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अद्यापि स्तनशैलदुर्गविषमे सीमन्तिनीनां हृदि
स्थातुं वाञ्छति मान एष धिगिति क्रोधादिवालोहितः।
उद्यद्दूरतरप्रसारितकरः कर्षत्यसौ तत्क्षणात्
फुल्लत्कैरवकोशनिःसरदलिश्रेणीकृपाणं शशी॥

Even now, pride wishes to dwell in the heart of a lady whose breast is a mountain fortress, only to be dragged away by the moon’s cold rays like a swo...

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अद्यापि हरिहरादिभिर् अमरैरपि तत्त्वतो न विज्ञाताः।
भ्रमविभ्रमबहुमोहा वेश्याः संसारमायाश्च॥

Even now, not even Shiva or Vishnu fully grasp the truth behind prostitutes or the illusion of worldly life—so deep is delusion.

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अद्यापि हि नृशंसस्य पितुस्ते दिवसो गतः।
तमसा पिहितः पन्था एहि पुत्रक शेवहे॥

Even now, your cruel father's days have passed, the path is covered in darkness—come, my son, I’ll protect you.

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अद्याप्यशोकनवपल्लवरक्तहस्तां
मुक्ताफलप्रचयचुम्बितचूचुकाग्राम्।
अन्तःस्मितोच्छ्वसितपाण्डुरगण्डभित्तिं
तां वल्लभामलसहंसगतिं स्मरामि॥

Even today, I remember my beloved—her red hands like new Ashoka leaves, her breast-tips kissed by clusters of pearls, her pale cheeks glowing with inn...

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अद्याप्यहं चलितचारुनिमीलिताक्षम्
आस्यं स्मरामि सततं सुरतावसाने।
तत्कालनिश्वसितनिःसृतकान्तिकान्तं
स्वेदोदबिन्दुपरिदन्तुरितं प्रियायाः॥

Even today, I constantly remember that lovely face of my beloved—eyes closed in graceful exhaustion after union, her breath exuding passionate glow, a...

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अद्याप्यहं वरवधूसुरतोपभोगं जीवामि
नान्यविधिना क्षणमन्तरेण।
तद्भ्रातरो मरणमेव हि दुःखशान्त्यै
विज्ञापयामि भवतस्त्वरितं लुनीध्वम्॥

Even today, I survive solely on the memory of my wedding-night bliss. I cannot live otherwise even for a moment. O brothers of my bride, to end my suf...

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अद्याप्यहं विकचकुन्दसमानदन्तं
तिर्यग्विवर्तितविशालविलोचनान्तम्।
तस्या मुखं सुविजितेन्दु न विस्मरामि
चोद्यं कृतज्ञ इव साधुकृतोपकारम्॥

Even today, I do not forget her moonlike face—with blooming jasmine-like teeth, large sideways-glancing eyes—like a grateful person never forgets a no...

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अद्याप्यहं सरसमञ्जुलभृङ्गनादम्
ईषत्स्मरोल्लसितरागसुपाण्डुगण्डम्।
पश्यामि पूर्णशरदिन्दुसमानकान्ति
तस्या मुखं विकचपङ्कजपात्रनेत्रम्॥

Even today, I behold her radiant face—eyes like blooming lotus petals, pale cheeks glowing with soft love-blush, and the delightful hum of bees around...

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अद्याप्यहो जगति सुन्दरलक्षपूर्णे
अन्यान्यमुत्तमगुणाधिकसंप्रपन्ने।
अन्याभिरप्युपमितुं न मया च शक्यं
रूपं तदीयमिति मे हृदये वितर्कः॥

Even today, in this world filled with countless beautiful and virtuous women, I cannot find anyone to compare to her unmatched beauty. This thought al...

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अद्याप्युन्मदयातुधानतरुणीचञ् चत्करास्फालन-
व्यावल्गन्नृकपालतालरणितैर्नृत्यत्पिशाचाङ्गनाः।
उद्गायन्ति यशांसि यस्य विततैर्नादैः प्रचण्डानिल-
प्रक्षुभ्यत्करिकुम्भकूटकुहरव्यक्तै रणक्षोणयः॥

Even today, the battlefields echo with the frenzied dances of fiendish women—ghouls clapping, bones clattering like drums, as they sing the praises of...

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