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अचिन्त्यमतिदुःसहं त्रिविधदुःखमेनोऽर्जितं
चतुर्विधगतिश्रितं भवभृता न किं प्राप्यते।
शरीरमसुखाकरं जगति गृह्णता मुञ्चता
तनोति न तथाप्ययं विरतिमूर्जितां पापतः॥

Is not the unbearable three-fold suffering, earned by sin, obtained by an embodied soul? While taking up and leaving a body, which is a vessel of mise...

suffering (358) sin (135) karma (500) rebirth (102) detachment (573) virati (1) philosophy (290) samsara (74)

अचिन्त्याः पन्थानः किमपि महतामन्धकरिपोर्
यदक्ष्णोऽभूत् तेजस्तदकृत कथाशेषमदनम्।
मुनेर्नेत्रादत्रेर्यदजनि पुनर्ज्योतिरहह प्रतेने
तेनेदं मदनमयमेव त्रिभुवनम्॥

The ways of the great are unthinkable! The fire from Shiva's eye destroyed the God of Love. Yet, the light from the sage Atri's eye (the Moon) filled ...

paradox (167) divine ways (1) shiva (328) moon (394) kamadeva (27) atri (2) wonder (66) philosophy (290)

अचिरात् परात्मनिष्ठा भवति यतस्तत्क्रियेत
चतुरेण क्लेशेन् कामदमनं धिगेकदारञ्जयन्तमात्मानम्॥

A clever person should do that by which devotion to the supreme Self is quickly achieved. Fie on the suppression of desires through suffering, which p...

self-realization (37) devotion (933) positive path (1) asceticism (87) suppression (9) wisdom (1611)

अचिरादुपकर्तुराचरेद् अथ वात्मौपयिकीमुपक्रियाम्।
पृथुरित्थमथाणुरस्तु सा न विशेषे विदुषामिह ग्रहः॥

One should quickly do a good turn in return to a benefactor... Let that favor be large or small; the wise do not insist on a distinction in this matte...

gratitude (60) reciprocation (1) kindness (75) favor (20) timeliness (8) niti (75)

अचिराधिष्ठितराज्यः शत्रुः प्रकृतिष्वरूढमूलत्वात्।
नवसंरोपणशिथिलस् तरुरिव सुकरः समुद्धर्तुम्॥

An enemy who has recently acquired a kingdom, because his roots are not yet firm among the people, is easy to uproot, like a newly planted, unstable t...

strategy (222) politics (111) rajaniti (5) warfare (36) opportunity (37) new ruler (1) analogy (98)

अचिरेण परस्य भूयस्ॐ विपरीतां विगणय्य चात्मनः।
क्षययुक्तिमुपेक्षते कृती कुरुते तत्प्रतिकारमन्यथा॥

A skillful person, quickly assessing the growing fortune of his enemy and the opposite for himself, gives up on the logic of decline and instead takes...

strategy (222) proactivity (1) leadership (279) prudence (75) countermeasure (1) politics (111)

अचुम्बि या चन्दनबिन्दुमण्डली नलीयवक्त्रेण सरोजतर्जिना।
श्रियं श्रिता काचन तारकासखी कृताशशाङ्कस्य तयाङ्कवर्तिनी॥

The circle of sandalwood paste dots... has been made the very mark (aṅka) on the moon. An ornate praise (utprekṣā) of a bindi on a woman's forehead. ...

poetic conceit (20) bindi (1) forehead (9) beauty (1797) praise (189) moon (394) kavya (34)

अचेतना अपि प्रायो मैत्रीमेवानुबध्यते।
स्ववृद्धात् क्षीयते क्षीरात् क्षीरात् प्रागेव वारिणा॥

Even inanimate things generally follow the rule of friendship. When milk is diluted with water, the water boils off first... out of loyalty to its fri...

friendship (209) loyalty (180) sacrifice (146) personification (29) analogy (98) wisdom (1611) niti (75)

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