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कालोऽयं भूतमशकघुंधुमानां प्रपातिनाम्।
ब्रह्माण्डोदुम्बरोत्थानां बृहत्पादपतां गतः॥

Time now belongs to the insects, flies, and fallen beings. The cosmic tree is occupied by those unworthy. A lament of degradation in the cosmic cycle.

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कालो याति गलत्यायुः क्षीयन्ते च मनोरथाः।
सुकृतं च कृतं किंचित् सतां संस्मरणोचितम्॥

Time passes, life wanes, desires decay. What remains of value is a little virtue and memory of noble ones. A reminder of life’s essence.

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कालो वा कारणं राज्ञो राजा वा कालकारणम्।
इति ते संशयो मा भूद् राजा कालस्य कारणम्॥

Is the king subject to time, or does time follow the king? The verse raises philosophical doubts about destiny vs. authority.

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कालो विकुरुते भावान् सर्वांल्लोके शुभाशुभान्।
कालः संक्षिपते सर्वाः प्रजा विसृजते पुनः॥

Time transforms all feelings—good and bad. It compresses all beings and then releases them again. The wheel of creation and dissolution.

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कालो हेतुं विकुरुते स्वार्थस् तमनुवर्तते।
स्वार्थं प्राज्ञोऽभिजानाति
प्राज्ञं लोकोऽनुवर्तते॥

Time manipulates reasons; selfishness follows it. The wise recognize self-interest, and people follow the wise. An insight into leadership and motives...

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का विद्या कवितां विनार्थिनि जने त्यागं विना
श्रीश्च का को धर्मश्च कृपां विना नरपतिः को नाम नीतिं विना।
कः सूनुर्विनयं विना कुलवधूः का स्वामिभक्तिं विना भोग्यं किं
रमणीं विना क्षितितले किं जन्म कीर्तिं विना॥

What is knowledge without audience? What is wealth without charity? What is royalty without mercy? What is beauty without love? Each is empty without ...

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का विषमा दैवगतिः किं लष्टं यज्जनो गुणग्राही।
किं सौख्यं सुकलत्रं किं दुर्ग्राह्यं खलो लोकः॥

What’s more unpredictable than fate? What is lost if no one appreciates virtue? A good wife is joy, and wicked people are the hardest to understand.

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कावेरीं तां समासाद्य विहृतामप्सरोगणैः।
तत्र स्नात्वा नरो राजन् गोसहस्रफलं लभेत्॥

The sacred Kaveri river, where divine nymphs play, grants a man bathing there the merit of donating a thousand cows—a metaphor for spiritual reward.

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कावेरी कबरीव भामिनि भुवो देव्याः पुरो
दृश्यतां पूगैर्नागलताश्रितैरुपदिशत्याश्लेषविद्याम् इव।
कर्णाटीजनमज्जनेषु जघनैर्यस्याः पयः प्लावितं पीत्वा
नाभिगुहाभिरात्तरुचिभिः प्राचीं दिशं नीयते॥

The Kaveri river, winding and graceful like a woman’s braid, flows through the land like a goddess, entwined with palm trees. She teaches the art of e...

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कावेरीतीरकर्पूरपरागामोदसोदराः।
रतिस्वेदलवानेते पुरन्ध्रीणां समीरणाः॥

The breezes on the banks of the Kaveri smell of camphor pollen. They carry the fragrance of love and sweat of passionate women, enhancing the sensory ...

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