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अन्यत्र व्रजतीति का खलु कथा नाप्यस्य तादृक् सुहृद्
यो मां नेच्छति नागतश्च हहहा कोऽयं विधेः प्रक्रमः।
इत्यल्पेतरकल्पनाकवलितस्वान्ता निशान्तान्तरे
बाला वृत्तविवर्तनव्यतिकरा नाप्नोति निद्रां निशि॥

What tale is this that he goes to another? He doesn’t love me, nor has he returned. Ah! What strange game is this fate plays with me?

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अन्यथा चिन्तिता ह्यर्था नरैस्तात मनस्विभिः।
अन्यथैव हि गच्छन्ति दैवादिति मतिर्मम॥

Even when the wise think one way, fate takes a different route. What we think doesn’t always align with destiny.

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अन्यथा परिदृष्टानि मुनिभिर्वेददर्शिभिः।
अन्यथा परिवर्तन्ते वेगा इव नभस्वतः॥

The Vedic seers saw things one way, but they turn out differently—like wind changing directions. Knowledge and outcomes don’t always match.

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अन्यथालिङ्ग्यते कान्ता भावेन दुहितान्यथा।
मनसो भिद्यते वृत्तिर् अभिन्नेष्वपि वस्तुषु॥

A lover embraces his wife in one way and daughter in another—the same act differs by context and intention, mind perceives accordingly.

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अन्यथा वर्त्तमानानाम् अर्थी भूतोऽयमन्यथा।
अस्माभिर्यदनुष्ठेयं गन्धर्वैस्तदनुष्ठितम्॥

Though appearing to act otherwise, we Gandharvas fulfilled the duty destined for us—demonstrating how divine plans manifest unexpectedly.

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अन्यथा वेदशास्त्राणि ज्ञानपाण्डित्यमन्यथा।
अन्यथा तत्पदं शान्तं लोकाः क्लिश्यन्ति चान्यथा॥

Vedas, scriptures, and knowledge often appear different than what reality manifests—hence people suffer.

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अन्यथा शास्त्रगर्भिण्या धिया धीरोऽर्थमीहते।
स्वामीव प्राक्तनं कर्म विदधाति तदन्यथा॥

The wise seek truth even from ambiguous scriptures—just as a master brings out old deeds in new ways.

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अन्यथैव विचिन्त्यन्ते पुरुषेण मनोरथाः।
दैवेनाहितसद्भावाः कर्मणां गतयोऽन्यथा॥

Desires are imagined one way by man, but fate twists them differently; intentions don’t always align with outcomes.

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अन्यथैवसती पुत्रं चिन्तयेदन्यथा पतिम्।
यथा यथा स्वभावस्य महाभाग उदाहृतम्॥

A woman thinks of her son one way and her husband another—highlighting human nature and the diversity of emotional roles.

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अन्यथैव हि मन्यन्ते पुरुषास्तानि तानि च।
अन्यथैव प्रभुस्तानि करोति विकरोति च॥

What people think and what the lord actually does often differs greatly—he acts and reacts uniquely.

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