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अलमभिमुखैर्बद्धैर्भोगैरलं भ्रमिभिर्दृशोर्
अलमविरलैर्गर्जोद्गारैरलं विषवृष्टिभिः।
किमिह भुजगाः कोपावेगैरमीभिरमुद्रितैर्
ननु भगवतस्तार्क्ष्यस्यैते वयं स्तुतिपाठकाः॥

The poet renounces worldly pleasures, distractions, loud arguments, and even the venomous wrath of serpents, stating that these things hold no power o...

renunciation (267) detachment (573) spiritual strength (18) garuda (10) divine protection (6) anger (185) temptation (79) devotion (933) praise (189) liberation (230)

अलमलमघृणस्य तस्य नाम्ना
पुनरपि सैव कथा गतः स कालः।
कथय कथय वा तथापि दूति
प्रतिवचनं द्विषतोऽपि माननीयम्॥

The confidante (दूति) says that even if the story of the merciless one repeats and that painful time returns, it’s still worth recounting, as even an ...

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अलमलमतिमात्रं साहसेनामुना ते
त्वरितमयि विमुञ्च त्वं लतापाशमेनम्।
चलितमपि निरोद्धुं जीवितं जीवितेशे
क्षणमिह मम कण्ठे बाहुपाशं निधेहि॥

The speaker begs their beloved not to act rashly and to pause for a moment in embrace before departing. Even if life is leaving, they want the final m...

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अलमलमतिवृद्ध्या स्थीयतां तस्य पश्यस्य्
अकरुण करभोरोर्भज्यते मध्यमेतत्।
इति गुरुजघनाज्ञाचोदिता रोमराजिः
स्तनयुगमसिताक्ष्या वक्तुमारोहतीव॥

A poetic and sensual image where the curve of body seems to speak under the instruction of the waist and the cruelty of the lover. Erotic metaphor ble...

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अलमलमनुगम्य प्रस्थितं प्राणनाथं
प्रथमविरहशोके न प्रतीकार एषः।
सपदि रमणयात्रा श्रेय इत्यारटन्त्या
चरणपतनपूर्वं सा निरुद्धेव काञ्च्या॥

A maiden, in her first experience of separation, unable to bear the grief, rushes to follow her beloved, only to be restrained by the belt she wears—a...

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अलमलमियमेव प्राणिनां पातकानां
निरसनविषये या कृष्ण कृष्णेति वाणी।
यदि भवति मुकुन्दे भक्तिरानन्दसान्द्रा
विलुठति चरणाब्जे मोक्षसाम्राज्यलक्ष्मीः॥

Merely chanting "Krishna Krishna" purifies all sins. If one’s devotion is deep, then liberation itself bows at the lotus feet of Mukunda. This is a ce...

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अलमात्मीयं विदितं विदितं धनिकस्य याचकोऽवहितः।
चन्द्रं ब्रवीति चटकं चटकं चन्द्रं च लोभलोलमना॥

A beggar tries to flatter a wealthy man by constantly mentioning his name, like the bird Chataka that obsessively calls the moon. It reflects on flatt...

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अलमादिवराहेण वटुदासं परं स्तुमः।
जगदुद्धरता येन न वक्रीकृतमाननम्॥

Let us praise Varaha, the boar incarnation of Vishnu, who rescued the earth without distorting his face, showing effortless divine strength.

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अलमुदकेन तृणैर्वा मनस्विना प्राणधारणा कार्या।
नासंस्कृतश्च पुरुषः प्राकृतसत्त्वः प्रणयितव्यः॥

The wise man survives even on water and grass. But a man untrained, lacking refinement, is not to be loved or befriended. A call for refined character...

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अललितगतिरुच्चैः स्थूलवक्राङ्गुलीकं
वहति चरण युग्मं कन्धरां ह्रस्वपीनाम्।
कपिलकचकलापा क्रूरचेष्टातिपीना
द्विरदमदविगन्धिः स्वाङ्ककेऽनङ्कके च॥

A highly poetic and sensory description of an elephant, highlighting its physicality, smell, and presence. Uses animal imagery to evoke wild majesty.

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