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अङ्गुष्ठे पदगुल्फजानुजघने नाभौ च वक्षःस्तने
कक्षाकण्ठकपोलदन्तवसने नेत्रालिके मूर्धनि।
शुक्लाशुक्लविभागतो मृगदृशामङ्गेष्वनङ्गस्थिती-
रूर्ध्वाधोगमनेन वामपदगाः पक्षद्वये लक्षयेत्॥

...in the faces of these lovely-browed women, whose playful movements have ceased and whose hair is stilled by beads of sweat, Manmatha (Love) has tak...

passion (501) languor (2) love (1567) manmatha (7) shringara (26) eroticism (60) description (35)

अङ्गुष्ठोदरमात्रं विशेषवित्प्राप्य पद्मरागमणिम्।
सुखसंवाह्यमनुत्तरं अर्थं किं तेन नाप्नोति॥

May we remember Manjushri, who is wreathed with rows of bees... adorned with a garland of rays from his toenails, and worshipped as if by a shower of ...

manjushri (2) buddhism (4) devotion (933) dhyana (2) imagery (157) stotram (5) bodhisattva (2)

अङ्गेन केनापि विजेतुमस्या गवेष्यते किं चलपत्रपत्रं।
न चेद्विशेषादितरच्छदेभ्यस् तस्यास्तु कम्पस्तु कुतो भयेन॥

On Tuesday, there is gain in a journey. On Monday and Saturday, profit in the south. On Wednesday and Thursday, success in the west. On Sunday and Fri...

astrology (51) travel (44) omen (58) muhurta (4) auspicious direction (2) jyotisha (5)

अङ्गेन गात्रं नयनेन वक्त्रं न्यायेन राज्यं लवणेन भोज्यं।
धर्मेण हीनं खलु जीवितं च न राजते चन्द्रमसा विना निशा॥

A dog seen urinating on embers, a spike, a stone, straw, hair, excrement, or leather causes the destruction of one's work and brings other misfortunes...

omen (58) bad omen (2) superstition (30) divination (6) shakuna shastra (3) dog (22)

अङ्गेऽनङ्गज्वरहुतवहश्चक्षुषि ध्यानमुद्रा
कण्ठे जीवः करकिसलये दीर्घशायी कपोलः।
अंसे वीणा कुचपरिसरे चन्दनं वाचि मौनं तस्याः
सर्वं स्थितमिति न तु त्वां विना क्वापि चेतः॥

On her body is the fire of love's fever; in her eyes, a meditative pose... Everything of hers is in its place, except her heart, which, without you, i...

separation (258) viraha (18) lovesickness (9) longing (690) heart (148) mind (176) romance (506)

अङ्गेनाङ्गं प्रतनु तनुना गाढतप्तेन तप्तं
सास्रेप्यास्रद्रुतमविरतोत्कण्ठमुत्कण्ठितेन।
अष्णोच्छ्वासं समधिकतरोच्छ्वासिना दूरवर्ती
संकल्पैस्ते विशति विधिना वैरिणा रुद्धमार्गः॥

Though far away, with my path blocked by cruel fate, I enter you through my thoughts: my slender body with your slender body, my burning heart with yo...

separation (258) viraha (18) imagination (48) empathy (61) union in thought (1) longing (690)

अङ्गेनाङ्गमनुप्रविश्य मिलतो हस्तावलेपादिभिः
का वार्ता युधि गन्धसिन्धुरपतेर्गन्धोऽपि चेत्के द्विपाः।
जेतव्योऽस्ति हरेः स लाञ्छनमतो वन्दामहे तामभूद्
यद्गभ शरभः स्वयंजय इति श्रुत्वापि यो नाङ्कितः॥

What talk is there of fighting the lord of scent-elephants...? The lion must be conquered. Therefore, we praise his mark, for even after hearing that ...

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अङ्गेषु मुख्या द्विजमध्यसंस्था वाणानुसंधान परासि नित्यं।
अधं स्थिरप्रेमरसा रसज्ञे नरस्तुतिं संत्यज कर्णवत् त्वं॥

You are the chief among the limbs, situated between the teeth (dvija), and always fitting the arrow (speech)... O connoisseur of taste, abandon the pr...

pun (31) shlesha (7) tongue (7) speech (345) praise (189) karna (8) wisdom (1611) wordplay (33)

अङ्गेष्वाभरणं करोति बहुशः पत्रेऽपि संचारिणि
प्राप्तं त्वां परिशङ्कते वितनुते शय्यां चिरं ध्यायति।
इत्याकल्पविकल्पतल्परचनासङ्कल्पलीलाशत-
व्यासक्तापि विना त्वया वरतनुर्नैषा निशां नेष्यति॥

She repeatedly puts on ornaments, suspects you have arrived at the rustling of a leaf... but without you, this beautiful woman will not get through th...

anticipation (23) longing (690) virahotkanthita (1) love (1567) waiting (8) romance (506)

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