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अग्रे माहिषिकं दृष्ट्वा मध्ये तु वृषलीपतिम्।
अन्ते वार्धुषिकं दृष्ट्वा निराशाः पितरो गताः॥

Seeing a buffalo-herder at the front (of the dining line), a husband of a Shudra woman in the middle, and a moneylender at the end, the ancestors depa...

अग्रे यान्ति रथस्य रेणुवदमी चूर्णीभवन्तो घनाश्
चक्रभ्रान्तिररान्तरेषु जनयत्यन्यामिवारावलिम्।
चित्रन्यस्तमिवाचलं हयशिरस्यायामवच्चामरं यष्ट्यग्रे
च समं स्थितो ध्वजपटः प्रान्ते च वेगानिलात्॥

Ahead of the chariot, clouds turn to dust; the spinning wheels create the illusion of another set of spokes; the fly-whisk on the horse is still as if...

speed (16) chariot (12) imagery (157) hyperbole (29) motion (33) description (35) kavya (34)

अग्रे लघिमा पश्चान् महतापि पिधीयते न हि महिम्ना।
वामन इति त्रिविक्रमम् अभिदधति दशावतारविदः॥

An initial smallness is not covered up later even by great glory. Those who know the ten avatars call Trivikrama 'Vamana' (the dwarf). This verse obs...

origin (25) first impression (1) reputation (56) vamana (9) trivikrama (2) avatar (6) vishnu (122)

अग्रे विकीर्णकुरबक- फलजालकहीयमानसहकारम्।
परिणामाभिमुखमृतोर् उत्सुकयति यौवनं चेतः॥

The youthfulness of the season, on the verge of maturity, with its kurabaka flowers scattered before it and its mango blossoms fading, makes the heart...

season (20) spring (134) transition (25) impermanence (242) nature (950) longing (690) poetry (588)

अग्रे व्याधः करधृतशरः पार्श्वतो जालमाला
पृष्टे वह्निर्दहति नितरां संनिधौ सारमेयाः।
एणी गर्भादलसगमना बालकै रुद्धपादा
चिन्ताविष्टा वदति हि मृगं किं करोमि क्व यामिः॥

In front, a hunter with an arrow; on the sides, a net; behind, a fire; nearby are hounds. The doe, slowed by pregnancy and her fawns, asks the stag, '...

helplessness (100) despair (67) trapped (3) dilemma (14) doe (2) hunter (9) plight (2)

अग्रे श्यामलबिन्दुबद्धतिलकैर्मध्येऽपि पाकान्वय-
प्रौढीभूतपटोलपाटलतरैर्मूले मनाग्बभ्रुभिः।
वृन्ते कर्कशकीरपिच्चहरिभिः स्थूलैः फलैर्बन्धुराः
संप्रत्युत्सुकयन्ति कस्य न मनः पूगद्रुमाणां छटाः॥

With dark spots at the tip, pale reddish in the middle, and yellowish at the base... the clusters of areca nut trees, laden with plump fruits, whose m...

nature (950) description (35) areca nut (1) imagery (157) color (16) poetry (588) kavya (34)

अग्रेसरी कुमारी तत्पृष्टे पुङ्खगो यदा तारः।
सिद्धिस्तदोत्तमा स्याद् दृष्टाप्यादौ वरा दुर्गा॥

When the star Tāra is leading and Kumārī is behind Puṅkhaga, then there will be excellent success. It is also good if Durga (Virgo?) is seen first. T...

astrology (51) omen (58) muhurta (4) stars (39) journey (57) divination (6) jyotisha (5)

अग्रे स्त्रीनखपाटलं कुरवकं श्यामं द्वयोर्भागयोर्
बालाशोकमुपोढरागसुभगं भेदोन्मुखं तिष्ठति।
ईषद्बद्धरजःकणांग्रकपिशा चूते नवा मञ्जरी
मुग्धत्वस्य च यौवनस्य च सखे मध्ये मधुश्रीः स्थिता॥

In front, the pale red kuravaka flower; on the sides, the dark aśoka; here, a new mango blossom... O friend, the beauty of Spring (madhuśrīḥ) stands i...

spring (134) nature (950) description (35) imagery (157) flowers (85) personification (29) madhushri (1)

अग्र्यो मुक्तिमतां प्रयोगसमये मन्त्रेषु पृष्ठं गतः
पाकागारगतस्तु पाचकमनस्तोषाय वाचस्पतिः।
उच्चायां निरतो रतोऽर्थकगणे पिण्डेषु दत्तादरो
नानाश्राद्धगणैकचालितमना भद्दोट्टमो राजते॥

He is foremost among liberation-seekers, but at the time of action, he abandons his mantras... He is a Brihaspati in pleasing the cook! The best of th...

satire (211) hypocrisy (141) gluttony (8) brahmin (50) bhatta (2) irony (348) vyajaninda (1)

अघं स केवलं भुङ्क्ते यः पचत्यात्मकारणात्।
यज्ञशिष्टाशनं ह्येतत् सतामन्नं विधीयते॥

He who cooks only for his own sake eats nothing but sin. Eating the leftovers of a sacrifice (yajña) is indeed ordained as the food of the virtuous. ...

bhagavad gita (11) yajna (11) food (101) sin (135) sanctity (34) selfishness (62) prasada (2)

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