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द्विगुणकटुकषायप्रायभुग् वीतलज्जा
लुलदतिविपुलोष्ठी दुःखसाध्या प्रयोगे।
बहिरपि बहुरोमात्यन्तमन्तर्विशालं वहति
जघनरन्ध्रं हस्तिनी गद्गदोक्तिः॥

Describes a woman of crude manners and unattractive qualities, using harsh poetic satire. Reflects critique of lust or false appearances.

satire (211) harsh beauty (1) critique (50) feminine form (16) exaggeration (34) poetic boldness (3) sensory metaphor (3) unattractiveness (2) disillusionment (23)

अलसं मुखरं स्तब्धं क्रूरं व्यसनिनं शठम्।
असंतुष्टमभक्तं च त्यजेद् भृत्यं नराधिपः॥

A king must reject a servant who is lazy, talkative, cruel, addicted, cunning, dissatisfied, and irreligious. A verse of statecraft and moral selectio...

leadership (279) servant ethics (1) laziness (49) cunning (21) governance (214) discipline (380) moral code (3) discontent (13) behavior (249) duty (198)

अलसं वपुषि श्लथं दुकूले
चपलं चेतसि धूसरं कपोले।
चकितं नयने स्तने विलोलं
तव नामश्रवणं तनूदरीणाम्॥

A delicate portrayal of a timid, sensual woman whose very body, eyes, and breath respond to the sound of her beloved’s name. A love-saturated verse.

love (1567) woman (157) shyness (81) beauty (1797) femininity (225) delicacy (22) romance (506) perception (181) subtlety (175) name magic (1)

अलसं विक्रमश्रान्तं विहतोपायचेष्टितम्।
क्षयव्ययप्रवासैश्च श्रमेण विपरिद्रुतम्॥

Exhaustion after repeated failures, loss, and travel leaves one drained. A universal human image of weariness after effort.

exhaustion (34) fatigue (36) failure (101) loss (191) travel (44) effort (289) weariness (4) human condition (13) frustration (39) limitation (28)

भीरुं मूर्खं स्त्रियं बालं धार्मिकं दुर्जनं पशुम्।
मैत्रीप्रधानं कल्याणबुद्धिं सान्त्वेन साधयेत्॥

One should win over the timid, fools, women, children, the pious, wicked, and even animals with kindness and diplomacy, not force.

diplomacy (79) kindness (75) strategy (222) relationships (94) ethics (803) persuasion (4) human behavior (15) power (396) understanding (28)

अलसभुजलताभिर्नादृतो नागरीभिर्
भवनदमनकानां नातिथिर्वा बभूव।
त्वदरिनगरमध्ये संचरंश्चैत्रजन्मा
जरदजगरपीतः क्षीयते गन्धवाहः॥

A spring-born, fragile, and romantic figure, wandering unwelcomed among women, consumed by old age. A lament of decline.

rejection (86) romance (506) age (18) beauty (1797) fragility (29) wandering (6) time (242) city women (1) loneliness (17) symbolism (947)

अलसमधुरा स्निग्धा दृष्टिर्घनत्वमुपागता
किसलयरुचिर्निस्ताम्बूलस्वभावधरोधरः।
त्रिवलिवलया लेखोन्नेया घटन्त इवैकतः
प्रकृतिसुभगा गर्भेणासौ किमप्युपपादिता॥

Describes the deeply sensuous gaze of a woman, filled with affection and heaviness, giving hints of pregnancy and feminine beauty.

gaze (69) beauty (1797) femininity (225) affection (216) sensuality (306) expression (146) detail (12) grace (359) pregnancy (8) poetic charm (10)

अलसमुकुलिताक्षं वक्त्रमालोक्य तस्या
मयि विलुलितचित्ते मूकभावं प्रपन्ने।
श्रवणकुवलयान्तश्चारिणा षट्पदेन
क्षणमनुगतनादं गीतमन्तः स्मरामि॥

Reminiscing a moment when the beloved’s lotus-like eyes slowly opened and a bee wandered near her ear—an intensely romantic image.

memory (202) love (1567) romance (506) beauty (1797) eyes (211) poetry (588) nature (950) bee metaphor (9) gentleness (44) yearning (59)

अलसयति गात्रमधिकं भ्रमयति चेतस्तनोति संतापम्।
मोहं च मुहुः कुरुते विषमविषं वीक्षितं तस्याः॥

Her glance causes heat, delusion, dizziness—her mere look is like poison. A classic verse of overpowering beauty.

desire (898) beauty (1797) danger (229) passion (501) gaze (69) heat (60) delusion (175) poetic love (11) imagery (157) intense emotion (3)

अलसलुलितमुग्धान्यध्वसंपातखेदाद्
अशिथिलपरिरम्भैर्दत्तसंवाहनानि।
परिमृदितमृणालीदुर्बलान्यङ्गकानि
त्वमुरसि मम कृत्वा यत्र निद्रामवाप्ता॥

After a tiring journey, the weak limbs of a delicate woman collapse in a loose embrace—intimate, restful, tender.

rest (25) fatigue (36) intimacy (234) woman (157) travel (44) embrace (93) tenderness (83) love (1567) fragility (29) poetic stillness (2)