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अन्यथैव हि सौहार्दं भवेत्स्वच्छान्तरात्मनः।
प्रवर्ततेऽन्यथा वाणी शाठ्योपहतचेतसः॥

A person with a clean heart shows true friendship, but one with deceit in mind speaks otherwise.

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अन्यदस्मि भवतीं न याचिता वारमेकमधरं धयामि ते।
इत्यसिस्वददुपांशुकाकुवाक् सोपमर्दहठवृत्तिरेव तम्॥

“I never asked you, but I claim your lip”—so spoke he with forceful speech, driven by suppressed passion.

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अन्यदाभाषितं पूर्वं दत्तमन्यत्ततोऽल्पकम्।
यत्सदोषमयोग्यं वा कूटदानेन तेन किम्॥

What was earlier promised is now different—and lacking. A deceptive giver gives falsely—what value in such gifts?

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अन्यदा भूषणं पुंसः क्षमा लज्जेव योषितः।
पराक्रमः परिभवे वैयात्यं सुरतेष्विव॥

For a man, patience is an ornament; for a woman, modesty. Valor and vigor in conflict, and mischief in union.

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अन्यदीयमविचिन्त्य पातक निर्घृणो हरति जीवितोपमम्।
द्रव्य्मत्र कितवो विचेतनस् तेन गच्छति कदर्थनां चिरम्॥

The cruel man snatches someone else's valuable property without guilt, leading him to long-term disgrace.

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अन्यदुःखेन यो दुःखी योऽन्यहर्षेण हर्षतः।
स एव जगतामीशो नररूपधरो हरिः॥

He who grieves in others’ pain and rejoices in their joy—that divine being is truly the Lord in human form.

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अन्यदुच्छृङ्खलं सत्त्वम् अन्यच्छास्त्रनियन्त्रितम्।
सामानाधिकरण्यं हि तेजस्तिमिरयोः कुतः॥

One nature is unrestrained, another bound by law—how can light and darkness exist on equal footing?

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अन्यदुप्तं जातमन्यद् इत्येतन्नोपपद्यते।
उप्यते यद्धि यद्बीजं तत्तदेव प्ररोहति॥

If something is sown and something else sprouts—it is unacceptable. What is sown, that alone grows.

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अन्यदोषमिव स स्वकं गुणं ख्यापयेत् कथमधृष्टताजडः।
उच्यते स खलु कार्यवत्तया धिग्वभिन्नबुधसेतुमर्थिताम्॥

A fool exposes his own flaws while thinking he’s revealing others’. True wise ones act differently.

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अन्यद्गोपुच्छकं ज्ञेयं शुद्धकाष्ठविनिर्मितम्।
मुखे च लोहकण्ठेन वेध्यं त्र्यङ्गुलसंमितम्॥

A specific type of ritual tool (possibly a goad or whip) is described here: it should be crafted from pure wood, shaped like a cow's tail, and pierced...

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