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अयि मन्मथचूतमञ्जरि श्रवणायतलोचने प्रिये।
अपहृत्य मनः क्व यासि मे किमराजकमत्र वर्तते॥

O beloved with eyes like mango blossoms and ears like spring, you’ve stolen my heart—where are you off to now, as if it were ungoverned?

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अयि ममैष चकोरशिशुर्मुनेर्
व्रजति सिन्धुपिबस्य न शिष्यताम्।
अशितुमब्धिमधीतवतोऽस्य च
शशिकराः पिबतः कति शीकराः॥

O dear one, this young chakora bird drinks moonlight, aspiring to drink the ocean—how can it learn from one who only sips dew?

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अयि मलयज महिमायं कस्य गिरामस्तु विषयस्ते।
उद्गिरतो यद्गरलं फणिनः पुष्णासि परिमलोद्गारैः॥

O sandalwood, your greatness lies beyond speech. You nourish the venomous cobra’s poison with your fragrance—grace healing even evil.

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अयि मालति सौरभसारविनिर्-
जितसंविकसत्कमलानिलये।
मधुपानविधौ मधुपस्य पुनर्
भुवने भवतीमहमाकलये॥

O Malati! Your fragrance overpowers even the breezes that awaken blooming lotuses. You are the one I see in the very art of the bee's intoxicated drin...

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अयि मृगाक्षि तवाधरपल्लवे दयितदन्तपदं न भवत्यदः।
भुवनमोहनमन्त्रपदाङ्कितं किमुत यन्त्रमिदं स्मरयोगिनः॥

O doe-eyed beauty! That mark on your tender lip cannot be from your lover’s teeth; rather, it must be the mantra-inscribed stamp of Cupid himself, des...

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अयि रोषमुरीकरोषि नो चेत्
किमपि त्वां प्रति वारिधे वदामः।
जलदेन तवार्थिना विमुक्तान्य्
अपि तोयानि महान् न हा जहासि॥

O ocean! If you do not embrace your anger, what complaint can we make against you? Even when the clouds (seek your waters), you never withhold them—tr...

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अयि लङ्घितमर्याद स्मर स्मर हरानलम्।
दग्धं दग्धुमयुक्तं ते जनं विरहकातरम्॥

O woman who crossed the bounds of propriety! Recall the fire of Shiva’s wrath. It is not right to burn one already scorched by the flames of separatio...

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अयि वरोरु हतस्मरदीपिके
यदि गतासि मदीक्षणगोचरात्।
असमसायकसायककीलिता
वद गमिष्यसि मे हृदयात् कथम्॥

O slender-waisted one, destroyer of desire’s flame! Even if you vanish from my sight, how will you escape from my heart, where your arrows are still l...

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अयि विजहीहि दृढोपगूहनं त्यज नवसंगमभीरु वल्लभम्।
अरुणकरोद्गम एष वर्तते वरतनु संप्रवदन्ति कुक्कुटाः॥

O beloved, let go of your hesitant embrace, abandon your new-love shyness! The sun is rising and even the roosters are calling—come, arise, O lovely o...

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अयि विधुं परिपृच्छ गुरोः
कुतः स्फुटमशिक्ष्यत दाहवदान्यता।
ग्लपितशंभुगलाद् गरलात्
त्वया किमुदधौ जड वा वडवानलात्॥

O Moon, go ask your teacher why you never learnt the skill of burning heat. Did you gain it from the poison of Shiva’s throat, or from the fire that c...

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