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One who sees his guru on Kartika's Krttika day is reborn for seven lives as a rich, learned Brahmana. A verse emphasizing sacred timing and devotion.
Full description of beloved’s beauty fails; the eyes of dear ones—wide and graceful—can never be captured completely. Love overwhelms expression.
Wise people know that miserliness, pride, fear, and anxiety all arise from desire for wealth—leading only to sorrow in embodied beings.
Living miserly with family, criticizing others, and flattering the lowly, along with intense anger and harsh speech—these mark one destined for hell. ...
Fame is destroyed by miserliness, virtue by anger, truth by deceit, dignity by hunger, wealth by addiction, courage by trouble—every quality can be un...
Cotton is to be discarded before eating; silk until after eating. Wool is always pure and gets purified even by wind. Ritual code on garments.
Hundreds of cotton sheets can’t warm like the embrace of a well-endowed woman with icy sides. A sensuous metaphor on warmth and desire.
Even when both lover and beloved resemble a shriveled old couple, the courtesan doesn’t abandon lovemaking—depicting passion persisting through decay.
A list of inauspicious materials and emaciated, deranged ascetics. It critiques false renunciation, filth, and misguided austerities, stressing authen...
Why focus on others' faults or plans? Like a foolish bull fretting needlessly, focus on your own duty and drop all else. A call to inner focus and act...
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