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अङ्गैः सुकुमारतरैः सा कुसुमानां श्रियं प्रहरति।
विकलयति कुसुमबाणो बाणालीभिर्मम प्राणान्॥

With her extremely delicate limbs, she strikes down the beauty of flowers. And the flower-arrowed one (Kamadeva) disables my life-breaths with his arr...

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अङ्गैरन्तर्निहितवचनैः सूचितः सम्यगर्थः
पादन्यासो लयमनुगतस्तन्मयत्वं रसेषु।
शाखायोनिर्मृदुरभिनयस्तद्विकल्पानुवृत्तौ
भावो भावं नुदति विषयाद्रागबन्धः स एव॥

The meaning is well indicated by limbs that contain inner speech; the footwork follows the rhythm... one emotion pushes another away... that is the bo...

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अङ्घ्रिदण्डो हरेरूर्ध्वम् उत्क्षिप्तो बलिनिग्रहे।
विधिविष्टरपद्मस्य नालदण्डो मुदेऽस्तु वः॥

May Hari's staff-like leg, lifted upwards to suppress Bali—that staff which is the stalk for the lotus seat of Brahma—be for your delight. A devotion...

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अचकमत सपल्लवां धरित्रीं मृदुसुरभिं विरहय्य पुष्पशय्याम्।
भृशमरतिमवाप्य तत्र चास्यास् तव सुखशीतमुपैतुमङ्कमिच्छा॥

Leaving the soft, fragrant flower-bed... feeling extreme restlessness there, she desires to come to your lap, which is pleasant and cool. A messenger...

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अचञ्चलं मुग्धमुदञ्चितं दृशोर् अनुन्नतं श्रीमदुरो मृगीदृशः।
अभङ्गुराकूतवती गतिर्भ्रुवोर् अबद्धलक्ष्यं क्वचिदुत्कमान्तरम्॥

The gaze of the deer-eyed one's eyes is steady and innocent; her chest is noble... the movement of her brows is full of firm intention. Her longing ha...

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अचतुर्वदनो ब्रह्मा द्विबाहुरपरो हरिः।
अभाललोचनः शंभुर् भगवान् बादरायणः॥

The revered Badarayana (Vyasa) is Brahma without four faces, another Hari (Vishnu) with only two arms, and Shambhu (Shiva) without the eye on his fore...

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अचलं चलदिव चक्षुः प्रकृतमपीदं समुद्यदिव वक्षः।
अतदिव तदपि शरीरं संप्रति वामभ्रुवो जयति॥

The eye of the lovely-browed one, though still, seems to move; this chest, though at rest, seems to heave... Now she is victorious. This verse descri...

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अचला कमला कस्य कस्य मित्रं महीपतिः।
शरीरं च स्थिरं कस्य कस्य वश्या वराङ्गना॥

For whom is wealth (kamalā) stationary? For whom is a king a true friend? Whose body is permanent? And for whom is a beautiful woman under control? A...

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अचला कमला हि कस्य कस्य
क्षितिपालः किल मित्रमस्ति लोके।
इह वश्यतमा च कस्य वेश्या
स्थिरमप्यस्ति च कस्य देहमत्र॥

Indeed, for whom is wealth stationary? For whom is a king a friend? For whom is a courtesan (veśyā) most obedient? And whose body is permanent here? ...

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अचिन्तनीया विधिवञ्चनेयं यदम्बुजाक्षी स्थविरस्य भर्तुः।
स्वयं समादाय करं निधाय वक्षोजयुग्मे स्वपिति श्वसन्ती॥

This deception of fate is unthinkable, that the lotus-eyed one, of her own accord, takes the hand of her old husband and, placing it on her breast, sl...

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