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रात्रिर्गमिष्यति भविष्यति सुप्रभातं
भास्वान् उदेश्यति हसिष्यति पङ्कजश्रीः ।
इत्थं विचिन्तयति कोषगते द्विरेफ़े
हा हन्त हन्त नलिनिं गज उज्जहार ॥

The night shall go away and it shall be dawn. The sun will rise and the lotus will smile ! While the bumblebee trapped in the lotus was thinking this,...

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मा निषाद प्रतिष्ठां त्वं अगमः शाश्वतीः समाः ।
यत्क्रौंचमिथुनादेकं अवधीः काममोहितम् ॥

O niShAda, you will not come to glory till the end of eternity. for you have killed one from a pair of krauncha birds, enraptured in love.

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न हि कश्चित् विजानाति किं कस्य श्वो भविष्यति ।
अतः श्वः करणीयानि कुर्यादद्यैव बुद्धिमान् ॥

No one knows what will happen to whom tomorrow. So a wise man should do all of tomorrow's tasks today.

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प्रारभ्यते न खलु विघ्नभयेन नीचैः
प्रारभ्य विघ्नविहता विरमन्ति मध्याः ।
विघ्नैः पुनः पुनरपि प्रतिहन्यमानाः
प्रारब्धमुत्तमजना न परित्यजन्ति ॥

Inferior men do not start (any endeavor) with the fear of obstructions. Average men , stop an endeavor when they are faced with problems. However. eve...

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सिंहः शिशुरपि निपतति
मद मलिन कपोल भित्तिषु गजेषु ।
प्रकृतिरियं सत्त्ववतां
तेजसां हि न वयः समीक्ष्यते ॥

The lion, even when a cub, attacks jumps upon the cheek of an intoxicated elephant. It is indeed the nature of the courageous : the age of the glori...

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यथा काष्ठं च काष्ठं च समेयातां महोदधौ ।
समेत्य च व्यपेयातां तद्वत् भूतसमागमः ॥

As two logs of wood come together in the ocean, and immediately go away from each other, so much alike is mankind ...

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कस्यचित् किमपि नो हरणीयं
मर्मवाक्यमपि नोच्चरणीयम् ।
श्रीपतेः पदयुगं स्मरणीयं
लीलया भवजलं तरणीयं ॥

One should not steal anything belonging to anyone, should not utter a sensitive sentence, should remember (bow down to) Vishnu's feet, and thus swim t...

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साहित्य संगीत कला विहीनः साक्षात् पशुः पुछ विषाण हीनः ।
तृणं न खादन्नपि जीवमानः तद् भागधेयं परमं पषूणाम् ॥

The man without (love of) literature music or the arts is indeed an animal without a tail or horns. The fact that he survives even without eating gras...

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येषां न विद्या न तपो न दानं
ज्ञानं न शीलं न गुणो न धर्मः ।
ते मर्त्यलोके भुविभारभूताः
मनुष्यरूपेण मॄगाश्चरन्ति ॥

Those who do not have learning, perseverence, are not charitable, do not have wisdom, character, good qualities or relegion, are indeed a burden to on...

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अधिगत्य गुरोः ज्ञानं छात्रेभ्यो वितरन्ति ये ।
विद्या वात्सल्य निधयः शिक्षका मम दैवतम् ॥

The teachers who distribute knowledge among the students after getting it from their gurus, and who are storehouses of love and knowledge, are indeed ...

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