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अजवच्चर्वणं कुर्याद् गजवत् स्नानमाचरेत्।
राजवत् प्रविशेद्ग्रामं चोरवद्गमनं चरेत्॥

One should chew like a goat, bathe like an elephant, enter a village like a king, and walk like a thief. This verse offers four analogies for a well-...

practical advice (2) analogy (98) lifestyle (16) health (106) discretion (65) confidence (11)

अजस्य गृह्णतो जन्म निरीहस्य हतद्विषः।
स्वपतो जागरूकस्य याथात्म्यं वेद कस्तव॥

Who knows the true nature of You—who are unborn yet take birth, who are without desire yet slay enemies, who are asleep yet ever-awake? A devotional ...

paradox (167) divine nature (3) god (31) vishnu (122) krishna (233) incomprehensible (3) devotion (933)

अजस्रं लसत्पद्मिनी वृन्दसङ्गं
«मधूनि प्रकामं पिबन्तं मिलिन्दम्।
रविर्मोचयत्यब्जकारागृहेभ्यो दयालुर्हि
नो दुष्टवद् दोषदर्शी॥

The sun releases the bee... from the prison-house of the lotus. For a merciful one is not like a wicked person who only sees faults. This verse uses ...

mercy (44) compassion (359) sun (195) bee (69) lotus (346) analogy (98) forgiveness (114) niti (75)

अजस्रभूमीतटकुट्टनोत्थितैर् उपास्यमानं चरणेषु रेणुभिः।
रयप्रकर्षाध्ययनार्थमागतैर् जनस्य चेतोभिरिवाणिमाङ्कितैः॥

(The king's feet were) worshipped by dust particles... as if by the minds of the people... that had come to study the excellence of his speed. A high...

praise (189) king (200) speed (16) hyperbole (29) personification (29) poetic conceit (20) kavya (34)

अजस्रमभ्यासमुपेयुषा समं मुदैव देवः कविना बुधेन च।
दधौ पटीयान् समयं नयन्नयं दिनेश्वरश्रीरुदयं दिने दिने॥

This very capable one, passing the time with joy along with gods, poets, and wise men... held the splendor of the sun, rising day after day. A verse ...

praise (189) king (200) scholar (13) glory (92) sun (195) company (17) virtue (726)

अजस्रमारोहसि दूरदीर्घां संकल्पसोपानततिं तदीयाम्।
श्वासान् स वर्षत्यधिकं पुनर्यद् ध्यानात्तव त्वन्मयतां तदाप्य॥

You constantly climb the long steps of his imagination. He, in turn, sighs even more heavily when, through meditation on you, he attains a state of be...

separation (258) viraha (18) longing (690) imagination (48) meditation (82) love (1567) romance (506)

अजा इव प्रजा मोहाद् यो हन्यात् पृथिवीपतिः।
तस्यैका जायते तृप्तिर् न द्वितीया कथंचन॥

A king who, out of delusion, harms his subjects as if they were goats, for him, a single satisfaction is born, but never a second one. This verse war...

king (200) governance (214) tyranny (6) exploitation (24) folly (51) niti (75) rajaniti (5)

अजागलस्थस्तन उष्ट्रपुच्छं कक्षान्तरे केशमथाण्डयुग्मम्।
त्वां संसृजन् सायणमायणादौ ब्रह्माग्रगण्यो न बभूव पूज्यः॥

The teat on a goat's neck, a camel's tail, hair in the armpit, and a pair of testicles... While creating you... Brahma... did not become worthy of wor...

insult (44) ninda (1) satire (211) ugliness (2) uselessness (9) brahma (37)

अजाङ्घ्रिनिर्दत्तरजश्चयापि कपालिना बद्धरसापि कामम्।
ततोऽप्यधोधः पतितापि नित्यं गङ्गा कुसङ्गापि पुनाति लोकान्॥

Though dust from goats' hooves is offered into her... though she has bad company (the ocean)—the Ganga still purifies the worlds. This verse praises ...

ganga (83) purity (356) holiness (7) inherent virtue (2) greatness (146) praise (189)

अजाजीजम्बाले रजसि मरिचानां च लुठिताः
कटुत्वादुष्णत्वाज्जनितरसनौष्ठव्यतिकराः।
अनिर्वाणोत्थेन प्रबलतरतैलाक्ततनवो मया
सद्यो भृष्टाः कतिपयकवय्यः कवलिताः॥

Rolled in the muddy powder of cumin and pepper... freshly fried by me—a few small kavai fish were devoured. A gastronomic verse that vividly describe...

gastronomy (2) recipe (11) food (101) fish (14) cooking (5) description (35) realism (46)

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