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अहन्यहनि याचन्तं कोऽवमन्येद् गुरुं यथा।
मार्जनं दर्पणस्येव यः करोति दिने दिने॥

Who would insult a constant beggar like one would not insult a mirror that cleanses daily?

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अहन्यहन्यात्मन एव तावज्
ज्ञातुं प्रमादस्खलितं न शक्यम्।
प्रजासु कः केन पथा प्रयातीत्य्
अशेषतो वेदितुमस्ति शक्तिः॥

Even daily one cannot fully know one's own missteps. So who can know exactly how others journey in life?

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अहमपि परेऽपि कवयस् तथापि महदन्तरं परिज्ञेयम्।
ऐक्यं रलयोर्यद्यपि तत् किं करभायते कलभः॥

Though I too am a poet like others, the difference is vast — just as both elephants and calves share form but not strength.

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अहमस्मि नीलकण्ठस् तव खलु तुष्यामि शब्दमात्रेण।
नाहं जलधर भवतश् चातक इव जीवनं याचे॥

I am not the skylark who begs you (cloud) for water. I am the blue-throated Lord — I am pleased with mere sound.

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अहमहमिकाबद्धोत्साहं रतोत्सवशंसिनि
प्रसरति मुहुः प्रौढस्त्रीणां कथामृतदुर्दिने।
कलितपुलका सद्यः स्तोकोद्गतस्तनकोरके
वलयति शनैर्बाला वक्षःस्थले तरलां दृशम्॥

In the midst of a festival praised for chariot races, a girl overwhelmed with ego and excitement is suddenly caught in emotions, hiding her fluttering...

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अहमिव दिनलक्ष्मीः प्रोषितप्राणनाथा
त्वमिव पथिक पन्था मुक्तपान्थानुबन्धः।
अयमपि परदेशः सोऽपि यत्रासि गन्ता
मदनमधुरमूर्ते किं वृथा सत्वरोऽसि॥

Like the wealth of day forsaken, I wait like a lonely woman, while you — like a traveler — swiftly move on. What rush blinds you from love’s sweetness...

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अहमिव शून्यमरण्यं वयमिव तनुतां गतानि तोयानि।
अस्माकमिवोच्छ्वासा दिवसा दीर्घाश्च तप्ताश्च॥

I am like a lifeless forest, our breaths like dried-up streams — our days are long and hot, filled with suffering.

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अहमिह कृतविद्यो वेदिता सत्कलानां
धनपतिरहमेको रूपलावण्ययुक्तः।
इति कृतगुरुगर्वः खिद्यते किं जनोऽयं
कतिपयदिनमध्ये सर्वमेतन्न किंचित्॥

A man, proud of wealth and knowledge, full of vanity — is broken within a few days when he realizes all that glory means nothing.

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अहमिह स्थितवत्यपि तावकी
त्वमपि तत्र वसन्नपि मामकः।
न तनुसंगतमार्य सुसंगतं
हृदयसंगतमेव सुसंगतम्॥

Though physically near, your soul is far — real togetherness is not of bodies but of hearts.

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अहमेको न मे कश्चिन् नाहमन्यस्य कस्यचित्।
न तं पश्यामि यस्याहं न हि सोऽस्ति न यो मम॥

I am alone, I belong to none, and none to me. I see no one I belong to — nor anyone who belongs to me.

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