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अयं त्रयाणां ग्रामाणां निधानं मधुरध्वनिः।
रेखात्रयमितीवास्याः सूत्रितं कण्ठकन्दले॥

Her sweet voice is the treasure of three villages—like three lines drawn around her neck, it ties the charm of all lands together.

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अयं दरिद्रो भवितेति वैधसीं लिपिं
ललाटेऽर्थिजनस्य जाग्रतीम्।
मृषा न चक्रेऽल्पितकल्पपादपः
प्रणीय दारिद्र्यदरिद्रतां नलः॥

Nala, though once poor, had the fortune of touching the wish-giving tree. Even the fates doubted his poverty—an ironic fate where destiny transforms m...

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अयं दूतार्थसंक्षेपः प्रत्यर्थनियता गिरः।
प्रयोजनं क्रियोत्पादि कियच्छक्येत भाषितुम्॥

The brevity of a messenger’s words hides immense meaning. A few words carry oceans of intention—poetic concentration of purpose.

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अयं दूरभ्रान्तः पटुतरपिपासाकुलमनाः
कपोले ते मत्तद्विप निपतितः षट्पदयुवा।
त्वमप्येतां पीनश्रवणदरदोलाव्यसनितां
विमुञ्च स्वाच्छन्द्यादपनयतु तावत् तृषमिमाम्॥

The bee, mistaking her earring for a flower, thirsts in error. The poet warns the elephant—don’t get caught in beauty’s illusion, lest desire misleads...

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अयं द्वीपी प्रियां लेढि जिह्वाग्रेण पुनः पुनः।
प्रीतिमायाति च तया लिह्यमानः स्वकान्तया॥

This tiger affectionately licks his beloved with the tip of his tongue, and in return, he receives love and delight from her—showcasing a powerful yet...

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अयं धारावाहस्तडिदियमियं दग्धकरका स
चायं निर्घोषः स च रववशो भेकनिचयः।
इतीव प्रत्यङ्गप्रथितमदनाग्निं कृशतनुर्
घनश्वासोत्क्षेपैर्ज्वलयति मुहुर्मृत्युवशिनी॥

The downpour, lightning, and thunder, along with frogs’ croaking, mimic the burning agony of a lovesick maiden—each bodily movement fanned by desire’s...

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अयं धूर्तो मायाविनयमधुरादस्य चरितात्
सखि प्रत्यूषि त्वं प्रकृतिसरले पश्यसि न किम्।
कपोले यल्लाक्षारसबहलरागप्रणयिनीम्
इमां धत्ते मुद्रामनतिचिरवृत्तान्तपिशुनाम्॥

"This cunning man," she says, “with charming but deceitful manners,” while his stained cheek carries the mark of another—revealing betrayal.

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अयं निजः परो वेति गणना लघुचेतसाम्।
उदारचरितानां तु वसुधैव कुटुम्बकम्॥

“This is mine, that is another’s”—such narrow thinking belongs to small-minded people. The noble see the entire world as one family.

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अयं नेत्रादत्रेरजनि रजनीवल्लभ इति भ्रमः
कोऽयं प्रज्ञापरिचयपराधीनमनसाम्।
सुधानामाधारः स खलु रतिबिम्बाधरसुधा-
रसासेकस्निग्धादजनि नयनात् पुष्पधनुषः॥

Mistaking the moonlight from her eye for the moon itself is folly born of shallow minds; the real nectar is in her loving gaze.

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अयं पटः सूत्रदरिद्रतां गतो ह्ययं पटश्छिद्रशतैरलंकृतः।
अयं पटः प्रावरितुं न शक्यते ह्ययं पटः संवृत एव शोभते॥

This cloth, full of holes, fails to cover yet dazzles in its torn state—a metaphor for life’s imperfection and hidden charm.

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