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आयाति फुल्लकुसुमः कुसुमागमोऽयम्
एषा शशाङ्कतिलका शरदागतेति।
बाढं प्रहृष्यति जनो न पुनर्ममैतद्
आयुःप्रहीणमिति याति मनोविषादम्॥

Flowers bloom, autumn arrives—people rejoice, but I grieve, for it only reminds me that my life is diminishing.

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आयाति याति खेदं करोति मधु हरति मधुकरीवान्या।
अधिदेवता त्वमेव श्रीरिव कमलस्य मम मनसः॥

Spring comes and goes bringing joy and pain like a bee—yet you, my goddess, remain the only constant in my heart.

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आयाति याति पुनरेव जलं प्रयाति
पद्माङ्कुराणि विधुनोति धुनोति पक्षौ।
उन्मत्तवद् भ्रमति कूजति मन्दमन्दं
कान्तावियोगविधुरो निशि चक्रवाकः॥

Water comes and goes, lotuses shiver, the chakravāka bird roams madly in the night grieving separation from its mate.

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आयाति श्रियमञ्जसा नयनयोरम्भोरुहप्रेयसी
संनाहः स्तनयोरयं कलयते संभोगयोग्यां दशाम्।
वैदग्ध्येन सहासिकां वितनुते वाचामियं प्रक्रिया
मुग्धायाः पुनरैन्दवीं न सहते मुख्यामभिख्यां मुखम्॥

Beauty approaches subtly through eyes and breasts, utterance begins with skilled laughter, but the naive girl cannot match the goddess Lakṣmī.

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आयाति स्खलितैः पादैर् मुखवैवर्ण्यसंयुतः।
ललाटस्वेदभाग् भूरिगद्गदं भाषते वचः॥

He arrives with staggering steps, pale face, sweaty brow, stammering speech—clearly suffering guilt.

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कम्पमानमधोऽवेक्षी पापं प्राप्तः सदा नरः।
तस्माद् यत्नात् परिज्ञेयश् चिह्नैरेतैर्विचक्षणैः॥

One who avoids eye contact, trembles, and looks down is guilty—such signs should be studied carefully.

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आयाति हृष्टोऽभिमुखो यदि श्वा
क्रीडां प्रकुर्वन् विलुथंस्तथाग्रे।
शीघ्रं तदानीं ध्रुवमध्वगानां
भवेत् प्रभूतो धनधान्यलाभः॥

If a dog rushes joyfully forward, rolling about—it foretells that travelers will soon receive wealth and abundance.

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आयातु यातु खेदं करोतु मधु हरतु चाप्यन्या।
अधिदेवता त्वमेव श्रीरिव कमलस्य मम मनसः॥

Let joy or sorrow come and go—yet you remain the presiding deity of my heart, like Lakṣmī to a lotus.

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आयाते च तिरोहितो यदि पुनर्दृष्टोऽन्यकार्ये रतो
वाचि स्मेरमुखो विषण्णवदनः स्वक्लेशवादे मुहुः।
अन्तर्वेश्मनि वासमिच्छति भृशं व्याधीति यो भाषते
भृत्यानामपराधकीर्तनपरस्तन्मन्दिरं न व्रजेत्॥

If a servant returns avoiding eye contact, sighs falsely, and blames others—do not reenter that household, for it hides inner disrespect.

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आयाते दयिते मनोरथशतैर्नीत्वा कथंचिद् दिनं
गत्वा वासगृहं जडे परिजने दीर्घां कथां कुर्वति।
दष्टास्मीत्यभिधाय सत्वरपदं व्याधूय चीनांशुकं
तन्वङ्ग्या रतिकातरेण मनसा नीतः प्रदीपः शमम्॥

The beloved returns after much longing, but during idle chatter with attendants, the slender lover extinguishes the lamp with shy haste—symbol of sile...

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