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अवैष्णवो हतो विप्रो हतं श्राद्धमदक्षिणम्।
अब्रह्मण्यं हतं क्षेत्रम् अनाचारं कुलं हतम्॥

A non-Vaishnava (non-devotee) Brahmin is considered fallen; any śrāddha ritual without proper dakṣiṇā is ineffective; a land where Vedic sanctity is i...

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अव्यक्तमक्षरमुपास्य बभूव कश्चित्
स्वं लब्धवर्णमवगत्य कृतार्थमानी।
सद्यस्त्रिभङ्गललितस्फुरणादमन्द-
नन्दोत्थया जडतयैव वयं कृतार्थाः॥

Someone realized the unmanifest eternal (Brahman), attained his own form, and felt fulfilled. But seeing Krishna’s beautiful threefold form (tribhaṅga...

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अव्यक्तादीनि भूतानि व्यक्तमध्यानि भारत।
अव्यक्तनिधनान्येव तत्र का परिदेवना॥

All beings are unmanifest before birth and after death; they remain manifest only briefly in life. So why grieve over the inevitable cycle of appearan...

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अव्ययवतोऽपि धनिनः स्वजनसहस्रं भवेत् पदस्थस्य।
भ्रष्टधनस्य हि सततं बन्धुरपि मुखं न दर्शयति॥

Even a rich man with stable wealth may have thousands of relatives. But once wealth is lost, even close kin turn away from him.

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अव्यये व्ययमायाति व्यये याति सुविस्तरम्।
अपुर्वः कोऽपि भाण्डारस् तव भारति दृश्यते॥

In your inexhaustible (divine) treasure, expenditure only brings more wealth; in spending, it grows further. O Bhārati, your divine abundance is incom...

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अव्यवसायिनमलसं दैवपरं सहसाच्च परिहीणम्।
प्रमदेव हि वृद्धपतिं नेच्छत्यवगूहितुं लक्ष्मीः॥

A person without resolve, lazy, blaming fate, and lacking effort ends up like an old husband rejected by a young wife—unattractive to fortune (Lakshmi...

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अव्यवस्थितचित्तस्य प्रसादोऽपि भयंकरः।
व्यवस्थितप्रसन्नात्मा कुपितोऽप्यभयंकरः॥

Even the benevolence of an unstable mind is dangerous. Conversely, the anger of a calm and steady mind can be harmless.

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अव्यवस्थितवृत्तानाम् अभिन्नश्रुतिचक्षुषाम्।
अधर्मार्जितभोगानाम् आशीरप्यहितोचिता॥

Those with unstable conduct, confused senses, and pleasure gained through unrighteous means do not deserve even auspicious blessings.

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अव्याकरणमधीतं भिन्नद्रोण्या तरङ्गिणीतरणम्।
भेषजमपथ्यसहितं त्रयमिदमकृतं वरं न कृतम्॥

Grammar studied wrongly, a boat with a broken hull, or medicine mixed with incompatible ingredients—these three are worse than doing nothing at all.

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अव्याख्येयां वितरति परां प्रीतिमन्तर्निमग्ना
कण्ठे लग्ना हरति नितरां यान्तरध्वान्तजालम्।
तां द्राक्षाद्यैरपि बहुमतां माधुरीमुद्गिरन्तीं
कृष्णेत्याख्यां कथय रसने यद्यसि त्वं रसज्ञा॥

The divine name “Krishna” gives unparalleled inner joy, clings to the throat with sweetness, and dispels all internal darkness. True connoisseurs of t...

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