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अस्याः पीनस्तनव्याप्ते हृदयेऽस्मासु निर्दये।
अवकाशलवोऽप्यस्ति नात्र कुत्र बिभर्तु नः॥

There’s no room in her heart, already full with her bosom’s fullness—none left for us. A poetic expression of rejection in love.

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अस्याः संयमवान् कचो मधुकरैरभ्यर्थ्यमानो मुहुर्
भृङ्गीगोपनजाभिशापमचिरादुन्मार्ष्टुकामो निजम्।
सीमन्तेन करेण कोमलरुचा सिन्दूरबिन्दुच्छलाद्
आतप्तायसपिण्डमण्डलमसावादातुमाकाङ्क्षति॥

Her braid, though restrained, draws bees like flowers do. Her vermilion sparkles like molten iron—inviting, mysterious.

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अस्याः स चारुर्मधुरेव कारुः
श्वासं वितेने मलयानिलेन।
अमूनि सूनैर्विदधेऽङ्गकानि
चकार वाचं पिकपञ्चमेन॥

Her sculptor was surely a master—her body shaped like poetry, her breath scented by the southern breeze, and her voice melodious like a bird’s fifth n...

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अस्याः सपक्षैकविधोः कचौघः
स्थाने मुखस्योपरि वासमाप।
पक्षस्थतावद्बहुचन्द्रकोऽपि
कलापिनां येन जितः कलापः॥

Her bun sits where her face should be—her hair adorned like a plume rivals even the best feathers of peacocks.

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अस्याः सर्गविधौ प्रजापतिरभूच्चन्द्रो नु कान्तप्रभः
शृङ्गारैकरसः स्वयं नु मदनो मासो नु पुष्पाकरः।
वेदाभ्यासजडः कथं नु विषयव्यावृत्तकौतूहलो
निर्मातुं प्रभवेन् मनोहरमिदं रूपं पुराणो मुनिः॥

In the creation of her beauty, was it the Creator himself? Was it the moon with its gentle glow? Or Cupid, master of desire? Perhaps the season of spr...

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अस्याः सर्गविधौ प्रजापतिरहो चन्द्रो न संभाव्यते
नो देवः कुसुमायुधो न च मधुर्दूरे विरिञ्चः प्रभुः।
एतन्मे मतमुत्थितेयममृतात् काचित् स्वयं सिन्धुना
या मन्थाचललोडितेन हरये दत्त्वा श्रियं रक्षिता॥

Surely neither the Creator, nor the Moon, nor Cupid, nor Spring could have created her. Perhaps, like Lakshmi herself, she emerged from the churning o...

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अस्याः सुगन्धिनवकुङ्कुमपङ्कदत्तो
मुग्धश्चकास्ति तिलको मदिरेक्षणायाः।
आविष्टरागमभिराममुखारविन्द-
निष्यन्दलग्नमिव मे हृदयं द्वितीयम्॥

The tilaka on her intoxicating eyes shines like fresh vermilion. Her face radiates such compelling charm that it seems as though my heart has become a...

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अस्याः स्वेदाम्बुबिन्दुच्युततिलकतया व्यक्तवक्त्रेन्दुकान्तेर्
वारंवारेण वेगप्रहणनगणनाकेलिवाचालितायाः।
तत्पातोत्पाततालक्रमनमितदृशस्ताण्डवोत्तालताली-
लालित्याल्लोभिताः स्मः प्रतिपदममुना कन्दुकक्रीडितेन॥

As her sweat loosens the tilaka, and her face gleams like the moon, the bouncing ball she plays with in rhythmic tandava-like movements bewilders the ...

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अस्याङ्के कषपट्टभासिचपला श्रीः स्वर्णरेखायते
धारासारघनं सुदर्शनमदश्चक्रं जगत्पश्यति।
प्रोदञ्चद्वनमालमञ्जनरुचा देहेन पीताम्बरं
दूरोन्नीतशिखण्डमण्डलमिदं रूपं हरेरम्बुदः॥

Upon her lap, as lightning-like radiance shines, even the form of Vishnu seems to be manifest in her golden presence—decked in yellow garments, peacoc...

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अस्या धामसरोवरे भुजबिसे वक्त्रारविन्दे भ्रमन्
नेत्रभ्रूभ्रमरे सुयौवनजले कस्तूरिकापङ्किले।
वक्षोजप्रतिकुम्भिकुम्भदलनक्रोधादुपेत्य द्रुतं
मग्नश्चित्तमतंगजः कथमसावुत्थाय निर्यास्यति॥

In her body-lake, arms are lotuses, face a lotus, brows like bees; youth the water and musk the mud. The elephant of my mind, furious and enchanted, d...

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