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अयि दुर्जनगर्जितेन किं सरले नम्रमुखी विषीदसि त्वम्।
परिपन्थिनि देवकीसुते परिवादोऽपि तपोभिरुन्नतैः॥

O gentle one, why do you fret over the harsh cries of the wicked? Even slander against Lord Krishna becomes praise when borne with austerity.

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अयि दुष्कृतकेन केन वत्से
हलिकद्वारि लवङ्गि पुष्पितासि।
स्तबकास्तव पांसुभिः परीताः
परितः प्राङ्गणसीम्नि यल् लुठन्ति॥

O dear lavanga flower, who has wronged you by blooming at the plough-gate? Your blossoms lie scattered in dust across the courtyard.

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अयि दूति सखी त्वमेव मे मदनो हन्ति शितैः शिलीमुखैः।
दयितं तमुपानयाशु तत् सुशको जीवितनिर्गमोऽन्यथा॥

O messenger-friend, you are my Cupid—wounding me with sharp arrows. Bring my beloved soon or I cannot survive!

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अयि नन्दतनूज किंकरं पतितं मां विषमे भवाम्बुधौ।
कृपया तव पादपङ्कज- स्थितधूलीसदृशं विभावय॥

O son of Nanda, Krishna, your servant has fallen into the dangerous ocean of life. Kindly think of me as a dust particle at your lotus feet.

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अयि पतङ्गि लवङ्गलतावने
पिब मधूनि विधूय मधुव्रतान्।
इह वने च वनेचरसंकुले न च
सतामसातां च निरूपणम्॥

O firefly, drink the nectar in this clove forest, ignoring the bees. In this world full of mixed beings, why distinguish between the noble and the wic...

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अयि परारि परुन्मलयानिला
ववुरमी जगुरेव च कोकिलाः।
कलमलोत्कलितं तु न मे मनः
सखि बभूव वृथैव यथैषमः॥

O friend, the spring winds have blown, the cuckoos sing, but my mind—burdened by passion—is unmoved. This season of joy has passed in vain.

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अयि पिबत चकोराः कृत्स्नमुन्नामिकण्ठ-
क्रमसरलितचञ्चच्चञ्चवश्चन्द्रिकाम्भः।
विरहविधुरितानां जीवितत्राणहेतोर् भवति
हरिणलक्ष्मा ये न तेजोदरिद्रः॥

O chakora birds, drink the moonlight pouring down her neck like a stream! For those grief-stricken by separation, even such light becomes a life-saver...

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अयि बत गुरु गर्वं मा स्म कस्तूरि यासीर्
अखिलपरिमलानां मौलिना सौरभेण।
गिरिगहनगुहायां लीनमत्यन्तदीनं
स्वजनकममुनैव प्राणहीनं करोषि॥

O musk, don’t boast of your supreme fragrance! In deep mountain caves, you leave your source—the deer—lifeless in utter obscurity.

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अयि मकरन्दस्यन्दिनि पद्मिनि मन्ये तवैव सुभगत्वम्।
पुष्पवतीमपि भवतीं त्यजति न वृद्धः शुचिर्हंसः॥

O lotus exuding honey, your fortune lies in that even the old pure swan never abandons you—despite other blooming flowers.

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अयि मदन न दग्धस्त्वं किमीशेन कोपात्
किमुत रतिवियोगे नान्वभूर्मूर्ख दुःखम्।
अविदितपरपीडो येन मामुत्पलाक्षी-
रहितमहितपात्रैः पत्रिवर्षैर्दुनोषि॥

O Madana (Cupid), were you not burned by Shiva? Or did you not suffer Rati’s separation? Then why torment me with love-arrows from unworthy ones, lack...

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