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बिभेत्यङ्गार्पणे वाच्छत्यालिख्यातां रतिं प्रिये।
उक्तप्रत्युक्तसंमूढा संमुखं न निरीक्षते॥

Embarrassed by romantic interactions, she hesitates to meet his gaze despite longing.

romance (506) hesitation (45) love (1567) modesty (103)

A young girl does not satisfy her beloved with sensual play, only intensifies the summer heat.

romance (506) heat (60) youth (261) summer (22) unfulfilled desire (7)

The ignorant, shortsighted and cruel act impulsively, weep after facing consequences.

karma (500) impulse (5) ignorance (301) suffering (358)

A concise, wise, and farsighted person is ideal as a minister to a king.

governance (214) wisdom (1611) strategy (222) leadership (279)

A woman without protection becomes vulnerable to disrespect; a king without a stronghold is like a man thrown off a boat.

woman (157) king (200) vulnerability (51) support (114) disrespect (26)

A foolish man who abandons a virtuous wife will be born as a woman for seven lifetimes—undoubtedly.

wife (44) abandonment (54) rebirth (102) foolishness (88)

One who abandons a faultless wife in her youth earns barrenness and becomes a woman in the next life.

abandonment (54) karma (500) rebirth (102) wife (44)

A short walk is a pilgrimage, self-restraint is penance, and bathing in waterless purity is bowing to mother’s feet.

pilgrimage (22) penance (43) mother (35) devotion (933) purity (356)

Before him, birds stopped playing, lines of wagtails paused, as he sighed recalling the eye glances of his beloved.

love (1567) nature (950) longing (690) vision (81) birds (57)

Without action, unseen merits and demerits, or intentions alone, do not yield desired results.

karma (500) intention (29) action (258) result (33)