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अयि शाकुनिक कृतोऽञ्जलिर्
इतरे न कतीह जीवनोपायाः।
हत्वा शुकान् किमेतद्
विपिनमसारस्वतं कुरुषे॥

O bird-catcher, I fold my hands to you! Are there no other means of survival here? Why rob this forest of its melody by killing the parrots?

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अयि संप्रति देहि दर्शनं स्मर पर्युत्सुक एष माधवः।
दयितास्वनवस्थितं नृणां न खलु प्रेम चलं सुहृज्जने॥

O dear one, grant your vision now! Madhava is pining in love. A beloved’s unsteadiness is not a sign of fickle love among true companions.

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अयि संप्रसीद पार्वति शिवोऽपि तव पादयोर्निपतितोऽहम्।
शिव इति कथं हि जल्पसि सरुधिरगजचर्मसंवीतः॥

O Parvati, be gracious! Even Shiva himself has bowed at your feet. Why then do you scorn me, claiming you are Shiva—clothed in elephant skin and smear...

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आयि सखि कुरु क्षिप्रं रम्भादलैः शिशिरानिलं
सहचरि तनौ सत्कर्पूरं द्रुतं परिलेपय।
सरसबिसिनीपत्रैस्तल्पं प्रिये परिकल्पय
स्फुटमिति विभो तस्या गेहे भवन्ति किलोक्तयः॥

O friend, quickly bring plantain leaves and cool breeze, apply fine camphor gently to her body. Lay a lotus-leaf bed—these are the sayings in the hous...

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अयि सखि निशा किं वा घस्रः शशी
किमु भास्करः स्फुरति पुरतः कामः
किं वा ममास्ति स वल्लभः।
प्रतिपलमिति प्राणाधीश प्रिया विरहातुरा
कथयति मुहुर्मन्दं मन्दं सखीं सविधस्थिताम्॥

O friend, is it night or dawn? Is that the moon or the sun? Does my beloved even exist? Thus, my love-struck heart constantly mutters in pain to the c...

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अयि सखि परिदोषो जायते चुम्बने
किं किमु कुचपरिरम्भे किं रते ब्रूहि तथ्यम्।
इतिनिगदति नाथे दीपमालोकयन्ती
हरि हरि हरिणाक्षी ह्रीसमुद्रे निमग्ना॥

O friend, is there any fault in a kiss—or in an embrace of the breasts, or in lovemaking? As her lord speaks thus, the doe-eyed lady, watching the lam...

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अयि सखि मम प्राणाधीशो गतो विषयान्तरं
कुसुमविशिखस्तस्मादुच्चैर्दुनोति तनुं शरैः।
लघु कुरु तथा यत्नं येन स्मराधिनिवारणे
पटुतरमतेस्तस्याशु स्यादिहागमनं ततः॥

O friend, my beloved has turned elsewhere. Cupid’s arrows torment my body. Please devise a clever plan so he swiftly returns to me, lest I perish.

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अयि सखि शस्तः सखिवत्
पतिरिति किं त्वं न जानासि।
शस्तोऽतिसखिवदुपपतिर् इत्यालि
कथं त्वयापि नाबोधि॥

O friend, don't you know that a husband should be treated like a close friend? And the paramour—should be treated like more than a friend! How could y...

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अयि सरसिज सायं संनिधानं त्वदीयं
भ्रमर उपगतोऽयं चूतमालां विहाय।
अनुपममधुलोभाद् दूरतः सांप्रतं तद्
इदमनुचितमेतन् मुद्रणं यन्मुखस्य॥

O lotus, in the evening your abode has drawn this bee away from mango blossoms. Attracted by your unique nectar—this face-kissing is inappropriate now...

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अयि सरले तावदिमा उपदेशगिरो विशन्ति कर्णान्तः।
यावन्नान्तर्भूतं तच्चेतसि मामकं चेतः॥

O simple one! These moral teachings enter your ears—but not until my presence enters your heart will they truly reside within your mind.

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