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अध्रुवे हि शरीरे यो न करोति तपोऽर्जनम्।
स पश्चात्तप्यते मूढो मृतो गत्वात्मनो गतिम्॥

He who doesn’t perform austerities in this fleeting life regrets it after death, for he loses the path of the soul—highlighting urgency for self-effor...

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अध्वक्लान्ततनुर्नवज्वरवती नृत्यश्लथाङ्गी तथा
मासैकप्रसवा ददाति सुरते षण्मासगर्भा सुखम्।
विख्याता विरहस्य संगमविधौ क्रुद्धप्रसन्ने ऋतु-
स्थाने नूतनसंगमे मधुमदे रागास्पदं योषितः॥

A woman exhausted from travel, fever, or childbirth still pleases in union, proving that despite hardship, love persists in beauty and connection.

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अध्वनि पदग्रहपरं मदयति हृदयं न वा न वा श्रवणम्।
काव्यमभिज्ञसभायां मञ्जीरं केलिवेलायाम्॥

The poetry that makes the heart dance in delight may not please in scholarly circles; the same ankle-bell may charm in play but not in a court.

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अध्वनीनोऽतिथिर्ज्ञेयः श्रोत्रियो वेदपारगः।
मान्यावेतौ गृहस्थस्य ब्रह्मलोकमभीप्सतः॥

A householder who desires Brahmaloka must honor both a traveling guest and a scholar versed in the Vedas—they are equal in sanctity.

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अध्वन्यध्वनि तरवः पथि पथि पथिकैरुपास्यते छाया।
विरलः स कोऽपि विटपी यमध्वगो गृहगतः स्मरति॥

Trees offer their shade to every traveler along the path, but rare is the tree that a traveler remembers once they reach home. This highlights the unr...

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अध्वन्यध्वनि भूरुहः फलबृतो नम्रानुपेक्ष्यादराद्
दूरादुन्नतिसंश्रयव्यसनिनः पान्थस्य मुग्धात्मनः।
यन्मूलं समुपागतस्य मधुरच्छायाफलैः का कथा
शीर्णेनापि हि नोपयोगमगमत् पर्णेन तालद्रुमः॥

Along the road, trees laden with fruits and bent in humility are often ignored by travelers who instead seek lofty, barren ones—comparing shallow admi...

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अध्वन्यस्य वधूर्वियोगविधुरा भर्तुः स्मरन्ती यदि
प्राणानुज्झति कस्य तन्महदहो संजायते किल्बिषम्।
इत्येवं पथिकः करोति हृदये यावत् तरोर्मूर्धनि
प्रोद्घुष्टं परपुष्टया तव तवेत्युच्चैर्वचोऽनेकशः॥

If a woman dies on the path in sorrowful memory of her husband, who bears the sin? Even a traveler is shaken with guilt and contemplation.

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अध्वन्याः किल मूलगर्तमधुनाप्यापूरयन्त्यश्रुभिर्
व्याक्रोशन्त्यधुना सबान्धवकुलाः सायं मुहूर्तं द्विजाः।
इत्थं यावदिमानि बिभ्रति शुचं भूतान्यपि त्वत्कृते
तावत्त्वं न गतोऽसि पादप चिरं कीर्त्यात्मना वर्तसे॥

Women still pour tears into the root hollow where their loved ones died. Even nature joins in mourning, while the cause remains untouched by remorse.

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अध्वन्यानां शिशिरसमये चण्डचाण्डालकाण्ड-
प्रायाः कायानहह पवनाः क्लेशयन्तो विशन्ति।
बध्नन्त्येते सपदि सुदृशां दुर्भगानामपीह
प्रौढाश्लेषाश्लथितदयितं मूर्ध्नि सौभाग्यपट्टम्॥

In harsh winters, women struggle against cruel winds and bad fate, unable to retain the bonds of love—cold, suffering, and abandonment come together.

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अध्वन्यान् कति रुन्धते कति दृधान् भिन्दन्ति तोयाकरान्
केदारान् कति यज्जयन्ति कति च व्यापाटयन्ति द्रुमान्।
वाहिन्यः क्षणलुप्तवारिविभवा वन्या अवन्यामिमा
यः सिन्धुः सकलाश्रयः स तु पुनः कुत्रेति न ज्ञायते॥

How many things the flood destroys: fields, trees, mountains. What can one depend on? Even rivers, once nurturing, now devastate.

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