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अङ्गनामङ्गनामन्तरे माधवो
माधवं माधवं चान्तरेणाङ्गना।
इत्थमाकल्पिते मण्डले मध्यगः
संजगौ वेणुना देवकीनन्दनः॥

Between every two women was Madhava (Krishna), and between every two Madhavas was a woman. In the circle thus arranged, the son of Devaki... sang with...

rasa lila (1) krishna (233) gopi (16) divine play (96) dance (75) bhakti (70) bhagavata purana (2)

अङ्गन्यासस्ततः कार्यः शिवोक्तः सिद्धिमिच्छता।
आचार्येण च शिष्यस्य पापघ्नो विघ्ननाशनः॥

Then, aṅganyāsa, as taught by Shiva, should be performed by one desiring success (siddhi)... It destroys sins and removes obstacles. A verse from a r...

anganyasa (1) ritual (164) tantra (15) siddhi (3) teacher (35) disciple (5) purification (85)

अङ्गप्रत्यङ्गजः पुत्रो हृदयाच्चापि जायते।
तस्मात् प्रियतरो मातुः प्रियत्वान्न तु बान्धवः॥

A son is born from each and every limb, and also from the heart. Therefore, he is dearer than a mother; his dearness is not like that of other relativ...

father-son bond (2) love (1567) family (165) progeny (3) affection (216) relationship (80)

अङ्गप्रत्यङ्गभागेन ततः पिण्डः प्रजायते।
चर्मणाच्छादितः सप्त धातवः सुय्रनुक्रमात्॥

Then, from the division of major and minor limbs, a fetus (piṇḍaḥ) is formed. It is covered with skin, and the seven constituent elements (dhātavaḥ) a...

embryology (1) ayurveda (78) fetus (4) anatomy (16) dhātu (1) medicine (51)

अङ्गमङ्गेन संपीड्य मांसं मांसेन तु स्त्रियः।
पुराहमभवं प्रीतो यत्तन्मोहविजृम्भितम्॥

Previously, I was delighted by women, pressing limb against limb and flesh against flesh. That was but an expression of delusion (moha). A verse of r...

renunciation (267) vairagya (10) delusion (175) moha (2) sensual pleasure (2) dispassion (12)

अङ्गमनङ्गक्लिष्टं सुखयेदन्या न मे करस्पर्शात्।
नोच्छ्वसिति तपनकिरणैश् चन्द्रस्येवांशुभिः कुमुदम्॥

No other woman can soothe my body, tormented by the bodiless one (Kamadeva)... A water lily does not bloom by the sun's rays, but only by the moon's. ...

exclusive love (1) devotion (933) lovesickness (9) analogy (98) water lily (2) moon (394) romance (506)

अङ्गयुक्तः कृतास्रश्च कुर्वन् सम्यक्पुरोविधिम्।
विजानन् सिद्धसाध्यादीन् वैरिणोऽस्त्रैर्न पीड्यते॥

One who is endowed with the parts of statecraft, is skilled in weapons, performs proper preparations, and understands his goals, is not afflicted by t...

invincibility (3) statecraft (20) strategy (222) warfare (36) king (200) leadership (279) niti (75)

अङ्गसङ्गात् तथा जीवो भजते प्राकृतान् गुणान्।
अहंकाराभिभूतः सन् भिन्नस्तेभ्योऽपि सोऽव्ययः॥

Through association with the body, the soul partakes of the qualities of nature (prakṛti). Overwhelmed by ego, he thinks he is them, though he, the im...

soul (76) jiva (1) body (170) prakriti (3) guna (9) ego (153) ahankara (1) samkhya (1) vedanta (34)

अङ्गाः संजातभङ्गाद्यनवनवसतिप्राप्तरङ्गाः कलिङ्गास्
तैलङ्गाःस्वर्गगङ्गाभिषवणमतयः शीर्यदङ्गाश्च वङ्गाः।
लाटाःस्विद्यल्ललाटाः पदगमनदृढाश्वासलोलाश्च चोला
जायन्ते श्रीनिजाम पृथुरण भवतः प्रौढनिःसाणनादात्॥

O great warrior Nizam! From the mighty sound of your war-drums, the people of Anga are broken, the people of Kalinga flee... the people of Vanga are s...

praise (189) king (200) prashasti (1) warfare (36) hyperbole (29) fear (252) military might (2)

अङ्गाकृष्टदुकूलया सरभसं गूढौ भुजाभ्यां स्तनाव्
आकृष्टे जघनांशुके कृतमधः संसक्तमूरुद्वयम्।
नाभीमूलनिबद्धचक्षुषि मयि व्रीडानताङ्ग्या तया
दीपः स्फूत्कृतवातवेपितशिखः कर्णोत्पलेनाहतः॥

When I pulled at her silk garment, she hid her breasts; when I pulled at her hip-garment, she pressed her thighs together. As I stared at her navel, s...

eroticism (60) shringara (26) lovemaking (5) modesty (103) shyness (81) seduction (89) lamp (16)

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