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आः कष्टं वनवासिसाम्यकृतया सिद्धाश्रमश्रद्धया पल्लीं
बालकुरङ्ग संप्रति कुतः प्राप्तोऽसि मृत्योर्मुखम्।
यत्रानेककुरङ्गकोटिकदनक्रीडोल्लसल्लोहित-
स्रोतोभिः परिपूरयन्ति परिखामुड्डामराः पामराः॥

Alas! Why have you, innocent deer, come here out of your faith in ascetic hermitages—into the deadly jaws of cruel men?

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आः कष्टं सुविवेकशून्यहृदयैः संसर्गमाप्तं च तैर्
विक्रीतं बदरैः समं क्षितितले कुग्रामसीम्नि स्फुटम्।
संविष्टंशठगाढमूढवदने धूत्कारदूरीकृतं किं
जानात्यगुणो जनो गुणमतो मुक्ताफलं रोदिति॥

O pain! Wise ones have been humiliated by the heartless and foolish, sold like cheap berries in vile markets—true gems go unrecognized.

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आः कष्टमप्रःऋष्टाः शिष्टा अपि वित्तचापलाविष्टाः।
अध्यापयन्ति वेदान् आदाय चिराय मासि मासि भृतिम्॥

Alas! Even cultured people degrade themselves through greed—teaching sacred texts only for monthly wages.

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आः किमर्थमिदं चेतः सतामम्भोधिदुर्भरम्।
इति क्रुधेव दुर्वेधाः परदुःखैरपूरयत्॥

Why, O mind, do you carry the grief of the good like a storm? The foolish fill themselves with others’ sorrow.

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आः पाकं न करोषि पापिनि कथं पापी त्वदीयः पिता
रण्डे जल्पसि किं तवैव जननी रण्डा त्वदीया स्वसा।
निर्गच्छ त्वरितं गृहाद् बहिरितो नेदं त्वदीयं गृहं
हा हा नाथ ममाद्य देहि मरणं जारस्य भाग्योदयः॥

A wrathful insult by a man towards a woman, accusing her entire family with abuse—an outburst of deep agony and humiliation.

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आः पात्री स्यामकृतकघनप्रेमविस्फारितानां
सव्रीडानां सकलकरणानन्दनाडिंधमानाम्।
तेषां तेषां हृदयनिहिताकूतनिष्यन्दिनेत्र-
व्यापाराणां पुनरपि तथा सुभ्रुवो विभ्रमाणाम्॥

"Ah, may I become the vessel of those bashful, love-swollen glances, brimming with all sensory delight! Of those beautiful-eyed women, let me once mor...

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आः सर्वतः स्फुरतु कैरवमापिबन्तु
ज्योत्स्नाकरम्भमुदरंभरयश्चकोराः।
यातो यदेष चरमाचलमूलचुम्बी
पङ्केरुहप्रकरजागरणप्रदीपः॥

"Let the water-lilies bloom everywhere and let the chakora birds drink the milky moonlight! For the moon that once kissed the mountain's base has now ...

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आः सीते पतिगर्वविभ्रमभरभ्रान्तभ्रमद्बान्धव-
प्रध्वंसस्मितकान्तिमत् तव तदा जातं यदेतन्मुखम्।
संप्रत्येव हठात् तदेष कुरुते केशोच्चयाकर्षण-
त्रासोत्तानितलोललोचनपतद्बाष्पप्लुतं रावणः॥

"O Sita! That glowing face of yours, which once dazzled with the pride of being Rama’s wife, and enchanted with a smile even amidst falling kin, now b...

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आकण्ठदृष्टशिरसाप्यविभाव्यपार्श्व-
पृष्ठोदरेण चिरमृग्भिरुपास्यमानः।
नाभीसरोरुहजुषा चतुराननेन शेते
किलात्र भगवानरविन्दनाभः॥

"Even though completely visible up to the head, the Lord lies unfathomable in His form, long worshipped by sages and deer alike. Lord Vishnu, reclinin...

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आकण्ठार्पितकञ्चुकाञ्चलमुरो हस्ताङ्गुलीमुद्रणा-
मात्रासूत्रितहास्यमास्यमलसाः पञ्चालिकाकेलयः।
तिर्यग्लोचनचेष्टितानि वचसां च्छेकोक्तिसंक्रान्तयस्
तस्याःसीदति शैशवे प्रतिकलं कोऽप्येष केलिक्रमः॥

"The doll-like child’s playful expressions—her chest veiled up to the neck, slow smile measured in thread units, and sidelong glances performing drama...

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