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अनभ्रेविद्युतं दृष्ट्वा दक्षिणां दिशमाश्रिताम्।
रात्राविन्द्रधनुश्चापि जीवितं द्वित्रिमासिकम्॥

Seeing lightning without clouds and rainbows at night, one concludes life is similarly short-lived and unpredictable.

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अनयनपथे प्रिये न व्यथा यथा दृश्य एव दुष्प्रापे।
म्लानैव केवलं निशि तपनशिला वासरे ज्वलति॥

The pain is less in absence when one’s beloved is merely far. But when she’s visible yet unreachable, it’s a burning agony like the sun hidden at nigh...

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अनयश्च नयश्चापि दैवात् संपद्यते नरैः।
तद्वशात् कुरुते कर्म शुभाशुभफलं पुमान्॥

Fortune and misfortune come by fate; accordingly, a man performs actions that bring good or bad results. A karma-philosophical verse.

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अनया कृतमन्यभुक्तया वसुधागोचरया विरक्तया।
अतिशायि महेन्द्रयोषितां वपुषा किं न तवावरोधनम्॥

O beautiful one! With your unmatched form and indifference to earthly pleasures, have you not surpassed even Indra’s consorts? Why then are you not gu...

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अनया जघनाभोगभरमन्थरयानया।
अन्यतोऽपि व्रजन्त्या मे हृदये निहितं पदम्॥

As she walks with a heavy, slow-moving waist, her footsteps are etched into my heart forever. A deeply sensuous and poetic portrayal of feminine grace...

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अनया तव रूपसीमया कृतसंस्कारविबोधनस्य मे।
चिरमप्यवलोकिताद्य सा स्मृतिमारूढवती शुचिस्मिता॥

With your unparalleled beauty refining my inner self, that smile seen long ago has suddenly resurfaced in memory today. A romantic reflection on deep ...

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अनयानुक्रमणिकया मुक्तामणयो मयाभिहिताः।
एकैकोऽपि हि भास्वान् किं पुनरेषां निगद्यते निकरः॥

By her arrangement, the pearls (words or virtues) shine individually—and collectively, they are even more resplendent. A poetic reflection on elegant ...

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अनया रत्नसमृद्ध्या सागर लहलहसि किमिह लहरीभिः।
त्वद्वल्लभा वराक्यो वहन्ति वर्षासु वारीणि॥

Why do you, O ocean, flaunt your waves when even poor village women carry water during rains? A satire on pride and unnecessary display.

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अनया सुरकाम्यमानया सह योगः सुलभस्तु न त्वया।
घनसंवृतयाम्बुदागमे कुमुदेनेव निशाकरत्विषा॥

You, desiring a divine beauty, are hard to unite with—just as the lotus cannot bloom under thick clouds even though the moon shines behind them.

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अनयेनेव राज्यश्रीर् दैन्येनेव मनस्विता।
मम्लौ साथ विषादेन पद्मिनीव हिमाम्भसा॥

Just as wealth fades with misfortune, and dignity with sorrow—so did my fortune wither like a lotus in frost.

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