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अगस्त्य इव यस्यासिर् न्यञ्चितक्षितिभृद्बभौ।
चित्रं सोऽप्यकरोन्नृत्यत् कबन्धं समरार्णवम्॥

His sword shone like Agastya, having humbled the kings (mountains). It is a wonder that he also made the ocean of battle a place where headless torsos...

king (200) praise (189) sword (39) battle (121) metaphor (1632) pun (31) agastya (11) prowess (3)

अगस्त्यस्य मुनेः शापाद् ब्रह्मस्यन्दनमास्थितः।
महासुखात् परिभ्रष्टो नहुषः सर्पतां गतः॥

By the curse of the sage Agastya, Nahusha, who was seated on the chariot of the Brahmins, fell from great bliss and obtained the state of a serpent. ...

nahusha (2) agastya (11) curse (24) hubris (4) mythology (86) serpent (37) puranas (5) downfall (265)

अगस्त्येन पयोराशेः कियत् किं पीतमुज्झितम्।
त्वया वैरिकुलं वीर समरे कीदृशं कृतम्॥

How much of the ocean was drunk by Agastya, and how much was left? O hero, in what state have you left the families of your enemies in battle? This v...

praise (189) king (200) hero (12) agastya (11) comparison (402) rhetorical question (7) victory (118)

अगा गाङ्गाङ्गकाकाकगाहकाघककाकहा।
अहाहाङ्क खगाङ्कागकङ्कागखगकाकक॥

Meaning: (Essentially untranslatable due to its structure).<br><br>Summary: This is a famous example of citrakāvya (figure poetry), specifically...

palindrome (1) citrakavya (1) poetic skill (1) wordplay (33) figure poetry (1) technical verse (1)

अगाधजलसंचारी विकारी न च रोहितः।
गण्डूषजलमात्रे तु शफरी फर्फरायते॥

The Rohita fish, though moving in unfathomable waters, is not agitated. But the small Shafari fish flutters about frantically even in a mouthful of wa...

anyokti (6) greatness (146) pettiness (4) composure (11) agitation (5) wisdom (1611) analogy (98) niti (75)

अगाधहृदया भूपाः कूपा इव दुरासदाः।
घटका गुणिनो नो चेत् कथं लभ्येत जीवनम्॥

Kings, like wells, have unfathomable hearts and are difficult to approach. If there is no ghaṭaka (a pot / an intermediary) with a rope (guṇinaḥ / wit...

king (200) pun (31) shlesha (7) metaphor (1632) intermediary (1) livelihood (17) politics (111)

अगाधेनापि किं तेन तोयेन लवणाम्बुधेः।
जनुमात्रं वरं वारि तृष्णाच्छेदकरं नृणाम्॥

What is the use of the water of the salt ocean, even if it is unfathomably deep? Better is a mere handful of water that can quench a person's thirst. ...

utility (42) quality over quantity (2) usefulness (8) wisdom (1611) pragmatism (18) niti (75)

अगारेऽस्मिन् कान्ते गिरिशमनिशानाथशकलं
भुजंगानुत्तुङ्गान् सकलमपि वातायनपथे।
निकुञ्जेषु श्येनानधिगृहशिरो राहुवलयं
लिखन्त्या नीयन्ते शिव शिव तया हन्त दिवसाः॥

Alas, O Shiva! In this house, my beloved, her days are passed by drawing ominous figures—Shiva, the moon, serpents, hawks, and Rahu—on the walls and w...

separation (258) viraha (18) love (1567) sorrow (325) art (73) symbolism (947) psychology (57)

अगुणकणो गुणराशिर् द्वयमपि दैवेन खलमुखे पतितम्।
प्रसरति तैलमिवैकः सलिले घृतवज्जडत्वमेत्यन्यः॥

A particle of fault and a heap of virtue—both, by fate, have fallen into the mouth of a wicked person. The first (fault) spreads like oil on water, wh...

wickedness (75) slander (29) gossip (23) durjana (3) khala (1) analogy (98) human nature (88)

अगुरुरिति वदतु लोको गौरवमत्रैव पुनरहं मन्ये।
दर्शितगुणैकवृत्तिर् यस्य जने जनितदाहेऽपि॥

Let the world call it aguru (not heavy / Aloe wood). But I think its real greatness (gauravam) lies in this: that it displays its singular quality (fr...

self-sacrifice (5) virtue (726) pun (31) aguru (2) greatness (146) metaphor (1632) niti (75)

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