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अन्योन्यसंभिन्नदृशां सखीनां तस्यास्त्वयि प्रागनुरागचिह्नम्।
कस्यापि कोऽपीति निवेदितं च धात्रेयिकायाश्चतुरं वचश्च॥

A friend secretly informs the young girl’s mother of her mutual affection, through clever and playful words.

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अन्योन्यसंवलितमांसलदन्तकान्ति
सोल्लासमाविरलसं वलितार्धतारम्।
लीलागृहे प्रतिकलं किलकिञ्चितेषु
व्यावर्तमानविनयं मिथुनं चकास्ति॥

A playful couple glows with partially restrained intimacy and sweet expressions, moving between love and laughter.

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अन्योन्यसमुपष्टम्भाद् अन्योन्यापाश्रयेण च।
ज्ञातयः संप्रवर्धन्ते सरसीवोत्पलान्युत॥

Families thrive through mutual support, like lotus flowers relying on each other in a pond.

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अन्योन्यस्माद्विनिर्भिन्नं भिन्नगर्भं न युध्यते।
तथैवापसृतं शक्तं नैकराज्यान्तरीकृतम्॥

A region separated from others doesn’t wage war, just as twins from separate wombs don’t fight. Diversity can bring peace.

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अन्योन्यस्य नियन्त्रणापरिभवादप्रौढशीतातपाः
पुष्प्यत्किंशुकचूतनूतनदलाविर्भूतशोणश्रियः।
पद्मोल्लासितगन्धवासितवहद्वातावदातत्विषो
मोदोन्मादजुषो हरन्ति हृदयं वासन्तिका वासराः॥

Spring days bring peace and delight — removing extremes — and make the heart bloom with perfume, flowers, and beauty.

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अन्योन्यस्य लयं भयादिव महाभूतेषु यातेष्वलं
कल्पान्ते परमेक एव स तरुः स्कन्धोच्चयैर्जृम्भते।
विन्यस्य त्रिजगन्ति कुक्षिकुर्हरे देवेन यस्यास्यते
शाखाग्रे शिशुनेव सेवितजलक्रीडाविलासालसम्॥

At cosmic end, everything merges into one supreme being — like branches collapsing back into one trunk.

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अन्योन्यस्याव्यभीचारो भवेदामरणान्तिकः।
एष धर्मः समासेन ज्ञेयः मत्रीपुंसयोः परः॥

True friendship or companionship remains unwavering till death. This is the highest ideal between friends or lovers.

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अन्योन्याक्षिनिपातजातमदयोरन्योन्यचेष्टाशत-
स्पृष्टान्तःपदयोर्मनोभवशरव्याघातसंभ्रान्तयोः।
स्यादेव द्विरदेन्द्रयोरिव तयोरालिङ्गनं प्राङ्गणे
धैर्यस्तम्भविडम्बिनी बलवती लज्जा न चेदर्गला॥

Two elephants (lovers), intoxicated by each other’s gaze and touch, engage in a passionate union, their restraint held only by social norms.

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अन्योन्यान्तरनिर्गताङ्गुलिदलश्रेणीभवन्निश्चल-
ग्रन्थिप्रग्रथितं करद्वयमुपर्युत्तानमाबिभ्रता।
सेयं विभ्रमतोरणप्रणयिना जृम्भाभरोत्तभिते-
नोच्चैर्बाहुयुगेन शंसति मनोजन्मप्रवेशोत्सवम्॥

Their entwined fingers form a garland of intimacy — raised above — celebrating the arrival of the god of love.

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अन्योन्यास्फालभिन्नद्विपरुधिरवसामांसमस्तिष्कपङ्के
मग्नानां स्यन्दनानामुपरि कृतपदन्यासविक्रान्तपत्तौ।
स्फीतासृक्पानगोष्ठीरसदशिवशिवातूऋयनृत्यत्कबन्धे
संग्रामैकार्णवान्तःपयसि विचरितुं पण्डिताः पाण्डुपुत्राः॥

The battlefield is vividly described with the chariots of warriors crushed into the blood, marrow, and brain of slain elephants. Amidst this gory scen...

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