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अहंकृतेः परिच्छेदान् अविद्यामचितिं तथा।
जहि येनोपलब्धिस्ते कापि स्यान्निस्तुलाद्भुता॥

Renounce ego, limitation, ignorance, and unconsciousness—only then does the supreme realization arise, vast and incomparable.

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अहं च त्वं च राजेन्द्र लोकनाथावुभावपि।
बहुव्रीहिरहं राजन् षष्ठीतत्पुरुषो भवान्॥

O King! You and I both rule the world—but I am like a possessive compound (bahuvrīhi), while you are simply a dependent term (ṣaṣṭhī-tatpuruṣa).

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अहं च देवनन्दी च कुशाग्रीयधियावुभौ।
नैव शब्दाम्बुधेः पारं किमन्ये जडबुद्धयः॥

Both Devanandi and I are sharp-minded, yet neither of us can cross the ocean of Sanskrit grammar—what hope for the dull-minded?

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अहं तनीयानतिकोमलश्च स्तनद्वयं वोढुमलं न तावत्।
इतीव तत्संवहनार्थमस्या वलित्रयं पुष्यति मध्यभागः॥

I am too small and delicate to bear the burden of breasts—thus, the three folds of her midsection support them like a natural cradle.

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अहं तावन् महाराजे पितृत्वं नोपलक्षये।
भ्राता भर्ता च बन्धुश्च पिता च मम राघवः॥

I do not see him just as my brother or husband—Rama is my father, protector, and entire world.

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अहं तेनाहूता किमपि कथयामीति विजने
समीपे चासीना सरलहृदयत्वादवहिता।
ततः कर्णोपान्ते किमपि वदताघ्राय वदनं
गृहीत्वा धम्मिल्लं मम सखि निपीतोऽधररसः॥

The speaker recalls a tender moment where she, called aside in seclusion, sat down innocently to listen. As the beloved whispered into her ear and gen...

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अहं न चेत् स्यां मयि दुष्टभावनाम्
इमे व्रजेयुर्न निराश्रया जनाः।
तदेनसा योजयतः परान् स्वयं
ममैव युक्ता खलु नन्वपत्रपा॥

The speaker introspects: if I did not exist, these wrongdoers would not have found others to harm. By causing others to suffer, I am indirectly the ca...

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अहं नयनजं वारि निरोढुमपि न क्षमः।
रामः सीतावियोगार्तो बबन्ध सरितां पतिम्॥

I cannot even hold back tears from my eyes, yet Rama, stricken with grief at Sita’s separation, restrained the very lord of rivers (the ocean).

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अहं नश्यामि मानेन मानेन कलहं कृथाः।
विरोधमेत्य कान्तेन कान्ते न परितप्यते॥

I am perishing in pride, and you fuel the quarrel with your ego. Beloveds should not distress each other so.

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अहंभावात्ययो जातु सुकरो न कथंचन।
चेतनायामहम्भावो भौतिक्यां विजितः सकृत्।
आध्यात्मिक्यां पुनश्चैष स्फीतः स्फुरति नोऽग्रतः॥

Transcending ego is extremely difficult. In the conscious world, ego may seem conquered, but in spiritual life, it quietly grows again.

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