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कालीयकक्षोदविलेपनश्रियं
दिशद् दिशामुल्लसदंशुमद्द्युति।
खातं खुरैर्मुद्गभुजां विपप्रथे
गिरेरधः काञ्चनभूमिजं रजः॥

Krishna’s dance on Kaliya’s heads causes radiant splendor to spread in all directions. The poison disappears, replaced by divine brilliance.

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कालीयैः कुचकाञ्चनाचलचमत्कारः किमुत्सार्यते
कीदृक् कुङ्कमकेसरत्विषि मुखे कस्तूरिकालेपनम्।
स्फीतेऽस्मित् जघने सरोजवदने किं नीलचोलार्पणं कस्मै
साहसिनि त्वमिच्छसि विधेर्विन्यासमन्यादृशम्॥

In flirtation, a bold heroine mocks ornaments and attire. She challenges even divine designs in romantic defiance—depicting playful eroticism and aest...

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कालुष्यं जनयञ्जडस्य रचयन् धर्मद्रुमोन्सूलनं
क्लिश्यन्नीतिकृपाक्षमाकमलिनीं लोभाम्बुधिं वधैयन्।
मर्यादातटमुद्रुजञ्छुभमनोहंसप्रवासं दिशन् किं न
क्लेशकरः परिग्रहनदीपूरः प्रवृद्धिं गतः॥

As virtue grows, it pierces ignorance, dries greed’s ocean, and raises the moral river’s banks. But even growth can destroy purity if not rooted right...

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कालुष्यं पयसां विलोक्य शनकैरुड्डीय हंसा
गता धाराजर्जरकेसरास्फुटरुचः पद्मा निमग्ना जले।
सा सर्वर्तुसुखावतारपदवी छन्ना तृणैर्नूतनैः कष्टं
तादृगपि स्वभावविमलं वृद्ध्यैव नष्टं सरः॥

Seeing polluted waters, swans fly away and lotuses sink. Even pure beings depart when their surroundings degrade. True nature avoids corruption.

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कालुष्यमुद्वीक्ष्य विधुं
कलङ्किनं बुधा यदाहुर्मम सङ्गतं न तत्।
जाने निजाङ्के दयितास्य वर्तते
निशीथिनीनाथकलङ्किता नहि॥

Despite seeing the moon's blemish, lovers accept its light. So too, the beloved’s faults are overlooked in love. The heart doesn’t reject that which b...

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काले काले न किमुपनतं भुञ्जते भोज्यजातं
गृह्णन्त्यम्भो न किमथ न किं संविशन्ति क्षपासु।
पुष्णन्ति स्वान् न किमु पृथुकान् स्त्रीषु किं नो रमन्ते
कृत्याकृत्यव्यपगतधियां कस्तिरश्चां च भेदः॥

All beings eat, sleep, enjoy and reproduce. What then distinguishes humans from animals? Only awareness of right and wrong, and spiritual discriminati...

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काले काले विरेच्यं स्यात् पात्रं पूरयितुं पुनः।
सज्जीकुर्मो यदावाप्तुं गुर्वीं ग्रहणशीलताम्।
स्वात्मनोऽन्तस् तदस्माभी रिक्ततैवानुभूयते॥

One must empty the vessel before refilling it. Similarly, to gain spiritual insight, the mind must be cleansed of past residues—true receptivity requi...

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काले कथंचिच् चरतां धवानां
कान्त्या स्वया कर्दमितेऽन्तरिक्षे।
अम्भोधराः श्रान्तिजुषामभूवन्
आलम्बदण्डा इव वारिधाराः॥

Rains fall from heavy clouds like crutches for exhausted winds. A vivid metaphor of nature’s balance and support in cyclical rhythms.

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काले खल्वागता देव्यः पुत्रे मोहमुपागते।
हस्तस्पर्शो हि मात् णाम् अजलस्य जलाञ्जलिः॥

When her son neared death, the goddess arrived. Even a handful of water offered by a mother holds the power to purify and liberate. Maternal grace is ...

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काले तरोरनुपकारि फलं फलित्वा
लज्जावशादुचित एव विनाशयोगः।
एतत् तु चित्रमुपकृत्य फलैः परेभ्यः प्राणान्
निजान् झटिति यत् कदली जहाति॥

A tree that never receives anything still offers fruit and dies in silence. But a banana tree, after offering fruit to others, sheds life immediately—...

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