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अस्यामोषधयो ज्वलन्तु दधतु ज्योतींषि कीटा अपि
प्रोन्मीलन्तु भुजङ्गमौलिमणयः क्रीडन्तु दीपाङ्कुराः।
प्रष्टव्याः खलु यूयमेव यदि कोऽप्यस्तं गते भास्वति
प्रौड्ःअध्वान्तपयोधिमग्नजगतीहस्तावलम्बक्षमः॥

Let herbs glow, insects shine, serpents’ gems sparkle, and wicks dance. But when the sun sets and the world sinks into thick darkness, who among them ...

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अस्या यदष्टादश संविभज्य
विद्याः श्रुती दध्रतुरर्धमर्धम्।
कर्णान्तरुत्कीर्णगभीररेखः किं
तस्य संख्यैव नवा नवाङ्कः॥

When the eighteen streams of knowledge were split evenly between her ears, a deep engraving formed within—could it be the mystical symbol of 9-9, sugg...

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अस्या यदास्येन पुरस्तिरश्च
तिरस्कृतं शीतरुचान्धकारम्।
स्फुटस्फुरद्भङ्गिकचच्छलेन
तदेव पश्चादिदमस्ति बद्धम्॥

Her face outshines cold darkness with its luminous charm, and as if mocking that darkness, it follows it from behind like a teasing trick.

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अस्यारिप्रकरः शरश्च नृपतेः संख्ये पतन्तावुभौ
सीत्कारं च न संमुखौ रचयतः कम्पं च न प्राप्नुतः।
तद्युक्तं न पुनर्निवृत्तिरुभयोर्जागर्ति यन्मुक्तयोर्
एकस्तत्र भिनत्ति मित्रमपरश्चामित्रमित्यद्भुतम्॥

Her eyes and the king’s arrows both strike enemies silently—causing no sound or tremble—yet never missing their mark. One destroys a friend, the other...

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अस्या ललाटे रचिता सखीभिर् विभाव्यते चन्दनपत्रलेखा।
आपाण्डुरक्षामकपोलभित्ताव् अनङ्गबाणव्रणपट्टिकेव॥

The sandal-paste streak made by her friends on her forehead looks like the bandage from Cupid’s arrow wound—pale against her tender cheek wall.

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अस्या वपुषि तारुण्यं शैशवं वा कृतास्पदम्।
जातिः कापालिकस्येव न केनाप्यवधार्यते॥

Her body is such a blend of youth and childhood, like a mendicant whose caste cannot be known—it confuses the onlooker whether it is innocence or matu...

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अस्या वपुषि तुलायां शैशवगुञ्जां च यौवनं हेम।
तुलयति कुतुकिनि कामे न नमति मध्यान्मनःसूची॥

Her body holds youth and innocence in a weighing balance. Cupid, the curious merchant, tries to weigh them, but the pointer of his mind tilts toward n...

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अस्याश्चेदलकावली कृतमलिश्रेणीभिरेणीदृशः
सौन्दर्यं यदि चक्षुषोस्तरलयोः किं मन्मथस्यायुधैः।
का प्रीतिः कनकारविन्दमुकुले पीनौ स्तनौ चेदतो
मन्ये काचिदियं मनोभवकृता माया जगन्मोहिनी॥

If her lotus-petal eyes already string together such beauty, what use are Cupid’s other weapons? Her golden-budded breasts and flirtatious gaze sugges...

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अस्याश्चेद् गतिसौकुमार्यमधुना हंसस्य गर्वैरलं
संलापो यदि धार्यतां परभृतैर्वाचंयमत्वव्रतम्।
अङ्गानामकठोरता यदि दृषत्प्रायैव सा मालती
कान्तिश्चेत् कमला किमत्र बहुना काषायमालम्बताम्॥

If her graceful walk shames the proud swan, and her speech tames nightingales into silence, and if her harsh limbs are still soft like jasmine, then w...

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रावणस्य किल एकस्य ननाद भुवने ध्वनिः |
ध्वनिवर्धक त्वयेमे तु सर्वेऽपि रावणीकृताः ||

In the histry only ravan's voice वास heard In the whole universe. But " o" loudspeaker you have developed everyone like ravan. It means that due to ...

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