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अघटितं घटनां नयति ध्रुवं सुघटितं क्षणभङ्गुरताचलम्।
जगदिदं कुरुते सचराचरं विधिरहो बलवानिति मे मतिः॥

It certainly makes the impossible happen and makes the well-established fragile... Alas, Fate (vidhi) is powerful—this is my belief. A philosophical ...

fate (402) destiny (289) vidhi (2) power (396) impermanence (242) omnipotence (3) philosophy (290)

अघटितघटितं घटयति सुघटितघटितानि जर्जरीकुरुते।
विधिरेव तानि घटयति यानि पुमान्नैव चिन्तयति॥

It makes the un-happened happen, and it shatters things that are well-established. Fate alone brings about those things which a person does not even t...

fate (402) destiny (289) vidhi (2) unpredictability (46) power (396) surprise (35) philosophy (290)

अघृष्टमिव माणिक्यम् अमत्तमिव च द्विपम्।
अशूरं पार्थिवं लोको जात्यमप्यवमन्यते॥

The world disrespects a king, even if he is of noble birth, if he is cowardly, just as it disrespects an uncut ruby or an elephant not in rut. This v...

king (200) courage (146) nobility (253) power (396) respect (164) analogy (98) niti (75)

अङ्कं केऽपि शशङ्किरेजलनिधेः पङ्कं परे मेनिरे
सारङ्गं कतिचिच्च संजगदिरे भूमेश्च बिम्बं परे।
इन्दौ यद्दलितेन्द्रनीलशकलश्यामं दरीदृश्यते
तन्मन्ये रविभीतमन्धतमसं कुक्षिस्थमालक्ष्यते॥

Some suspected the spot on the moon to be a hare, others mud from the ocean... My opinion is this: I think that what is seen is the cosmic Darkness, w...

moon (394) poetic conceit (20) utpreksha (4) imagination (48) darkness (138) sun (195) mythology (86)

अङ्कनिलीनगजानन- शङ्काकुलबाहुलेयहृतवसनौ।
सस्मितहरकरकलितौ हिमगिरितनयास्तनौ जयतः॥

Victory to the breasts of Parvati, which were held by the smiling Shiva, whose clothes were stolen by a bewildered Kartikeya who was mistaking them fo...

parvati (56) shiva (328) ganesha (27) kartikeya (4) divine family (2) lila (4) playfulness (86)

अङ्कन्यासैर्विषमैर् मायावनितालकावलीकुटिलैः।
को नाम कामचारैः कायस्थैर्मोहितो न जनः॥

With uneven placements of numbers, crooked like the curly locks of a deceitful woman, who indeed is not deluded by the kāyasthas (scribes) who act as ...

satire (211) critique (50) kayastha (1) accountant (1) deception (224) corruption (65) stereotype (4)

अङ्कमल्लविनोदेषु तथान्येषूत्सवादिषु।
अन्तःपुरप्रचारेषु देवपूजापरेषु च॥

In the entertainments of wrestling matches, and in other festivals, in the goings-on of the inner palace, and in being devoted to the worship of gods....

fragment (3) list (1) activities (1) wrestling (1) festival (15) palace (26) worship (89)

अङ्काधिरोपितमृगश् चन्द्रमा मृगलाञ्छनः।
केसरी निष्ठुरक्षिप्तमृगयूथो मृगाधिपः॥

The moon, who has placed a deer on its lap, is called 'Deer-Marked'. The lion, who has cruelly thrown aside a herd of deer, is 'Lord of Beasts'. This...

contrast (206) leadership (279) compassion (359) cruelty (55) lion (58) moon (394) metaphor (1632) niti (75)

अङ्कुरिते पल्लविते कोरकिते विकसिते च सहकारे।
अङ्कुरितः पल्लवितः कोरकितो विकसितश्च मदनः॥

As the mango tree sprouts, puts forth leaves, forms buds, and then blossoms, so too does Love (madana) sprout, put forth leaves, form buds, and blosso...

parallelism (1) love (1567) madana (7) mango tree (12) spring (134) nature (950) poetry (588) kavya (34)

अङ्केकृत्वोत्तमाङ्गं प्लवगबलपतेः पादमक्षस्य हन्तुर्
दत्वोत्सङ्गे सलीलं त्वचि कनकमृगस्याङ्गशेषं निधाय।
बाणं रक्षः कुलघनं प्रगुणितमनुजेनादरात्तीक्ष्णमक्ष्णः
कोणेनावेक्षमाणस्त्वदनुजवचने दत्तकर्णोऽयमास्ते॥

Placing the head of Hanuman on his lap... he (Rama) sits with his ear attentive to your younger brother's words. This verse provides a detailed and p...

rama (81) hanuman (22) lakshmana (11) ramayana (52) description (35) royalty (92) affection (216)

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