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अकृत्वा निजदेशस्य रक्षां यो विजिगीषते।
स नृपः परिधानेन वृतमौलिः पुमानिव॥

A king who desires conquest without first ensuring the protection of his own country is like a man wearing a crown but wrapped only in a loincloth. A...

king (200) governance (214) duty (198) security (13) folly (51) analogy (98) politics (111) niti (75)

अकृत्वा परसंतापम् अगत्वा खलनम्रताम्।
अनुत्सृज्य सतां वर्त्म यत् स्वल्पमपि तद् बहु॥

That which is obtained, even if it is very little, by not causing pain to others, by not bowing to the wicked, and by not abandoning the path of the g...

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अकृत्वा पौरुषं या श्रीः किं तयालसभाग्यया।
कुरङ्गोऽपि समश्नाति दैवादुपनतं तृणम्॥

What is the use of fortune that comes without personal effort—the fortune of the lazy? Even a deer, by chance, eats the grass that comes its way. Thi...

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अकृत्वा मानुषं कर्म यो दैवमनुवर्तते।
वृथा श्राम्यति संप्राप्य पतिं क्लीबमिवाङ्गना॥

He who relies on fate (daiva) without performing human effort (karma) toils in vain, like a woman who gets an impotent husband. This verse champions ...

effort (289) fate (402) action (258) futility (143) analogy (98) purushartha (4) niti (75)

अकृत्वा हेलया पादम् उच्चैर्मूर्धसु विद्विषाम्।
कथंकारमनालम्बा कीर्तिर्द्यामधिरोहति॥

Without contemptuously placing one's foot on the heads of enemies, how can unsupported fame (kīrti) possibly climb to the heavens? This is a verse ab...

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अकृपणमशठमचपलं योगिनमविषादिनं बुधं शूरम्।
यदि नाश्रयति नरं श्रीः श्रीरेव हि वञ्चिता भवति॥

If Fortune (Śrī) does not take refuge in a man who is generous, not deceitful, not fickle, a yogi, not despondent, wise, and brave, then it is Fortune...

virtue (726) fortune (115) generosity (169) character (259) praise (189) ideal man (5)

अकृशं कुचयोः कृशं वलग्ने विततं चक्षुषि विस्तृतं नितम्बे।
अरुणाधरमाविरस्तु चित्ते करुणाशालि कपालिभागधेयम्॥

Full in the breasts, slender in the waist, expansive in the eyes, broad in the hips, with reddish lips—may this form, the merciful good fortune of the...

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अकृशं नितम्बभागे क्षामं मध्ये समुन्नतं कुचयोः।
अत्यायतं नयनयोर् मम जीवितमेतदायाति॥

Full in the hip region, slender in the middle, elevated in the breasts, and very wide in the eyes—this, my very life, is approaching. A classic poeti...

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अकृष्टफलमूलेन वनवासरतः सदा।
कुरुतेऽहरहः श्राद्धम् ऋषिर्विप्रः स उच्यते॥

A Brahmin who always delights in living in the forest, subsisting on fruits and roots that grow without ploughing, and performs the śrāddha rites ever...

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अकेकी किं केकी वचसि चतुरः किन्न कुररः
शुकः किंवा मूकः स च कलरवः किं क्षतरवः।
त्वयागण्यैः पुण्यैः पिकमधुरिमा धीरगरिमा
यतो लब्धः स्तब्धः किमसि रुचिरं नेह सुचिरम्॥

Is the peacock not a peacock? Is it not clever in speech? ... O Cuckoo, by your countless merits you have obtained this sweetness and dignity. Why are...

cuckoo (46) spring (134) nature (950) praise (189) poetry (588) impermanence (242) kavya (34)

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