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अकस्मादपि यः कश्चिद् अर्थं प्राप्नोति पूरुषः।
तं हठेनेति मन्यन्ते स हि यत्नो न कस्यचित्॥

When any man obtains wealth or success, even by chance, others think it was achieved through forceful effort, even if such an effort was not made by a...

success (142) perception (181) effort (289) chance (6) luck (10) human nature (88)

अकस्मादुन्मत्त प्रहरसि किमध्वक्षितिरुहं
ह्रदं हस्ताघातैर्विदलसि किमुत्फुल्लनलिनम्।
तदा जानीमस्ते करिवर बलोद्गारमसमं सटां
सुप्तस्यापि स्पृशसि यदि पञ्चाननशिशोः॥

O mad elephant, why do you strike a roadside tree? Why do you smash a lake of blooming lotuses? O great elephant, we shall recognize the true measure ...

anyokti (6) metaphor (1632) bullying (1) true strength (1) courage (146) cowardice (16)

अकस्मादेकस्मिन् पथि सखि मया यामुनतटं
व्रजन्त्या दृष्टोऽयं नवजलधरश्यामलतनुः।
स दृग्भङ्ग्या किं वाकुरुत न हि जाने तत
इदं मनो मे व्यालोलं क्वचन गृहकृत्ये न लगते॥

O friend, while going to the banks of the Yamuna, I suddenly saw him, his body as dark as a new rain-cloud. I don't know what he did with just a glanc...

krishna (233) gopi (16) bhakti (70) devotion (933) love at first sight (1) divine love (53) restlessness (43)

अकस्मादेव कुप्यन्ति प्रसीदन्त्यनिमित्ततः।
शीलमेतदसाधूनाम् अभ्रं पारिप्लवं यथा॥

They get angry without cause and become pleased without reason. This is the nature of the ignoble, which is fickle like a drifting cloud. This verse ...

fickleness (12) unpredictability (46) character (259) vice (45) instability (44) simile (28)

अकस्मादेव तन्वङ्गी जहास यदियं पुनः।
नूनं प्रसूनबाणोऽस्यां स्वाराज्यमधितिष्ठति॥

Since this slender lady has laughed again for no reason, it is certain that the God of Love (one with flower-arrows) has established his absolute domi...

love (1567) kamadeva (27) romance (506) poetry (588) symptom of love (1) laughter (18)

अकस्मादेव ते चण्डि स्फुरिताधरपल्लवम्।
मुखं मुक्तारुचो धत्ते घर्माम्भःकणमञ्जरीः॥

O passionate one! Suddenly, your face, with its trembling, leaf-like lip, has taken on the lustre of pearls from the clusters of sweat droplets. This...

beauty (1797) passion (501) poetry (588) description (35) love (1567) simile (28) pearl (25)

अकस्मादेव यः कोपाद् अभीक्ष्णं बहु भाषते।
तस्मादुद्विजते लोकः सस्फुलिङ्गादिवानलात्॥

People are agitated by and shrink away from a person who, out of sudden anger, repeatedly talks too much, just as they would from a fire throwing out ...

anger (185) speech (345) self-control (91) danger (229) simile (28) wisdom (1611)

अकस्माद्द्वेष्टि यो भक्तम् आजन्मपरिसेवितम्।
न व्यञ्जने रुचिर्यस्य त्याज्यो नृप इवातुरः॥

A king who suddenly hates a devotee who has served him for a lifetime should be abandoned, just like a sick person who has lost their taste for food. ...

king (200) loyalty (180) politics (111) ingratitude (16) prudence (75) betrayal (168) wisdom (1611)

अकाण्डकोपिनो भर्तुर् अन्यासक्तेश्च योषितः।
प्रशान्तिश्चेतसः कर्तुं ब्रह्मणापि न शक्यते॥

To bring peace to the mind of a husband who gets angry without reason, and to the mind of a woman who is in love with another man — this is a task tha...

anger (185) infidelity (5) impossible tasks (1) human nature (88) relationships (94) hyperbole (29)

अकाण्डध्र्तमानसव्यवसितोत्सवैः सारसैर्
अकाण्दपटुताण्डवैरपि शिखण्डिनां मण्डलैः।
दिशः समवलोकिताः सरसनिर्भरप्रोल्लसद्-
भवत्पृथुवरूथिनीरजनिभूरजःश्यामलाः॥

The horizons, darkened by the dust raised from your large, joyfully advancing army, were observed by cranes suddenly celebrating their decision to fly...

army (26) king (200) praise (189) poetry (588) hyperbole (29) nature (950) kavya (34)

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