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अद्य मे सफलमायतनेत्रे जीवितं मदनसंश्रयभावम्।
आगतासि भवनं मम यस्मात् स्वागतं तव वरोरु निषीद॥

My love-smitten life feels fulfilled today—come, welcome, beloved with wide eyes, be seated.

love (1567) welcome (13) joy (342) beloved (86)

अद्य यावदपि येन निबद्धौ न प्रभू विचलितुं बलिविन्ध्यौ।
आस्थितावितथतागुणपाशस् त्वादृशा स विदुषा दुरपासः॥

Bound by your true qualities, even mighty ones like Bali and Vindhya cannot escape—so strong is your virtue.

virtue (726) bond (18) strength (359) myth (65)

अद्य शीतं वरिवर्ति सरीसर्ति समीरणः।
अपत्नीको मरीमर्ति नरीनर्ति कुचोष्णवान्॥

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

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

अद्य स प्रवसतीति सुभ्रुवः श्रोत्रसीमनि विजृम्भिते ध्वनौ।
सद्य एव निजपाणिगुम्फिते पुष्पदामनि महोरगभ्रमः॥

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

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

अद्य सुन्दरि कलिन्दनन्दिनी- तीरकुञ्जभुवि केलिलम्पटः।
वादयन् मुरलिकां मुहुर्मुहुर् माधवो हरति मामकं मनः॥

O beautiful one! Today, Madhava, playing the flute joyfully on the groves of Kalinda’s daughter (Yamuna), captivates my mind.

krishna (233) yamuna (33) flute (23) love (1567) divine play (96) madhava (1)

अद्य स्वर्गवधूगणे गुणमय त्वत्कीर्तिमिन्दूज्जवलाम्
उच्चैर्गायति निष्कलङ्किमदशामादास्यते चन्द्रमाः।
गीताकर्णनमोदमुक्तयवसग्रासाभिलाषो वद
स्वामिन्नङ्कमृगः कियन्ति हि दिनान्येतस्य वर्तिष्यते॥

Even the moon desires to hear your pure fame sung by heavenly damsels. How many days can the moon last while longing for the nectar of your song?

fame (166) moon (394) divine praise (6) heavenly maidens (3) music (96) longing (690)

अद्य स्वां जननीमकारणरुषा प्रातः सुदूरं गतां
प्रत्यानेतुमितो गतो गृहपतिः क्षुत्वैव मध्यंदिने।
पङ्गुत्वेन शरीरजर्जरतया प्रायः स लक्ष्याकृतिर्
दृष्टोऽसौ भवता न किं पथिक हे स्थित्वा क्षणं कथ्यताम्॥

Today, the husband who angrily left his wife in the morning is seen returning at noon, weary and regretful. O traveler, did you notice him?

domestic quarrel (1) remorse (11) observation (90) love (1567) emotion (652)

अद्यापि कोकनदचारुसरेखहस्तां तां
शातकुम्भकलशस्तनचारुगात्रीम्।
बिम्बाधरीं विषमबाणनिपीडिताङ्गीं
संचिन्तये द्व्यणुकमध्यतनुप्रकाशाम्॥

Even now I envision her slim figure, lotus-hand, golden body, and beautiful bimba lips struck by Cupid’s arrows.

love (1567) beauty (1797) bimba lips (3) delicate form (2) sensual imagery (11)

अद्यापि कोपविमुखीकृतगन्तुकामा
नोक्तं वचः प्रतिददाति यदैव वक्त्रम्।
चुम्बामि रोदति भृशं पतितोऽस्मि पादे
दासस्तव प्रियतमे भज मां स्मरामि॥

Even now, she doesn’t reply to my words. I kiss, weep, fall at her feet—her slave, I remember and long for her.

separation (258) longing (690) pleading (5) anger (185) romance (506)

अद्यापि चाटुशतदुर्ललितोचितार्थं
तस्याः स्मरामि सुरतक्लमविह्वलायाः।
अव्यक्तनिःस्वनितकातरक्थ्यमान-
संकीर्णवर्णरुचितं वचनं प्रियायाः॥

I still recall her sweet, unclear, stammered speech in the ecstasy of love-play.

intimacy (234) speech (345) romantic memory (8) erotic (40)

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