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In this fleeting, unsubstantial world, four things alone are truly meaningful: dwelling in Kashi, the company of the virtuous, bathing in the waters o...
In this illusory world, the happiness perceived by embodied beings is akin to a baby mistaking its thumb-sucking for mother’s milk—an illusion of cont...
Alas, in this hollow world, beings are bound by karma; joyous unions arise only to be torn apart by painful separations, leaving deep wounds on the he...
In this transient world, kingship, pleasures, or poisonous pleasures all end at death. Life is fickle, and the mind, deceived by mirages of desire, wa...
In this impermanent world, many poets act on whims under the pretense of wisdom. Yet few craft verses that are like nourishing, sweet nectar, arising ...
One devoid of virtue and bent in conduct may shine temporarily like a rainbow, but like the rainbow, he soon fades. The beauty of the unworthy is flee...
Three things ridicule a man: showy scholarship, purchased intimacy, and food dependent on others—each one degrading dignity.
Ignored by the arrogant lotus, the poor lotus-stalk dries despite bowing in humility with water—it’s like love unreciprocated, leaving the heart parch...
Though formally initiated, he didn’t study the Vedas; like pure crystal, one of pure nature needs no external refinement. True character shines innate...
Your moonlike face, untouched by flaws, shines among a gathering of beauties. How did it acquire such perfection without flaws? It glows gently, unmar...
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