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आद्याद्यस्य गुणं तेषाम् अवाप्नोति परः परः।
यो यो यावतिथश्चैषां स स तावद् गुणः स्मृतः॥

Whoever is present in the beginning of the beginning inherits its full quality; those who come later, only a fraction of it. A hierarchical wisdom on ...

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आद्यूनस्तमसां चकोररमणीरागाब्धिमन्थाचलो
जीवातुर्जलजस्य वासवदिशाशैलेन्द्रचूडामणिः।
आदेष्टा श्रुतिकर्मणां कुमुदिनीशोकाग्निपूर्णाहुतिर्
देवः सोमरसायनं विजयते विश्वस्य बीजं रविः॥

The sun, praised as the primeval seed of the universe, shines as the dispeller of darkness, beloved of the chakora bird, agitator of the ocean of pass...

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आद्ये जग्मुषि ताम्रचूडरटिते श्रोत्रं प्रबुद्धा जवात्
किंचिद् वासवदिङ्मुखं प्रविकसद् दृष्ट्वा गवाक्षाध्वना।
संत्रासेन समीरिता प्रियतमप्रेम्णा च रुद्धा शनैर्
उत्थानोपनिवेशनानि कुरुते तल्पे मुहुः पांसुला॥

As the first cuckoo's cry echoes, the ears awaken swiftly. Looking towards the eastern sky through a dusty window, fear and love stir her. Slowly, she...

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आद्येन हीना जलधावदृश्यं मध्येन हीनं भुवि वर्णनीयम्।
अन्तेन हीनं ध्वनते शरीरं हेमाभिधः स श्रियमातनोतु॥

Gold lacking purity at the start is impure in the sea, if impure in the middle, it’s unfit for the earth, and when the end lacks clarity, it emits a p...

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आद्ये बद्धा विरहदिवसे या शिखा दाम हित्वा
शापस्यान्ते विगलितशुचा या मयोद्वेष्टनीया।
स्पर्शक्लिष्टामयमितनखेनासकृत् सारयन्तीं
गण्डाभोगात् कठिनविषयामेकवेणीं करेण॥

On the first day of separation, her hair tied as a crest loosened in grief. Later, it was tightly coiled into a single braid, roughened by touch and e...

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आद्ये यामे तु शङ्खः स्यान् महाशङ्खो द्वितीयके।
पद्मस्तृतीयके यामे महापद्मश् चतुर्थके॥

In the first watch of the night appears the conch, then the great conch, then the lotus, and finally the great lotus—referring metaphorically to night...

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आद्योऽन्तस्थोऽप्यनन्तं दिशति फलमसावद्वितीयं
द्वितीयस् तार्तीयीकः पवर्गप्रकृतिरपि बलेनापवर्गं प्रसूते।
तुर्यश्चातुर्यभाजां विसृजति चतुरः श्रोत्रपान्थः पुमर्थान्
राम त्वन्नामवर्णा जगति कतिपयं कौतुकं तन्वते न॥

Each letter of “Rama” represents deep spiritual truths—first letter gives infinite fruits, second leads to liberation, and so on, symbolizing the powe...

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आ द्वीपात् परतोऽप्यमी नृपतयः सर्वे समभ्यागताः
कन्येयं कलधौतकोमलरुचिः कीर्तेश्च लाभः परः।
नाकृष्टं न च टङ्कितं न नमितं नोत्थापितं स्थानतः
केनापीदमहो महद् धनुरिदं निर्वीरमुर्वीतलम्॥

Even from distant lands, kings arrive to win this princess of unmatched beauty. Yet none could move the mighty bow—symbolizing the divine choice and d...

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