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अलाबुबीजं त्रपुसस्य बीजं तस्यैव तोयेन च तन्निषिक्तम्।
आलेपनाद्यैर्विधिवत् प्रयुक्तं हन्याद्विषं तक्षकसंभवं च॥

A specific ancient remedy: a mixture of gourd and cucumber seeds soaked in their own water, when properly applied as a paste, is said to destroy even ...

ayurveda (78) remedy (43) gourd (2) cucumber (1) poison cure (1) snakebite (4) traditional medicine (3) detox (1) takshaka (1) application (8)

अलाभात् पुरुषाणां हि भयात् परिजनस्य च।
वधबन्धभयाच्चापि स्वयं गुप्ता भवन्ति ताः॥

Women guard themselves not always due to virtue, but often from fear of dishonor, poverty, family shame, or death. This verse gives a pragmatic lens o...

fear (252) honor (131) women (268) self-restraint (24) social shame (1) family (165) insecurity (7) social critique (16) behavior (249) protection (293)

अलिकुलमञ्जुलकेशी परिमलबहुला रसावहा तन्वी।
किशलयपेशलपाणिः कोकिलकलभाषिणी प्रियतमा मे॥

My beloved is fragrant, delicate, and graceful like a swarm of bees dancing in her locks, speaking with the melody of a cuckoo, and her soft hands lik...

beloved (86) beauty (1797) bees (131) fragrance (199) soft hands (1) cuckoo voice (1) romantic (55) grace (359) poetic love (11) spring (134)

अलिपटलैरनुयातां सहृदयहृदयज्वरं विलुम्पन्तीम्।
मृगमदपरिमललहरीं समीर पामरपुरे किरसि॥

O breeze! Why do you spread the intoxicating musk-scent trail of the beloved, who walks with bee-clusters around her, causing feverish longing in tend...

fragrance (199) musk (21) breeze (68) longing (690) beloved (86) heartache (23) poetic torment (1) sensuality (306) bees (131) fever of love (2)

अलिभिरञ्जनबिन्दुमनोहरैः
कुसुमपङ्क्तिनिपातिभिरङ्कितः।
न खलु शोभयति स्म वनस्थलीं
न तिलकस्तिलकः प्रमदामिव॥

The forest was adorned with bees that looked like beautiful dots of collyrium and strewn floral patterns, but no adornment enhances it more than the p...

forest beauty (3) bees (131) collyrium (3) tilaka (6) flowers (85) woman (157) poetic comparison (12) aesthetic (65) natural adornment (1) romantic imagery (28)

अलियुवा विललास चिराय
यस् त्रिदशशैवलिनीकमलोदरे।
विधिवियोगनियोगवशीकृतो
गततरौ स मरौ रमते कथम्॥

The divine bee once sported amidst the heavenly lotus pond, but now under the force of fate and separation, he is cast to the desert—how can he find j...

separation (258) destiny (289) bee (69) lotus (346) desert (19) sorrow (325) divine love (53) metaphor (1632) loss (191) poetic fate (4)

अलिरनुसरति परिमलं लक्ष्मीरनुसरति नयगुणसमृद्धिम्।
निम्नमनुसरति सलिलं विधिलिखितं बुद्धिरनुसरति॥

The bee follows fragrance, fortune follows virtue and strategy, water follows downward slope, and the mind follows destiny—it poetically describes nat...

destiny (289) attraction (147) bee (69) fragrance (199) fortune (115) wisdom (1611) flow (21) nature (950) law (42) analogy (98)

अलिरयं नलिनीदलमध्यगः कमलिनीमकरन्दमदालसः।
विधिवशात् परदेशमुपागतः कुटजपुष्परसं बहु मन्यते॥

This bee, once enjoying the lotus nectar, now, due to fate, finds itself in a foreign land, overvaluing the simple scent of a Kutaja flower—a metaphor...

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अलिर्मृगो वा नेत्रं वा यत्र किंचिद् विभासते।
अरविन्दं मृगाङ्को वा मुखं वेदं मृगीदृशः॥

Wherever the beautiful woman gazes, whether at a bee, deer, or light, she sees lotus, moon, or sacred Veda—the world is transformed by her poetic, lov...

gaze (69) beauty (1797) transformation (252) poetic vision (16) deer (48) lotus (346) moon (394) sacredness (44) eyes (211) divine sight (2)

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