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अचेष्टमानमासीनं श्रीः कंचिदुपतिष्ठति।
कश्चित् कर्माणि कुर्वन् हि न प्राप्यमधिगच्छति॥

Fortune (śrīḥ) approaches someone who is just sitting, doing nothing. Another person, though performing many actions, does not attain what is to be at...

fate (402) effort (289) luck (10) paradox (167) fortune (115) purushartha (4) daiva (1) philosophy (290)

अच्छप्रकाशवति चन्द्रमसि प्रियेऽस्मिन्न्
आह्लादकारिणि सुधावति पूर्णबिम्बे।
धाता विचिन्त्य मनसाखिलदृष्टिपातं
हर्तुं चकार किमु कज्जलबिन्दुयोगम्॥

Did the Creator, in order to avert the 'evil eye'... place a dot of kohl (kajjala-bindu) on this beloved, perfect moon? A beautiful poetic conceit (u...

poetic conceit (20) utpreksha (4) moon (394) spot on moon (1) evil eye (1) blemish (17) beauty (1797)

अच्छाच्छचन्दनरसार्द्रकरा मृगाक्ष्यो
धारागृहाणि कुसुमानि च कौमुदी च।
मन्दो मरुत् सुमनसः शुचि हर्म्यपृष्ठं
ग्रीष्मे मदं च मदनं च विवर्धयन्ति॥

In summer, these things increase both intoxication (mada) and love (madana): deer-eyed women with hands moist from sandalwood; fountain-houses; flower...

summer (22) shringara (26) eroticism (60) love (1567) romance (506) stimulants (1) atmosphere (4) grishma (2)

अच्छासु हंस इव बालमृणालिकासु
भृङ्गो नवास्विव मधुद्रुममञ्जरीषु।
कोऽवन्तिभर्तुरपरो रसनिर्भरासु
पृथ्वीपतिः सुकविसूक्तिषु बद्धभावः॥

Like a swan in clear lotus stalks, like a bee in fresh mango blossoms—what other king besides the lord of Avanti has his heart bound to the poetry of ...

praise (189) king (200) patronage (11) poetry (588) simile (28) rasika (6) avanti (4)

अच्छिद्रमस्तु हृदयं परिपूर्णमस्तु
मौखर्यमस्तमितमस्तु गुरुत्वमस्तु।
कृष्णप्रिये सखि दिशामि सदाशिषस्ते
यद्वासरे मुरलि मे करुणां करोषि॥

May your heart be flawless, may it be full! May your garrulousness cease, may there be gravity! O beloved of Krishna, O friend (flute), I give you the...

krishna's flute (3) murali (1) personification (29) blessing (166) devotion (933) bhakti (70)

अच्छिन्नं नयनाम्बु बन्धुषु कृतं चिन्ता गुरुष्वर्पिता
दत्तं दैन्यमशेषतः परिजने तापः सखीष्वाहितः।
अद्य श्वः परनिर्वृतिं भजति सा श्वासैः परं खिद्यते
विश्रब्धो भव विप्रयोगजनितं दुःखं विभक्तं तया॥

Her ceaseless tears are given to her relatives, her anxiety to her elders... Be confident, the sorrow produced by separation has been divided by her. ...

separation (258) viraha (18) consolation (6) friendship (209) sakhī (3) shared sorrow (1) romance (506)

अच्छिन्नमेखलमलब्धदृढोपगूढम्
अप्राप्तचुम्बनमवीक्षितवक्त्रकान्ति।
कान्ताविमिश्रवपुषः कृतविप्रलम्भ-
सम्भोगसख्यमिव पातु वपुः स्मरारेः॥

May the body of Shiva protect you—that body which is mixed with his beloved, creating a friendship, as it were, between frustrated love (vipralambha) ...

shiva (328) ardhanarishvara (7) parvati (56) paradox (167) union (125) separation (258) devotion (933)

अच्छिन्नामृतबिन्दुवृष्टिसदृशीं प्रीतिं ददत्या दृशां
याताया विगलत्पयोधरभराद्द्रष्टव्यतां कामपि।
अस्याश्चन्द्रमसस्तनोरिव करस्पर्शास्पदत्वं गता
नैते यन्मुकुलीभवन्ति सहसा पद्मास्तदेवाद्भुतम्॥

The only wonder is that the lotuses (my hands) do not immediately close up (when touching her 'moon-like' body). The lover praises his beloved's beau...

poetic conceit (20) beauty (1797) praise (189) moon (394) lotus (346) love (1567) shringara (26)

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