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अस्य प्रचण्डभुजदण्डभवः कृशानुश्
चण्डांशुचण्डकरजित् सुमहाप्रतापः।
प्रत्यर्थिभूपतिपलाशवनं विदह्य
प्रौढासु दिक्षु बहुदाहमुरीकरोति॥

His mighty arms are the birthplace of fire itself, fiercer than the scorching sun; his valor burns down rival kings’ domains like dry leaves in every ...

valor (156) fire imagery (5) arms (17) kingship (164) destruction (292) metaphor (1632) rivals (1) power (396) sun (195) hyperbole (29) dominion (3)

अस्य प्रयाणेषु समग्रशक्तेर्
अग्रेसरैर्वाजिभिरुत्थितानि।
कुर्वन्ति सामन्तशिखामणीनां
प्रभाप्ररोहास्तमयं रजांसि॥

When this sovereign proceeds with his full force, the dust raised by his leading horses dims the radiance of the jewels worn by feudal lords. A poetic...

king (200) cavalry (2) dust (29) grandeur (57) brightness (13) overpowering (1) procession (3) jewels (20) feudal lords (1) imagery (157)

अस्य श्रीभोजराजस्य द्वयमेव सुदुर्लभम्।
शत्रूणां शृङ्खलैर्लोहं ताम्रं शासनपत्रकैः॥

Of the great King Bhoja, two things are most rare—iron in the chains of enemies, and copper in royal decrees—implying iron is used in weapons (not cha...

bhoja (2) rare (5) humor (128) decree (1) iron (4) copper (2) enemies (78) satire (211) edicts (1) royal dignity (3)

अस्य स्निग्धस्य वर्णस्य विपत्तिर्दारुणा कथम्।
इदं च मुखमाधुर्यं कथं दूषितमग्निना॥

How can such a soft, pleasing complexion meet with such a cruel fate? And how could the sweetness of this face be marred by fire? A lament over the de...

beauty (1797) fire (219) loss (191) lament (41) complexion (1) tragedy (24) sorrow (325) soft skin (2) destruction (292) sweetness (104)

अस्यां प्रावृषि चातकैर्जलकणा लब्धा न चेत् किं
ततो भाविप्रावृषि दास्यते द्विगुणमित्यभ्र त्वया गम्यते।
एतेऽद्यैव लयं व्रजन्ति पृथुकैरेतत् कुलीनो न चेद्
एकः प्राणिति तावतैव कृतमस्त्यत्रैव नः संशयः॥

If in this monsoon, the chataka bird fails to catch raindrops, will the next season give double? No! Those who perish today are gone—no future compens...

opportunity (37) monsoon (51) chataka (11) rain (91) futility (143) karma (500) reflection (267) timing (92) nature (950) ephemeral (3)

अस्यां मुनीनामपि मोहमूहे भृगुर्महान् यत्कुचशैलशीली।
नानारदाह्लादि मुखं श्रितोरुर् व्यासो महाभारतसर्गयोग्यः॥

Even sages like Bhrigu were deluded by the mountain-like breasts of this woman; the great Vyasa, seeing her, created the Mahabharata. A hyperbolic pra...

seduction (89) delusion (175) sages (66) vyasa (7) mahabharata (41) breasts (50) poetic exaggeration (31) beauty (1797) allure (96) mythology (86)

अस्यां वपुर्व्यूहविधानविद्यां किं
द्योतयामास नवां स कामः।
प्रत्यङ्गसङ्गस्फुटलब्धभूमा
लावण्यसीमा यदिमामुपास्ते॥

Did this body display the art of forming armies (vyuha)? Every curve and proportion suggests strategic brilliance—beauty likened to military precision...

beauty (1797) war metaphor (1) symmetry (12) vyuha (1) form (41) aesthetics (180) strategy (222) comparison (402) poetic wit (16) embodiment (7)

अस्यां सखे बधिरलोकनिवासभूमौ
किं कूजितेन खलु कोकिल कोमलेन।
एते हि दैवहतकास्तदभिन्नवर्णं त्वां
काकमेव कलयन्ति कलानभिज्ञाः॥

O friend, what’s the point in the sweet cuckoo’s cooing in a land of the deaf? Fools, unable to discern art, mistake you for a crow.

ignorance (301) aesthetic blindness (1) cuckoo (46) crow (45) value (170) talent (20) misjudgment (43) poetic lament (16) metaphor (1632) despair (67)

अस्याः कचानां शिखिनश्च किंनु
विधिं कलापौ विमतेरगाताम्।
तेनायमेभिः किमपूजि पुष्पैर्
अभर्त्सि दत्त्वा स किमर्धचन्द्रम्॥

Her curly locks—have even peacocks borrowed their crest style from them? If so, what is left for flowers to decorate, and why does the moon wear a cre...

beauty (1797) hair (47) peacock (45) flowers (85) moon (394) divine feminine (40) aesthetics (180) fashion (5) cosmic metaphor (6) admiration (97)

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