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O bee, go away! Even though the ketaki flower is fragrant, here you will find no nectar—only dust that stains your face.
Friend, flee from the poisonous glance of a flirtatious woman! One bitten by a real serpent can be cured, but not one charmed and consumed by a fickle...
“Remove the heavy sandal paste and this necklace; what use are lotus or lotus-stalks?” cries the girl constantly, rejecting all ornaments in passionat...
A wise strategy of retreat is considered noble by the intelligent. But if one avoids such timely retreats, one becomes ensnared by the pretext of fort...
Stones float, demons fall, and monkeys perform great deeds—such is the crooked path of time!
Just as the sun shines after removing deep darkness, so does one shine after being cleansed of sins with Ganga water.
Krishna, the divine thief, steals my heart—he steals sins of the fallen, the life of Putana, clothes of Gopikas, and the very eyes and hearts of devot...
I know not how prayer steals dignity; I know not how it induces shame in the noble. But my hungry belly urges me to plead daily with the generous.
You steal men’s hearts with your immense virtues, yet remain unmoved. But tell me—who ever returns what they’ve already stolen?
You abandoned your kin in reckless desire—now that she is guiltless, what justice is this cruelty toward her, O friend?
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