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अगुरुसुरभिधूपाशोभितं केशपाशं
गलितकुसुममालं धुन्वती कुञ्चिताग्रम्।
त्यजति गुरुनितम्बा निम्ननाभिः सुमध्याप्य्
उषसि शयनवासः कामिनी कामशोभा॥

A passionate woman (kāminī), with heavy hips and slender waist, her beauty enhanced by love, shakes her fragrant, disheveled hair and, at dawn, sheds ...

eroticism (60) shringara (26) beauty (1797) sensual (6) woman (157) love (1567) kavya (34)

अगुरोरपि सत उच्चैः प्रशंसनं तद्गुणा वितन्वन्ति।
अगुरुर्ज्वलनेऽप्यस्तः सौरभमिषतो गुणान् वमति॥

A good person's own virtues cause them to be highly praised, even if they have no preceptor (aguroḥ). Aloe wood (aguru), when cast into the fire, emit...

inherent virtue (2) quality (23) pun (31) aguru (2) praise (189) self-evident (1) niti (75)

अगूढविभवा यस्य पौरा राष्ट्रवासिनः।
नयापनयवेत्तायः स राजा राजसत्तमः॥

He whose citizens and residents of the nation have unconcealed wealth, and who knows policy and impolicy, he is the best of kings. This verse defines...

king (200) governance (214) prosperity (136) policy (20) ideal ruler (6) niti (75) rajaniti (5)

अगूढहासस्फुटदन्तकेसरं मुखं
स्विदेतद्विकसन्नु पङ्कजम्।
इति प्रलीनां नलिनीवने सखीं
विदाम्बभूवुः सुचिरेण योषितः॥

Is this a face with teeth-filaments revealed by an open smile, or is it a blossoming lotus?'—Thus the women, after a long time, recognized their frien...

beauty (1797) simile (28) lotus (346) camouflage (1) poetry (588) kavya (34) poetic device (8)

अग्निं प्राप्य यथा सद्यस् तूलराशिर्विनश्यति।
तथा गङ्गाजलेनैव सर्वपापं विनश्यति॥

Just as a heap of cotton is instantly destroyed upon encountering fire, so too is all sin destroyed by the water of the Ganga. This verse uses a powe...

ganga (83) sin (135) purification (85) analogy (98) religious belief (2) hinduism (13) holiness (7)

अग्निं स्तोकमिवात्मानं संधुक्षयति यो नरः।
स वर्धमानो ग्रसते महान्तमपि संचयम्॥

A man who inflames himself like a small fire, he, upon growing, consumes even a great accumulation. This verse uses the metaphor of fire to warn agai...

metaphor (1632) fire (219) ambition (52) anger (185) danger (229) growth (95) destruction (292) niti (75)

अग्निः स्तोको वर्धते चाज्यसिक्तो बीजं चैकं बहुसाहस्रमेति।
क्षयोदयौ विपुलौ संनियम्य तस्मादल्पं नावमन्येत वित्तम्॥

A small fire grows when sprinkled with ghee, and a single seed becomes many thousands. Understanding these vast principles of decay and growth, one sh...

investment (4) growth (95) small beginnings (2) prudence (75) wealth (447) analogy (98) niti (75)

अग्निकुण्डसमा नारी घृतकुम्भसमो नरः।
संगमेन परस्त्रीणां कस्य नो चलते मनः॥

A woman is like a pit of fire, a man is like a pot of ghee. Upon contact with another's wife, whose mind is not moved (does not melt)? A verse using ...

temptation (79) adultery (13) lust (89) analogy (98) human weakness (7) morality (248) fire and ghee (3)

अग्निकुम्भसमा नारी घृतकुम्भसमो नरः।
उभयोरपि संयोगः कस्य विश्वासकारकः॥

A woman is like a pot of fire, a man is like a pot of ghee. The union of these two—in whom does it inspire trust? Similar to the above, this shloka q...

temptation (79) lust (89) proximity (15) distrust (10) analogy (98) human weakness (7) morality (248)

अग्निदाहे न मे दुःखं छेदे न निकषे न वा।
यत्तदेव महद्दुःखं गुञ्जया सह तोलनम्॥

Meaning: (Spoken by Gold) "I have no sorrow in being burned by fire, nor in being cut, nor in being rubbed on a touchstone. My only great sorrow is th...

anyokti (6) gold (62) worth (34) dignity (146) comparison (402) hardship (47) unworthiness (14) niti (75)

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