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अपापघनसंवृतेरविशदस्मितात्युन्नमत्
समस्तनरसादरग्रहणतः कृतार्थप्रिया।
रतिर्मनसि जायते यदि कदापि शौर्याश्रया
तदैव सकलं जनुः सफलमेवमाहात्मभूः॥

When a chaste woman full of affection accepts a warrior joyfully, even the righteous union is fruitful—if born from valor and virtue.

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अपापास्तत्कुलीनाश्च मानयन्ति स्वकान् हितान्।
एष प्रायो नरेन्द्राणां शङ्कनीयस्तु शोभनः॥

Even good kings, when they favor only their kinsmen and not the deserving, become suspicious and dishonored.

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अपामुद्वृत्तानां निजमुपदिशन्त्या स्थितिपदं
दधत्या शालीनामवनतिमुदारे सति फले।
मयूराणामुग्रं विषमिव हरन्त्या मदमहो कृतः
कृत्स्नस्यायं विनय इव लोकस्य शरदा॥

Like autumn that humbles rivers and proud beings, the wise naturally bend with grace, enhancing their beauty through modesty.

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अपायकलिता मनुर्जगति सापदः सम्पदो
विनश्वरमिदं सुखं विषयजं श्रियश्चञ्चलाः।
भवन्ति जरसारसास्तरललोचना योषितस्
तदप्ययमहो जनस्तपसि नो परे रज्यति॥

Though worldly pleasures and women bring pain and impermanence, people still do not take interest in higher truths or austerities.

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अपायसंदर्शनजां विपत्तिम् उपायसंदर्शनजां च सिद्धिम्।
मेधाविनो नीतिविधिप्रयुक्तां पुरः स्फुरन्तीमिव दर्शयन्ति॥

Wise people recognize both danger and opportunity from the outset and demonstrate practical success using policy and strategy.

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अपायि मुनिना पुरा पुनरमायि मर्यादया
अतारि कपिना पुरा पुनरदाहि लङ्कारिणा।
अमन्थि मुरवैरिणा पुनरबन्धि लङ्कारिणा क्व
नाम वसुधापते तव यशोऽम्बुधिः क्वाम्बुधिः॥

The Rāmāyaṇa’s story tells how great sages, monkeys, and gods tried and retook Lanka—an ocean of deeds compared to the ocean itself.

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अपारः पाथोधिः पुलिनपदवी योजनशतं
निरालम्बो मार्गो वियति किल शून्या दश दिशः।
इतीवायं कीरः कतिपयपदान्येव गगने
मुहुर्भ्राम्यन् भ्राम्यन् पतति गुणवृक्षे पुनरपि॥

Like a bird lost in the vast sky, sometimes returning to a tree of virtue, so too the mind wanders yet seeks goodness.

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अपारपुलिनस्थलीभुवि हिमालये मालये
निकामविकटोन्नते दुरधिरोहणे रोहणे।
महत्यमरभूधरे गहनकन्दरे मन्दरे भ्रमन्ति
न पतन्त्यहो परिणता भवत्कीर्तयः॥

Your fame, like a divine echo, wanders through lofty peaks and gorges but never falls—such is the glory of the great.

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अपारसंसारसमुद्रमध्ये संमज्जतो मे शरणं किमस्ति।
गुरो दयालो कृपया वदैतद् विश्वेशपादाम्बुजदीर्घनौका॥

In the boundless ocean of worldly existence, what refuge is there but the long boat of the Guru's feet?

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अपारे काव्यसंसारे कविरेव प्रजापतिः।
यथा वै रोचते विश्वं तथेदं परिवर्तते॥

In the infinite world of poetry, the poet is the creator—what he imagines, the universe begins to reflect.

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