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कराग्रे वसते लक्ष्मीः करमध्ये सरस्वती ।
करमूले तु गोविन्दः प्रभाते करदर्शनम् ॥

Laxmi resides at the tip of the hand, sarasvati in the middle, Govinda at the root. Hence one should take ``darshan'' of one's hand in the morning.

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काकः कृष्णः पिकः कृष्णः को भेदः पिककाकयोः ।
वसन्तसमये प्राप्ते काकः काकः पिकः पिकः ॥

The crow is black, and the cuckoo is black. What is the difference between the two ? It is when spring arrives that the crow is identified as the crow...

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सज्जनस्य हृदयं नवनीतं यद्वदन्ति कवयस्तदलीकम् ।
अन्यदेहविलसत्परितापात् सज्जनो द्रवति, नो नवनीतम् ॥

Poets say that the heart of a good man is like butter, but that is not correct. The heat (frustration/sorrow/ etc.) residing in another body does not ...

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काचं मणिं काञ्चनमेकसूत्रे मुग्धा निब्ध्नन्ति किमत्र चित्रम् ।
विचारवान् पाणिनिरेकसूत्रे श्वानं युवानं मघवानमाह ॥

शुनेव यूना प्रसभं मघोना प्रधर्शिता गौत्मधर्मपत्नी ।
विचारवान् पाणिनिरेकसूत्रे श्वानं युवानं मघवानमाह ॥

The first verse : What is so strange about women tying glass, beads and gold all on one thread ? Even the great thinker paNini tied the dog, the you...

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निःस्वो वष्टि शतं शती दशशतं लक्षं सह्स्राधिपः
लक्षेशः क्षितिपालतां क्षितिपतिश्चक्रेशतां वाञ्छति ।
चक्रेशः पुनरिन्द्रतां सुरपतिः ब्राह्मं पदं वाञ्छति
ब्रह्मा शैवपदं शिवो हरिपदं चाशावधिं को गतः ॥

The penniless man wishes for a hundred, the onw who has hundred wants a thousand, the one with a thousand , a lakh. The one with a lakh wants to be t...

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निन्दन्तु नीतिनिपुणा यदि वा स्तुवन्तु
लक्ष्मीः समाविशतु गच्छतु वा यथेष्टम् ।
अद्यैव वा मरणमस्तु युगान्तरे वा
न्याय्यात्पथः प्रविचलन्ति पदं न धीराः ॥

Whether the philosophers praise him or criticize, whether lakShmi enters the house or goes away as she wishes, whether death is today itself or after...

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स्वयं पञ्चमुखः पुत्रौ गजाननषडाननौ ।
दिगम्बरः कथं जीवेत् अन्नपूर्णा न चेद्गृहे ॥

five mouthed himself(Shiva), and sons the elephant mouth (Ganesh) and the one with six mouths (Kartikeya) .. how would shiva survive if Annapurna ...

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स्वयं महेशः शव्शुरो नगेशः सखा धनेशश्च सुतो गणेशः ।
तथापि भिक्षाटनमेव शम्भोः बलीयसी केवलमीश्वरेच्छा ॥

Himself the great lord, his father in law the king of mountains, his friend the king of wealth, his and his son the lord of the gaNas. even then roami...

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गर्जसि मेघ न यच्छसि तोयं चातकपक्षी व्याकुलितोऽहम् ।
दैवादिह यदि दक्षिणवातः क्व त्वं क्वाहं क्व च जलपातः ॥

O cloud, you roar, but do not give water. I, the chatak bird am thirsty. If fatefully the southern winds blow here, where shall you be , where shall I...

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रे रे चातक ! सावधानमनसा मित्र क्षणं श्रूयतां
अम्भोदा बहवो वसन्ति गगने सर्वेऽपि नैकादृशाः ।
केचित् वृष्टिभिरार्द्रयन्ति धरणीं गर्जन्ति केचिद्वृथा
यं यं पश्यसि तस्य तस्य पुरतो मा ब्ऱूहि दीनं वचः ॥

O chatak, my friend, listen for a moment with an alert mind. there are many clouds in the sky, not all of them are alike. Some wet the earth by their ...

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