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अयि सुतनुशरीरे तल्पमारुह्य तूर्णं
विरचय मम कण्ठे बन्धनं बाहुवल्ल्या।
इतिनिगदति नाथे दीपमालोकयन्ती
हरि हरि हरिणाक्षी ह्रीसमुद्रे निमग्ना॥

O slender-bodied one, mount the bed and tie around my neck your garland of arms! Hearing this from her lord, the doe-eyed one gazes at the lamp and si...

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अयि सुन्दरि तव वदनं नित्यं पूर्णं सुधानिधिर्मत्वा।
हन्त पतत्युपरिष्टान् मध्येऽम्बुधि नित्यमेवासौ॥

O beautiful one! Thinking your face a constant full moon of nectar, alas, I (like the moon) always fall into the ocean of longing for you.

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अयि सुन्दरि संप्रति पश्य
पुरश् चरमाचलमस्तकमेति रविः।
समुपैति तमःपटलीजटिला
रजनी कुरु कामकलाः सकलाः॥

O beautiful one, behold! The sun is nearing the summit of the last mountain—night wraps herself in darkness. Now is the time to fulfill every desire o...

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अयि स्वयूथ्यैरशनिक्षतोपमं
ममाद्य वृत्तान्तमिमं बतोदिता।
मुखानि लोलाक्षि दिशामसंशयं
दशापि शून्यानि विलोकयिष्यसि॥

O wide-eyed one! Today, my tale is spread by your friends like uneaten food thrown to crows—look around, and you’ll find even the ten directions devoi...

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अयि हस्तगतैः प्राणैर् अमीभिः कन्दुकैरिव।
अपर्यन्तरसं मुग्धे कियत् क्रीडितुमिच्छसि॥

O sweet girl! These lives you hold in your hands—like balls for play—how long will you keep playing with them, tasting this endless amusement?

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अयि हारलते संहर हरहुंकृतिदग्धदेहसंक्षोभम्।
सद्भावजानुरक्तिर् नहि रम्या पण्यनारीणाम्॥

O garland-like beloved! Withdraw from those whose bodies tremble from harsh dominance. True affection born of love is never fitting for women sold lik...

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अयि हृदय दयां मयि कुरु
कुरङ्गनयनां विना बधान धृतिम्।
टसदिति झटिति स्फुट वा
स्फुटमिदमुक्तं गतिर्नान्या॥

O heart! Have mercy on me. Without the doe-eyed one, hold yourself together. But truthfully, I confess—there is no path for me but her!

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अयुक्तं बहु भाषन्ते यत्र कुत्रापि शेरते।
नग्ना विक्षिप्य गात्राणि सज्जरा इव मद्यपाः॥

It is unworthy conduct: speaking too much, lying anywhere, flinging limbs wildly like drunkards plagued with fevers.

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अयुक्तं युक्तं वा यदभिहितमज्ञेन विभुना
स्तुयादेतन्नित्यं जडमपि गुरुं तस्य विनुयात्।
विवत्सुर्नैःस्पृह्यं कथमपि सभायामभिनयेत्
स्वकार्यं संतुष्टे क्षितिभृति रहस्येव कथयेत्॥

Whether right or wrong, if spoken by a fool in power, praise it outwardly and serve even a dull master. But a wise man, though unattached, should conc...

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अयुक्तं स्वामिनो युक्तं युक्तं नीचस्य दूषणम्।
अमृतं राहवे मृत्युर् विषं शंकरभूषणम्॥

What’s unfit becomes fit if done by the master; what’s right becomes wrong in the lowly. Nectar is death to Rahu, but poison adorns Shiva—context is e...

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