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आघ्रातं परिलीढमुग्रनखरैः क्षुण्णं च यच्चर्वितं
क्षिप्तं यद् भुवि नीरसत्वकुपितेनेति व्यथां मा कृथाः।
हे माणिक्य तवैतदेव कुशलं यद्वानरेणाग्रहाद्
अन्तःसत्त्वनिरूपणाय सहसा चूर्णीकृतं नाश्मना॥

Don't be hurt, dear gem, that a monkey has chewed and thrown you — this rough act helps discover your inner essence, like polishing a diamond.

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आघ्रातं मरणेन जन्म जरया यात्युज्ज्वलं यौवनं
संतोषो धनलिप्सया शमसुखं प्रौढाङ्गनाविभ्रमैः।
लोकैर्मत्सरिभिर्गुणा वनभुवो व्यालैर्नृपा दुर्जनैर्
अस्थैर्येण विभूतिरप्यपहृता ग्रस्तं न किं केन वा॥

Birth is touched by death, youth by age, satisfaction by greed — every beauty in life is shadowed by its opposite.

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आघ्रातक्षोणिपीठः खुरशिखरसमाकृष्टरेणुस्तुरङ्गः
पुञ्जीकृत्याखिलाङ्घ्रीन् क्रमवशविनमज्जानुरुन्मुक्तकायः।
पृष्ठान्तःपार्श्वकण्डूव्यपनयनर साद् द्विस्त्रिरुद्वर्तिताङ्गः
प्रोत्थाय द्राङ् निरीहः क्षणमथ वपुरास्यानुपूर्व्यां धुनोति॥

The dust-covered horse, scratched and swayed by its own hooves, rises after rolling and starts fresh — a poetic depiction of rejuvenation.

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आघ्राय पुस्तकं धन्याः सर्वं विद्म इति स्थिताः।
शतकृत्वोऽपि शृण्वन्तो हा न विद्मो जडा वयम्॥

Those who merely sniff a book assume they know everything, while we who hear it a hundred times remain fools — a sharp contrast of pretense and humili...

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आघ्राय श्रमजमनिन्द्यगन्धबन्धुं
निश्वासश्वसनमसक्तमङ्गनानाम्।
आरण्याः सुमनस ईषिरे न भृङ्गैर्
औचित्यं गणयति को विशेषकामः॥

The women’s breath, filled with fragrance of fatigue and sweat, is avoided even by forest bees — but one driven by desire disregards all propriety.

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आघ्रायाघ्राय गन्धं विकृतमुखपुटो दर्शयन् दन्तपङ्क्तिं
धावन्नुन्मुक्तनादो मुहुरपि रभसाकृष्टया पृष्ठलग्नः।
गर्दभ्याः पादघातद्विगुणितसुरतप्रीतिराकृष्टशिश्नो
वेगादारुह्यमुह्यन्नवतरति खरः खण्डितेच्छश्चिराय॥

A donkey, obsessed with a she-donkey, keeps smelling and biting until he gets kicked — yet he stubbornly pursues. A humorous take on blind lust.

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आचक्ष्महे बत किमद्यतनीमवस्थां
तस्याद्य विन्ध्यशिखरस्य महोन्नतस्य।
यत्रैव सप्त मुनयस्तपसा निषेदुः सोऽयं
किलाद्य वसतिह् पिशिताशनानाम्॥

Alas! What has become of lofty Vindhya mountain? Where once sages meditated, now live flesh-eating demons. A lament on degradation.

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आचम्याधरसिन्धुवारि कबरीसंभारसंमार्जिते
स्वेदाम्भःस्नपिते कपोलविगलत्काश्मीरपङ्कोज्ज्वले।
काञ्चीमन्त्ररुतेन निर्भरगलन्मुक्ताकलापस्रजा
धन्यस्योरसि घूर्णमाननयना पञ्चेषुमभ्यर्चति॥

After sipping water, the beloved wipes her forehead with hair and her cheeks shine with perspiration — as she ties her pearls, she worships Cupid with...

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आचरति दुर्जनो यत् सहसा मनसोऽप्यगोचरानर्थान्।
तन्न न जाने जाने स्पृशति मनः किं तु नैव निष्ठुरताम्॥

An evil man swiftly performs deeds that escape even thought — yet what surprises is not his actions but his relentless cruelty.

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आचरन् बहुभिर्वैरम् अल्पकैरपि नश्यति।
जनैः प्रत्यायितोऽमात्यं प्रेतमित्यत्यजन्नृपः॥

A person who makes enmity with many is easily destroyed even by few. A king, convinced by others that his minister is dead, abandoned him. This reflec...

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