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अकौसुमी मन्मथचापयश्टि- रनंशुका विभ्रमवैजयन्ती।
ललाटरङ्गाङ्गणनर्तकीयम् अनञ्जना भ्रूरनुयाति दृष्टम्॥

A bow-staff of the God of Love not made of flowers, a victory-banner of flirtation without cloth, a dancer on the stage of the forehead—this eyebrow, ...

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अक्रत्वङ्गमतस्तक्रं न शतक्रतुना हुतम्।
नादत्तमिति वाक्यार्थात् तक्रं शक्रस्य दुर्लभम्॥

Because buttermilk (takra) is not part of a sacrifice, it was not offered by the performer of a hundred sacrifices (Indra). From the scriptural statem...

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अक्रमेणानुपायेन कर्मारम्भो न सिध्यति।
दधिसर्पिःपयांसीव शबरस्य यथा हि गोः॥

An action started without proper sequence and without proper means does not succeed, just like the attempt by a tribal (Śabara) to get curd, ghee, and...

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अक्रोधं शिक्षयन्त्यन्यैः क्रोधना ये तपोधनाः।
निर्धनास्ते धनायैव धातुवादोपदेशिनः॥

Those ascetics who are themselves wrathful yet teach 'non-anger' to others are like alchemists teaching the method of making gold while themselves rem...

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अक्रोधनः क्रोधनेभ्यो विशिष्टस्
तथा तितिक्षुरतितिक्षोर्विशिष्टः।
अमानुषेभ्योमानुषाश्च प्रधाना
विद्वांस्तथैवाविदुषः प्रधानः॥

A non-angry person is superior to an angry one; a forgiving person is superior to an unforgiving one. Humans are superior to non-humans, and among the...

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अक्रोधनः सत्यवादी भूतानामविहिंसकः।
अनसूयः सदाचारो दीर्घमायुरवाप्नुयात्॥

One who is not given to anger, is truthful, does not harm living beings (ahiṃsā), is not envious, and follows good conduct, attains a long life. This...

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अक्रोधनश्च राजेन्द्र सत्यशीलो दृढव्रतः।
आत्मोपमश्च भूतेषु स तीर्थफलमश्नुते॥

O King, one who is free from anger, truthful, firm in his vows, and who views other beings as he views himself—he obtains the fruit of all pilgrimages...

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अक्रोधवैराग्यजितेन्द्रियत्वं क्षमादयाशान्तिजनप्रियत्वम्।
निर्लोभदाता भयशोकहारी ज्ञानस्य चिह्नं भयलक्षणानि॥

Freedom from anger, detachment, sense-control, forgiveness, compassion, peace, being dear to people, generosity without greed, and dispelling fear and...

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अक्रोधस्य यदा क्रोधः सर्वनाशाय कल्पते।
राघवस्य प्रकोपेन बद्धो नदनदीपतिः॥

When a normally non-angry person gets angry, it leads to total destruction. Due to the wrath of Raghava (Rama), the lord of rivers (the Ocean) was bou...

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अक्रोधेन जयेत् क्रोधम् असाधुं साधुना जयेत्।
जयेत् कदर्यं दानेन जयेत् सत्येन चानृतम्॥

One should conquer anger with non-anger, the wicked with goodness, the miser with generosity, and falsehood with truth. A famous maxim of ethical con...

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