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अगणितयशसा त्यक्त- स्थितिना क्रियतेऽथ याकृतज्ञेन।
स्निग्धे सुहृदि सरागे मित्रे तव वञ्चना न युक्ता सा॥

O you of immense fame, who has abandoned propriety! The deception that is now being done by you, an ungrateful one, towards a loving, affectionate fri...

friendship (209) betrayal (168) rebuke (12) ungrateful (2) admonishment (1) ethics (803)

अगतित्वमतिश्रद्धा ज्ञानाभासेन तृप्तता।
त्रयः शिष्यगुणा ह्येते मूर्खाचार्यस्य भाग्यजाः॥

Having nowhere else to go, excessive faith, and satisfaction with a mere semblance of knowledge—these three are the 'qualities' of a disciple, born fr...

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अगतीनां खलीकाराद् दुःखं नैवोपजायते।
भवन्त्यशोकाः प्रायेण सांकुराः पादताडिताः॥

For those without resort, sorrow is not produced by insult. The aśoka trees, though kicked by feet, generally become free of sorrow (a-śoka) and sprou...

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अगदैः सर्वसामान्यैर् व्यन्तराणां विषं हरेत्।
धूपो देवीसहापिच्छखण्डनैस्तद्विषापहः॥

One should remove the poison of vyantaras (a class of spirits) with general antidotes. A fumigation (dhūpa) made from the herbs devīsahā, piccha, and ...

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अगम्यगमनात् प्रायः प्रायश्चित्तीयते जनः।
अगम्यं त्वद्यशो याति सर्वत्रैव च पावनम्॥

A person generally has to perform penance for going to a forbidden place. But your fame goes to unreachable (agamyaṁ) places, and everywhere it is pur...

praise (189) stuti (4) fame (166) reputation (56) pun (31) contrast (206) virtue (726)

अगम्यानि पुमान् याति योऽसेव्यांश्च निषेवते।
स मृत्युमुपगृह्णाति गर्भमश्वतरी यथा॥

A man who goes to forbidden places and associates with unworthy people embraces death, just as a she-mule (aśvatarī) conceives a womb. This verse fro...

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अगम्यार्थं तृणप्राणाः पृष्ठस्थीकृतभीह्रियः।
शम्भलीभुक्तसर्वस्वा जना यत्पारिपार्श्विकाः॥

His attendants are people who value their lives as little as grass for an unattainable goal, who have cast aside fear and shame, and whose wealth has ...

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अगम्यो मन्त्राणां प्रकृतिभिषजामप्यविषयः
सुधासारासाध्यो विसदृशतरारम्भगहनः।
जगद्भ्रामीकर्तुं परिणतधियानेन विधिना
स्फुटं सृष्टो व्याधिः प्रकृतिविषमो दुर्जनजनः॥

Unreachable by mantras, untreatable by physicians, incurable by nectar—the Creator, to confuse the world, has clearly created this naturally perverse ...

wickedness (75) durjana (3) incurable (2) metaphor (1632) disease (31) satire (211) human nature (88)

अगस्तितुल्याश्च घृताब्धिशोषणे दम्भोलितुल्या वटकाद्रिभेदने।
शाकावलीकाननवह्निरूपास् त एव भट्टा इतरे भटाश्च॥

They are equal to Agastya in drying up an ocean of ghee... They alone are the real Bhaṭṭas (scholars/gluttons); others are mere warriors (bhaṭas). A ...

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अगस्तिहस्तचुलुकमितेऽब्धौ वाहनाकृतौ।
मग्नः समुद्रो वेलायाम् इति देवास्तदा जगुः॥

When the ocean, reduced to the measure of a handful of water in Agastya's hand, took the form of his vehicle, the gods then said, 'The ocean has drown...

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