine: Citizenship in Heaven (comparative reference)
Rejected alternatives: ईश्वरक राष्ट्र
[INHERITED FROM ROMANS PACKAGE] Retained here purely for cross-reference: the baseline’s caution about Mithila’s own historic identity as the ancient kingdom of Raja Janak is directly relevant to, and must be read alongside, Philippians’ citizenship_in_heaven and conduct_as_citizens entries below (3:20, 1:27), even though ‘kingdom of God’ as a phrase does not itself occur in Philippians.
Circumcision Mutilation
Approved rendering: खतना / काट-छाँट
Transliteration: khatnā / kāṭ-chā̃ṭ
Doctrine: Righteousness by Faith versus the Law
Original: περιτομή / κατατομή
Category: Covenant
Philippians 3:2-3 (περιτομή / κατατομή). Mostly historical-polemical; low ongoing collision risk in a Maithili Hindu context, though care is needed that खतना is not misheard as referencing regional Muslim circumcision practice in a way that obscures the Jew-Gentile point Paul is making.
Not Yet Perfect
Approved rendering: नहि जे हम पहिनहिं पाबि लेलहुँ … सिद्ध भऽ गेल छी
Transliteration: nahi je ham pahinahĩ pābi lelahũ … siddha bha’ gel chī
Doctrine: Pressing on toward the Goal in Christ
Original: οὐχ ὅτι ἤδη ἔλαβον … τετελείωμαι
Category: Faith
Philippians 3:12 (οὐχ ὅτι ἤδη ἔλαβον … τετελείωμαι). Guards against triumphalist over-realization; must preserve the ongoing, unfinished character of the Christian pursuit, not a claim of sinless present perfection.
Mature Perfect
Approved rendering: सिद्ध / परिपक्व
Transliteration: siddha / paripakva
Doctrine: Pressing on toward the Goal in Christ
Original: τέλειος
Category: Faith
Philippians 3:15 (τέλειος). Use सिद्ध for the negated claim (v.12) and परिपक्व for the positive, non-absolute claim (v.15) to keep the two senses lexically distinct; care that this is not read as claiming moral flawlessness.
Mindset Phroneo
Approved rendering: मनोभाव (राखब)
Transliteration: manobhāv (rākhab)
Doctrine: Unity and Humility in the Church
Rejected alternatives: सोचब (too weak, cognitive-only), विचारधारा (too abstract/political)
Original: φρονέω / φρόνημα
Category: Ethics
The letter’s recurring keyword (φρονέω/φρόνημα), occurring at 1:7, 2:2 (x2), 2:5, 3:15 (x2), 3:19, 4:2, 4:10. MUST be rendered identically at every occurrence so readers recognize this as a deliberate, recurring keyword tracked across the whole letter — a distinct, checkable Phase 2 validation item.
Vain Conceit
Approved rendering: खोखला घमंड
Transliteration: khokhlā ghamaṇḍ
Doctrine: Unity and Humility in the Church
Original: κενοδοξία
Category: Ethics
Philippians 2:3 (κενοδοξία). Shares the κενός root with kenosis_emptied_himself above (Christ emptied himself of glory; believers warned against filling themselves with empty glory) — the wordplay is difficult to reproduce in Maithili and should be flagged as a translator note rather than forced into matching vocabulary. Keep घमंड distinct from महिमा (God’s glory, High risk).
Overseers
Approved rendering: अध्यक्ष
Transliteration: adhyakṣa
Doctrine: Church Order and Leadership
Rejected alternatives: पंडित (baseline-rejected for apostle; avoid here too)
Original: ἐπίσκοποι
Category: Church
Philippians 1:1 (ἐπίσκοποι). Must name a functional congregational leadership office, not a caste-linked hereditary role tied to the Panjikaran lineage-registry system.
Deacons
Approved rendering: मण्डली-सेवक
Transliteration: maṇḍalī-sevak
Doctrine: Church Order and Leadership
Original: διάκονοι
Category: Church
Philippians 1:1 (διάκονοι). Distinguish from दास (total-ownership servant-of-Christ status term, below): सेवक here names an official ministry office, not a total-ownership status designation.
Servant Of Christ
Approved rendering: दास
Transliteration: dās
Doctrine: Church Order and Leadership / Unity and Humility in the Church
Original: δοῦλος
Category: Church
Philippians 1:1, and reused theologically of Christ himself at 2:7 (see form_of_a_servant above). दास is also a common element in regional bhakti self-designation (‘-दास’ devotee names for Krishna/Ram/Shiva). Must be clarified as total ownership/submission specifically to Christ as Lord and Master, not an interchangeable devotional title usable for any chosen deity.
Peace Surpassing Understanding
Approved rendering: परमेश्वरक शान्ति जे सभ समझसँ परे अछि
Transliteration: parameśvarak śānti je sabh samajhsã̃ paré achi
Doctrine: Peace with God and the Peace of God
Original: ἡ εἰρήνη τοῦ θεοῦ ἡ ὑπερέχουσα πάντα νοῦν
Category: Salvation
Philippians 4:7 (ἡ εἰρήνη τοῦ θεοῦ ἡ ὑπερέχουσα πάντα νοῦν). Extends the baseline शान्ति entry; must not be read as mere psychological calm achievable through human self-discipline or Stoic/Yogic detachment — the text’s own claim that it ‘surpasses understanding’ signals it is not humanly self-generated.
Partnership In The Gospel
Approved rendering: सुसमाचारमे सङ्गति
Transliteration: susamācārmé saṅgati
Doctrine: Partnership in the Gospel
Original: κοινωνία ὑμῶν εἰς τὸ εὐαγγέλιον
Category: Church
Philippians 1:5, 4:15-16 (κοινωνία ὑμῶν εἰς τὸ εὐαγγέλιον). Elevated from the baseline’s Low-risk सङ्गति because here it must carry an active, resource-sharing partnership sense matching 4:15-16’s ‘giving and receiving,’ not merely relational warmth. Supplement with सुसमाचार सेवामे सहभागिता where the financial-partnership sense is prominent.
Supply Of The Spirit
Approved rendering: यीशु ख्रीष्टक आत्माक सहायता/आपूर्ति
Transliteration: Yīśu Khrīṣṭak ātmāk sahāyatā/āpūrti
Doctrine: Partnership in the Gospel / Joy in Suffering and Imprisonment
Original: ἐπιχορηγίας τοῦ πνεύματος Ἰησοῦ Χριστοῦ
Category: God
Philippians 1:19 (ἐπιχορηγίας τοῦ πνεύματος Ἰησοῦ Χριστοῦ). Built on the Critical पवित्र आत्मा entry; ensure ‘supply’ reads as sufficient, personal provision, not an impersonal cosmic force.
Labored Together Giving Receiving
Approved rendering: सुसमाचारमे परिश्रम कएलनि / देब आ लेबाक हिसाबमे
Transliteration: susamācārmé pariśram kaelani / deb ā lebāk hisābmé
Doctrine: Partnership in the Gospel
Original: συνήθλησάν … ἐν τῷ εὐαγγελίῳ / εἰς λόγον δόσεως καὶ λήμψεως
Category: Church
Philippians 4:3, 4:15 (συνήθλησάν … ἐν τῷ εὐαγγελίῳ / εἰς λόγον δόσεως καὶ λήμψεως). Concrete missional/financial partnership language, low ambiguity.
Low Risk Terms
Thanksgiving
Approved rendering: धन्यवाद
Transliteration: dhanyavād
Doctrine: Thanksgiving and Mutual Encouragement
Original: εὐχαριστία
Category: Faith
[INHERITED FROM ROMANS PACKAGE] Standard term, no significant doctrinal risk. Occurs at Philippians 1:3, 4:6.
Fellowship
Approved rendering: सङ्गति
Transliteration: saṅgati
Doctrine: Christian Fellowship / Partnership in the Gospel
Rejected alternatives: मित्रता, समाज
Original: κοινωνία
Category: Church
[INHERITED FROM ROMANS PACKAGE] Baseline Low risk for the purely relational sense (Philippians 2:1, 3:10). RISK ELEVATED TO MEDIUM in the gospel-partnership/financial-sharing sense at 1:5 and 4:14-16 — see partnership_in_the_gospel below for that extension.
Exhort
Approved rendering: उत्साहित करब
Transliteration: utsāhit karab
Doctrine: Mutual Edification
Original: παρακαλέω
Category: Faith
[INHERITED FROM ROMANS PACKAGE] Native infinitive -करब. Occurs at Philippians 4:2 (entreating Euodia and Syntyche).
Rubbish Dung
Approved rendering: कूड़ा-करकट
Transliteration: kūṛā-karkaṭ
Doctrine: Righteousness by Faith versus the Law
Rejected alternatives: literal scatological equivalent (rejected for formal register)
Original: σκύβαλα
Category: Salvation
Philippians 3:8 (σκύβαλα). Strong deliberate devaluation term kept within formal register.
Straining Forward
Approved rendering: आगू दिस पूरा शक्तिसँ बढ़ैत
Transliteration: āgū dis pūrā śaktisã̃ baṛhait
Doctrine: Pressing on toward the Goal in Christ
Original: ἐπεκτεινόμενος
Category: Faith
Philippians 3:13 (ἐπεκτεινόμενος). Standard athletic-metaphor vocabulary; low doctrinal risk. Note the everyday word शक्ति is used here in its ordinary, non-theological sense (‘strength/effort’) and is NOT a violation of the power_of_god forbidden-substitution rule, which applies specifically to God’s/Christ’s power.
United In Soul
Approved rendering: एक प्राण / एक मनक
Transliteration: ek prāṇ / ek manak
Doctrine: Unity and Humility in the Church
Original: σύμψυχος
Category: Church
Philippians 2:2 (σύμψυχος). Keep social/relational, not metaphysical; avoid phrasing suggesting merging of individual identity, a concern given some Vedantic Atman-Brahman ‘one soul’ overtones.
Selfish Ambition
Approved rendering: स्वार्थी महत्वाकांक्षा
Transliteration: svārthī mahatvākāṅkṣā
Doctrine: Unity and Humility in the Church
Original: ἐριθεία
Category: Ethics
Philippians 2:3 (ἐριθεία). Straightforward moral-vocabulary term, low ambiguity.
Encouragement Comfort Of Love
Approved rendering: प्रोत्साहन/सान्त्वना; प्रेमक सान्त्वना
Transliteration: protsāhan/sāntvanā; premak sāntvanā
Doctrine: Unity and Humility in the Church
Original: παράκλησις … παραμύθιον ἀγάπης
Category: Church
Philippians 2:1 (παράκλησις; παραμύθιον ἀγάπης). Must be kept clearly relational/corporate, not private emotional comfort. प्रेम (love) is newly formalized here as selfless divine/Christian love, distinguished from स्नेह (affection) and काम (romantic desire, avoided).
Affection And Compassion
Approved rendering: स्नेह आ करुणा
Transliteration: sneh ā karuṇā
Doctrine: Unity and Humility in the Church
Original: σπλάγχνα καὶ οἰκτιρμοί
Category: Ethics
Philippians 2:1 (σπλάγχνα καὶ οἰκτιρμοί). Standard vocabulary; करुणा is used generically in regional ethics without a specific deity-identity claim requiring caution here.
Do Not Be Anxious
Approved rendering: किछु हुँ चिन्ता जुनि करू
Transliteration: kichu hũ cintā juni karū
Doctrine: Contentment in All Circumstances
Original: μηδὲν μεριμνᾶτε
Category: Ethics
Philippians 4:6 (μηδὲν μεριμνᾶτε). Straightforward moral-vocabulary term, low ambiguity.
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