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अक्लान्तद्युतिभिर्वसन्तकुसुमैरुत्तंसयन् कुन्तलान्
अन्तः खेलति खञ्जरीटनयने कुञ्जेषु कञ्जेक्षणः।
अस्मन्मन्दिरकर्मतस्तव करौ नाद्यापि विश्राम्यतः
किं ब्रूमो रसिकाग्रणीरसि घटी नेयं विलम्बक्षमा॥

The lotus-eyed one (Krishna) plays in the groves... Your hands haven't yet rested from our household work. What can we say? You are a true connoisseur...

krishna (233) gopi (16) bhakti (70) love (1567) spring (134) opportunity (37) rasika (6)

अक्लिष्टबालतरुपल्लवलोभनीयं
पीतं मया सदयमेव रतोत्सवेषु।
बिम्बाधरं दशसि चेद् भ्रमर प्रियायास्
त्वां कारयामि कमलोदरबन्धनस्थम्॥

I have gently drunk from my beloved's lip, lovely as a fresh, tender leaf. O bee, if you bite her lip, I will have you imprisoned within a lotus bloss...

love (1567) jealousy (88) bee (69) metaphor (1632) poetry (588) kavya (34) warning (153) romance (506)

अक्लेशादिव चिन्तितम् उपतिष्ठति सिद्धमेव पुण्यवताम्।
उड्डीयापुण्यवतां गच्छन्ति कपोतकाः पश्य॥

For the meritorious, a desired object appears as if already accomplished, without any effort. Look! For the non-meritorious, even pigeons fly away and...

karma (500) merit (120) punya (7) fortune (115) luck (10) good fortune (1) bad fortune (1)

अक्षत्रारिकृताभिमन्युनिधनप्रोद्भूततीव्रभ्रुवः
पार्थस्याकृत शात्रवप्रतिकृतेरन्तः शुचा मुह्यतः।
कीर्णा बाष्पकणैः पतन्ति धनुषि व्रीडाजडा दृष्टयो
हा वत्सेति गिरः स्फुरन्ति न पुनर्निर्यान्ति वक्त्राद्बहिः॥

Of Partha (Arjuna)—whose eyebrows were sharp with rage over Abhimanyu's death by unfair enemies, fainting with grief for not having avenged them—his t...

arjuna (34) abhimanyu (1) mahabharata (41) grief (129) rage (7) shame (67) pathos (10)

अक्षदेवनपणीकृतेधरे कान्तयोर्जयपराजये सति।
अत्र वक्तु यदि वेत्ति मन्मथः कस्तयोर्जयति जीयतेऽपि वा॥

When two lovers, having wagered a kiss on a game of dice, face victory and defeat, let the God of Love (Manmatha), if he can speak, say who among them...

love (1567) romance (506) kiss (19) dice game (2) victory (118) defeat (25) manmatha (7) paradox (167)

अक्षद्यूतजिताधरग्रहविधावीशोऽसि तत्खण्डना-
दाधिक्ये वद को भवानिति मृषा कोपाञ्चितभ्रू लतम्।
स्विद्यत्खिन्नकरा।ग्रकुड्म। लपरायत्तीकृतास्यस्य मे
मुग्धाक्षीप्रतिकृत्य तत् कृतवती द्यूतेऽपि यन्नार्जितम्॥

You are a master at claiming a lip won in dice, but who are you to be so excessive in biting it?' saying this with feigned anger... the doe-eyed one t...

love quarrel (3) pranayakalaha (2) kiss (19) romance (506) dice game (2) eroticism (60) playfulness (86)

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