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अनेन कल्याणि मृणालकोमलं
व्रतेन गात्रं ग्लपयस्यकारणम्।
प्रसादमाकाङ्क्षति यस्तवोत्सुकः
स किं त्वया दासजनः प्रसाद्यते॥

O lovely one! Why do you weaken your soft body with penance? The one longing for your grace—will he be pleased this way?

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अनेन कस्यापि कुलाङ्कुरेण
स्पृष्टस्य गात्रेषु सुखं ममैवम्।
कां निर्वृतिं चेतसि तस्य कुर्याद्
यस्यायमङ्गात् कृतिनः प्ररूढः॥

My joy lies in the touch of this noble offspring; what greater bliss could the heart wish for?

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अनेन किं न पर्याप्तं मांसस्य परिवर्जनम्।
यत्पाटितं तृणेनापि स्वमङ्गं परिदूयते॥

Isn't avoiding meat enough? Even a blade of grass can cause pain to one’s own body.

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अनेन कुम्भद्वयसंनिवेश-
संलक्ष्यमाणेन कुचद्वयेन
उन्मज्जता यौवनवारणेन
वापीव तन्वङ्गि तरङ्गितासि॥

O slender one, your youthful breasts rise like twin pitchers—your beauty flows like waves in a rippling pond.

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अनेन तनुमद्यया मुखरनूपुराराविणा
नवाम्बुरुहकोमलेन चरणेन संभावितः।
अशोक यदि सद्य एव कुसुमैर्न संपत्स्यसे
वृथा वहसि दोहदं ललितकामिसाधारणम्॥

If Ashoka trees don’t bloom now when graced by this slender maiden’s anklet sound, they bear fruit in vain.

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अनेन तव पुत्रस्य प्रसुप्तस्य वनान्तरे।
शिखामारुह्य हस्तेन खड्गेन निहतं शिरः॥

While your son slept in the forest, someone climbed his crest and severed his head—grief unbearable.

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अनेन त्वं स्वरूपेण पुष्पबाणैश्च पञ्चभिः।
मोहयन् पुरुषान् स्त्रीश्च कुरु सृष्टिं सनातनीम्॥

By your own form and Cupid’s arrows, enchant men and women alike, and create this eternal world anew.

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अनेन धर्मः सविशेषमद्य मे त्रिवर्गसारः प्रतिभाति भाविनि।
त्वया मनोनिर्विषयार्थकामया यदेक एव प्रतिगृह्य सेव्यते॥

Because of you, O beloved, the path of dharma, artha, and kama all seem fulfilled in a single life.

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अनेन पुरुषो देहान् उपादत्ते विमुञ्चति।
हर्षं शोकं भयं दुःखं सुखं चानेन विन्दति॥

Through this (karma or mind), a person acquires bodies, experiences emotions, and undergoes all joys and sorrows.

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अनेन भवति श्रेष्ठो मुच्यन्ते च सभासदः।
कर्तारमेनो गच्छेच्च निन्द्यो यत्र हि निन्द्यते॥

In a place where the blameworthy is criticized, the righteous thrive and the assembly becomes purified. However, the one who brings forth blame must b...

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