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अकृतस्यागमो नास्ति कृते नाशो न विद्यते।
अकस्मादेव लोकोऽयं तृष्णे दासीकृतस्त्वया॥

There is no fruition of an action not performed, and the effect of an action performed is never destroyed. O Desire (Trishna), you have enslaved this ...

karma (500) action (258) desire (898) bondage (64) philosophy (290) trishna (1)

अकृतात्मानमासाद्य राजानमनये रतम्।
समृद्धानि विनश्यन्ति राष्ट्राणि नगराणि च॥

On getting a king who is undisciplined and delights in injustice, even prosperous nations and cities are destroyed. This is a maxim on governance, st...

king (200) governance (214) justice (151) discipline (380) ruin (53) politics (111) niti (75)

अकृतेऽप्युद्यमे पुंसाम् अन्यजन्मकृतं फलम्।
शुभाशुभं समभ्येति विधिना संनियोजितम्॥

Even without a person's effort (in this life), the good or bad fruit of actions done in another birth approaches, ordained by fate (vidhi). This vers...

karma (500) fate (402) past life (4) destiny (289) prarabdha karma (1) philosophy (290)

अकृतेष्वेवकार्येषु मृत्युर्वै संप्रकर्षति।
युवैव धर्मशीलः स्याद् अनिमित्तं हि जीवितम्॥

Death indeed approaches while one's duties are still undone. Therefore, one should be devoted to Dharma while still young, for life is uncertain. Thi...

death (241) duty (198) dharma (540) youth (261) impermanence (242) procrastination (14)

अकृतोपद्रवः कश्चिन् महानपि न पूज्यते।
पूजयन्ति नरा नागान् न तार्क्ष्यं नागघातिनम्॥

A great being who causes no trouble is not worshipped. People worship cobras, but not Garuda, the killer of cobras. A cynical observation on human ps...

fear (252) worship (89) respect (164) cynicism (19) human nature (88) power (396) niti (75)

अकृतयं नैव कृत्यं स्यात् प्राणत्यागेऽप्युपस्थिते।
न च कृत्यं परित्याज्यम् एष धर्मः सनातनः॥

What should not be done must never be done, even if one's life is at stake. And what should be done must not be abandoned. This is the eternal Dharma....

duty (198) dharma (540) ethics (803) righteousness (134) morality (248) principle (9) sanatana dharma (1)

अकृतयं मन्यते कृतयं अगम्यं मन्यते सुगम्।
अभक्ष्यं मन्यते भक्ष्यं स्त्रीवाक्यप्रेरितो नरः॥

A man, spurred on by the words of a woman, considers the forbidden to be permissible, the impossible to be easy, and the inedible to be edible. A mis...

misogyny (4) influence (94) judgment (94) woman (157) folly (51) warning (153)

अकृत्रिमप्रेमरसा विलासालसगामिनी।
असारे दग्धसंसारे सारं सारङ्गलोचना॥

She who is filled with the essence of natural love, who moves languidly with passion—in this worthless, burnt-out world, the deer-eyed woman is the on...

love (1567) beauty (1797) woman (157) samsara (74) essence (70) romance (506) praise (189)

अकृत्रिमविलासाङ्कम् अशिक्षितकलाक्रमम्।
अविभागाङ्गसुभगं बभूव सुरतं तयोः॥

Their lovemaking was marked by natural charm, its sequence of acts was untaught, and it was beautiful due to the seamless union of their bodies. A so...

lovemaking (5) surata (1) naturalness (2) passion (501) eroticism (60) poetry (588) kama (47)

अकृत्वा कर्म यो लोके फलं विन्दति विष्टितः।
स तु वक्तव्यतां याति द्वेष्यो भवति प्रायशः॥

He who obtains a result in this world without performing the action, being merely a stand-in, becomes an object of gossip and is generally hated. Thi...

unearned reward (1) nepotism (2) effort (289) karma (500) social justice (1) resentment (5)

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