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आकम्पयन् फलभरानतशालिजालम्
आनर्तयंस् तरुवरान् कुसुमावनम्रान्।
उत्फुल्लपङ्कजवनां नलिनीं विधुन्वन्
यूनां मनश्चलयति प्रसभं नभस्वान्॥

"The wind, shaking the burdened paddy fields and swaying trees in blossom, rustles lotus groves and disturbs youthful minds alike with its passionate ...

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आकम्पितक्षितिभृता महता निकामं
हेलाभिभूतजलधित्रितयेन यस्य।
वीर्येण संहतिभिदा विहतोन्नतेन
कल्पान्तकालविसृतः पवनोऽनुचक्रे॥

"The mighty wind at the end of the kalpa moves after the immense shaking of mountains caused by the Lord's force, disrupting the triple oceans as if p...

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आकम्पितानि हृदयानि मनस्विनीनां
वातैः प्रफुल्लसहकारकृताधिवासैः।
संबाधितं परभृतस्य मदाकुलस्य
श्रोत्रप्रियैर्मधुकरस्य च गीतनादैः॥

"The refined hearts of sensitive women tremble at the breeze scented with blooming mangoes, and the buzzing melodies of intoxicated bees crowd their e...

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आकरः कारणं जन्तोर् दौर्जन्यस्य न जायते।
कालकूटः सुधासिन्धोः प्राणिनां प्राणहारकः॥

"Evil doesn’t necessarily arise from one's origin; like deadly poison, though born of the nectar ocean, it can still cause destruction."

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आकरः सर्वशास्त्राणां रत्नानामिव सागरः।
गुणैर्न परितुष्यामो यस्य मत्सरिणो वयम्॥

"Like the ocean is to gems, he is the source of all knowledge, yet we, blinded by envy, never feel satisfied by his virtues."

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आकरप्रभवः कोशः कोशाद्दण्डः प्रजायते।
पृथिवी कोशदण्डाभ्यां प्राप्यते कोशभूषणा॥

"Wealth arises from resources, and power (punishment or governance) is born of wealth. The earth is conquered by both — wealth and authority — and thu...

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आकर्णपलितः श्यामो वयसाशीतिपञ्चकः।
रणे पर्यचरद् द्रोणो वृद्धः षोडशवर्षवत्॥

"Though aged, dark, and with gray hair till the ears, Drona fought in battle like a youth of sixteen."

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आकर्णमुल्लसति मातरपाङ्गदेशे
कालाञ्जनेन घटिता तव भाति रेखा।
शैवालपङ्क्तिरिव संततनिर्जिहान-
कारुण्यपूरपदवी कलितानुबन्धा॥

"O mother, the black kajal line that stretches from the corner of your eye looks like a string of seaweed, trailing the compassionate floodpath from y...

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आ कर्णमूलमपकृत्य धनुः सबाणं
मय्येव किं प्रहरसि स्मर बद्धकोपः।
तस्यां मुहुः क्षिप शरान् हरिणेक्षणायां
तन्मन्मथोऽपि भव मन्मथ एव मा भूः॥

"O Cupid! Why aim your bow and arrow at me with full force? Instead, shoot your arrows at her, the doe-eyed beauty. Let me stay as the victim, not the...

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आकर्णय त्वमिममभ्युपगम्य वादं जानातु
कोऽपि यदि वा हृदयं श्रुतीनाम्।
तस्याप्यसंख्यभवबन्धशतार्जितोऽयं
द्वैतभ्रमो गलतु जन्मशतैः कियद्भिः॥

"Come near and listen to this argument: let the heart grasp it if ears can’t. May this delusion of duality, born of endless lifetimes, dissolve at las...

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