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अग्नौ प्रास्तं तु पुरुषं कर्मान्वेति स्वयंकृतम्।
तस्मात्तु पुरुषो यत्नाद् धर्मं संचिनुयाच्छनैः॥

When a person is cast into the fire (cremated), their own self-done karma follows them. Therefore, a person should painstakingly and gradually accumul...

karma (500) afterlife (35) death (241) dharma (540) action (258) soul (76) manusmriti (5)

अग्नौ प्रास्ताहुतिः सम्यग् आदित्यमुपतिष्ठते।
आदित्याज्जायते वृष्टिर् वृष्टिर्वृष्टेरन्नं ततः प्रजाः॥

An offering properly cast into the fire reaches the sun. From the sun, rain is born. From rain, food; and from food, living beings. This verse descri...

yajna (11) sacrifice (146) cosmic cycle (5) sun (195) rain (91) food (101) ecology (5) dharma (540)

अग्न्याकारं कलयसि पुरश्चक्रवाकीव चन्द्रं
बद्धोत्कम्पं शिशिरमरुता दह्यते पद्मिनीव।
प्राणान् धत्से कथमपि बलाद्गच्छतः शल्यतुल्यांस्
तत् केनासौ सुतनु जनितो माम्मथस्ते विकारः॥

You perceive a fire-like form; you tremble from the cold wind yet burn like a lotus. O slender one, by whom has this lovesick affliction been caused i...

lovesickness (9) viraha (18) love (1567) suffering (358) symptoms (4) romance (506) poetry (588)

अग्न्याधानेन यज्ञेन काषायेण जटाजिनैः।
लोकान् विश्वासयित्वैव ततो लुम्पेद्यथा वृकः॥

Through fire-sacrifices, saffron robes, matted hair, and animal skins—having first made people trust him, he then plunders them like a wolf. This ver...

hypocrisy (141) charlatan (1) deception (224) false ascetic (3) wolf in sheep's clothing (1) niti (75)

अग्रच्छाया तृणाग्निश्च नीचसेवा पटे जलम्।
वेश्यारागः खलप्रेम सर्वं बुद्बुदसन्निभम्॥

The morning shade, a fire of dry grass, service to a lowly person, water on a cloth, the affection of a prostitute, and the love of a wicked person—al...

impermanence (242) fleeting (14) unreliable (3) analogy (98) bubble (2) wisdom (1611) niti (75)

अग्रतः पृष्ठतो मध्ये पार्श्वतोऽथ समन्ततः।
विद्युच्चकितवद्भाति सूर्यकोटिसमप्रभः॥

In front, behind, in the middle, on the sides, and all around, it shines like a flash of lightning, with the splendor of ten million suns. This is a ...

divine vision (20) splendor (24) light (147) theophany (1) brahman (19) stotram (5)

अग्रतश्चतुरो वेदान् पृष्ठतः सशरं धनुः।
उभाभ्यां च समर्थोऽहं शापादपि शरादपि॥

(Attributed to Parashurama) In front of me, the four Vedas; behind me, a bow with arrows. I am proficient in both—in cursing and in shooting arrows. ...

parashurama (8) duality (134) brahmin (50) kshatriya (4) power (396) spiritual power (20) martial power (1)

अग्रतो वामपादं च दक्षिणं जातु कुञ्चितम्।
आलीढं तु प्रकर्तव्यं हस्तद्वयसविस्तरम्॥

The left foot forward and the right one bent back—this is to be done as the ālīḍha stance, with both hands spread wide. A technical instruction descr...

archery (22) martial arts (2) stance (2) alidha (1) technical instruction (1) warfare (36)

अग्रसानुषु नितान्तपिशङ्गैर् भूरुहान्मृदुकरैरवलम्ब्य।
अस्तशैलगहनं नु विवस्वान् आविवेश जलधिं नु महीं नु॥

Leaning on the mountain peaks with its extremely reddish gentle rays as if with hands, did the sun enter the ocean's depths, or the earth's? A beauti...

sunset (36) poetry (588) personification (29) imagery (157) nature (950) poetic device (8) kavya (34)

अग्राह्यं श्रवणस्य भूषणमलंकारो न भावोचितः
कण्ठस्याञ्जनमुज्ज्वलं नयनयोः सूक्ष्मत्वमावेक्षितुम्।
वक्त्रस्य क्षणिकोऽधिवासनविधिः कान्ते प्रिये
नाभवस् सौभाग्यप्रतिकर्मनिर्मितमहाविद्यैव येनात्मनः॥

An ornament imperceptible to the ear... a momentary perfuming for the mouth—O beloved, you did not become my lover, and so the great knowledge of crea...

lament (41) unrequited love (14) adornment (98) metaphor (1632) fortune (115) romance (506)