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अग्राह्या मूर्धजेष्वेताः स्त्रियो गुणसमन्विताः।
न लताः पल्लवच्छेदम् अर्हन्त्युपवनोद्भवाः॥

These virtuous women are not to be seized by their hair. Creepers born in a garden do not deserve to have their tender shoots cut off. This verse use...

अग्रे कस्यचिदस्ति कंचिदभितः केनापि पृष्टे
कृतः संसारः शिशुभावयौवनजराभारावतारादयम्।
बालस्तं बहु मन्यतामसुलभं प्राप्तं युवा सेवतां
वृद्धस्तद्विष्याद्बहिष्कृत इव व्यावृत्य किं पश्यति॥

This world of childhood, youth, and old age is before someone, around another, and behind yet another... The old man, as if banished from it, why does...

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अग्रे कुग्रामवर्गः पिशितरसलसच्चण्डचण्डायमानः
पश्चाद्व्याधो वधार्थो निशितशरकरः पादमुद्रानपायी।
विष्वग्दीप्तो वनाग्निर्वनमतिगहनं धूमवात्या च दृष्टेः
सरोद्धी कान्दिशीको हरि हरि हरिणःकं शरण्यं प्रयातु॥

In front, a pack of fierce villagers lusting for flesh; behind, a hunter with a sharp arrow... all around, a forest fire... Oh Hari! To what refuge ca...

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अग्रे गच्छत धेनुदुग्धकलशानादाय गोप्यो गृहं
दुग्धे वस्कयणीकुले पुनरियं राधा शनैर्यास्यति।
इत्यन्यव्यपदेशगुप्तहृदयः कुर्वन् विविक्तं व्रजं
देवः कारणनन्दसूनुरशिवं कृष्णः स मुष्णातु वः॥

Meaning: (Krishna says) "'O Gopis, go ahead with your milk pots. Radha will follow slowly...' Saying this with a hidden motive... may that Krishna ste...

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अग्रे गीतं सरसकवयः पार्श्वतो दाक्षिणात्याः
पृष्ठे लीलावलयरणितं चामरग्राहिणीनाम्।
यद्यस्त्येवं कुरु भवरसास्वादने लम्पटत्वं नो
चेच्चेतः प्रविश सहसा निर्विकल्पे समाधौ॥

If you have song, witty poets, and attendants, then be greedy in tasting worldly pleasures. If not, O mind, enter at once into the doubtless state of ...

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अग्रे तप्तजला नितान्तशिशिरा मूले मुहुर्बाहुभिर्
व्यामथ्योपरतप्रपेषु पथिकैर्मार्गेषु मध्यंदिने।
आधाराः प्लुतबालशैवलदलच्छेदावकीर्णोर्मयः
पीयन्ते हलमुक्तमग्नमहिषप्रक्षोभपर्याविलाः॥

The water sources, hot at the surface and cold at the bottom, are churned by travelers... and made turbid by buffaloes... as they are drunk. A realis...

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अग्रे तिष्ठति दारुणाकृतिरसौ क्रोधोद्धतः
केसरी पश्चादुद्भटदावदूषितधरासंक्रान्तचण्डानिलः।
किं कुर्मः सहसा विहाय कलभानेतान् ब्रजामः कथं
हंहो कूणितलोचनेति करिणी चिन्ताकुला ताभ्यति॥

Meaning: (A mother elephant thinks) "In front is a fierce lion. Behind, a forest fire. What should we do? How can we abandon these calves?... the moth...

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अग्रे धनुः शरकरः स्वयमस्ति कामः
पश्चात्त्वरा शशधरोदयसंशयोत्था।
ध्वान्तं दिनान्तविकसद्विभवं समन्तात्
किं केवला पथि वधूर्दयिताभिसारे॥

In front is Kamadeva with bow and arrow. Behind, the urgency of the rising moon. All around, the darkness. Is the woman alone on the path for her trys...

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अग्रे प्रस्तुतनाशानां मूकता परमो गुणः।
तथापि प्रभुभक्तानां सौधर्म्यादेवमुच्यते॥

For those facing imminent destruction, silence is the highest virtue. Nevertheless, due to the shared duty of those loyal to their lord, this is being...

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यैरेव स्तुतिभिः स्वामी प्राप्यते व्यसनावटम्।
पश्चान्मूकत्वमापन्नैर् डद्धर्त्तुं नैव शक्यते॥

A master who is led into the pit of vice by those very praises cannot be saved later by those same people when they become silent. This verse critiqu...

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