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अद्यापि मारुतविधूतलतावितानां
वीणाविनोदरचनां मम जीवितेशाम्।
पञ्चेषुराष्ट्रकमलां शुभवेदिमध्यां
ध्यायामि चेतसि सर्तीं मदनाभिरामाम्॥

Even now, I imagine her like a creeper swaying in the breeze, playing veena, seated on a pedestal among love’s sacred flowers.

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अद्यापि मे निशि दिवा हृदयं दुनोति
पूर्णेन्दुसुन्दरसुखं मम वल्लभायाः।
लावण्यनिर्जितरतिक्षतकामदर्पं भूयः
पुरः प्रतिपदं न विलोक्यते यत्॥

Even now, day and night, my heart aches for her—her moonlike face, her beauty unmatched, and yet I can no longer see her.

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अद्यापि मे वरतनोर्मधुराणि तस्या
यान्यर्थवन्ति न च यानि निरर्थकानि।
निद्रानिमीलितदृशो मदमन्थरायास्
तान्यक्षराणि हृदये किमपि ध्वनन्ति॥

Even today, the sweet words of my beloved—whether meaningful or not—resound mysteriously in my heart as I lie half-asleep, my eyes closed in drowsy pa...

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अद्यापि ये न विहिता विपुलाः प्रबन्धा
विद्योतमानविभवाः सुखयन्ति विश्वम्।
सोऽयं द्विशुद्धगुरुवंशभवः प्रसिद्धो
गोपालदत्त उपमेयपदं कथं स्यात्॥

Even today, those majestic compositions—full of radiant grandeur—continue to bring delight to the world. How can this renowned Gopala Datta, born in t...

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अद्यापि वासगृहतो मयि नीयमाने
दुर्वारभीषणकरैर्यमदूतकल्पैः।
किं किं तया बहुविधं न कृतं मदर्थे
वक्तुं न पार्यत इति व्यथते मनो मे॥

Even now, as I’m led from the bedchamber by fearsome death-messengers, my heart aches recalling all she did for me which I couldn’t express in words.

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अद्यापि विस्मयकरी त्रिदशान् विहाय
बुद्धिर्बलाच्चलति मे किमहं करोमि।
जानन्नपि प्रतिमुहूर्तमिहान्तकाले
कान्तेति वल्लभतरेति ममेति धीरा॥

Even now, my mind sways with bewildering emotion, abandoning reason and strength, uttering again and again—"beloved, my dear, mine"—though knowing the...

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अद्यापि शीतद्युतिरात्मबिम्बं निर्माय निर्माय पुनर्भुनक्ति।
तस्या मुखेनायतलोचनायाः कर्तुं न शक्तिः सदृशं प्रियायाः॥

Even now, the moonlight fashions and re-fashions her image, yet fails to create anything equal to her wide-eyed beauty.

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अद्यापि श्रवसी न कुण्डलचले केलिक्वणत्कङ्कणौ
बाहू नापि न हारिहारवलयालुण्ठा च कण्ठावनिः।
अस्याः पश्य तथापि पङ्कजदृशो विश्वं प्रियं
भावुकं पश्यामः स्फुटताविभूषणकराभोगं वपुर्वैभवम्॥

Her earrings no longer swing in play, nor her bangles chime, yet even now the world admires the beauty of her lotus-eyed form, radiant beyond ornament...

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अद्यापि सा मम मनस्तटिनी सदास्ते
रोमाञ्चवीचिविलसद्विपुलस्वभावा।
कादम्बकेशररुचिः क्षतवीक्षणं मां
गात्रक्लमं कथयती प्रियराजहंसी॥

Even now, she lives as a river on the banks of my heart, her touch stirring waves of goosebumps, her saffron hair and weary glance soothing my limbs l...

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अद्यापि सुन्दरि तवाननचन्द्रबिम्बं
बन्दीकृताम्बुजयुगं परिचुम्ब्य चेतः।
त्वत्संगमोद्भवसुखं तनुते तथापि वैरं
करोति करुणाविकलो विवेकः॥

Even now, O beautiful one, my heart kisses the moonlike reflection of your face, held captive in twin lotuses. Yet reason, lacking compassion, resists...

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