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आसीना तटभुवि सस्मितेन
भर्त्रा रम्भोरूरवतरितुं सरस्यनिच्छुः।
धुन्वाना करयुगमीक्षितुं विलासाञ्
शीतालुः सलिलगतेन सिच्यते स्म॥

As she prepares to enter the lake, smiling beside her husband, he playfully sprinkles her with water, drenching her grace.

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आसीने पूष्णि तूष्णीं व्यसनिनि शशिनि व्योम्नि कृष्णे सतृष्णे
दैत्येन्द्रे जातनिद्रे द्रवति मघवति क्लान्तकान्तौ कृतान्ते।
अब्रह्मण्यं ब्रुवाणे कमलपुटकुटीश्रोत्रिये शान्त्युपाये
पायाद् वः कालकूटं झटिति कवलयंल्लीलया नीलकण्ठः॥

When all powers are silent—sun, moon, devas—it is only Nilakantha Shiva who protects, swallowing poison with ease.

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आसीने लालयेद् बालां तरुणीं शयने तथा।
उत्थितेऽप्यधिरूढां च लालनं त्रिविधं विदुः॥

A child, a maiden, a wife—each is to be cherished in her proper station; there are three forms of affection.

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आसीनैः स्वं विमानं कृतपरिवृतिभिः सुन्दरीसंगतैस्
तैर् देवैः सिद्धैश्च यक्षैरनिमिषनयनैर्दृश्यमानः सतृष्णम्।
मध्येमघ्ये पयोदैर्मुरजसदृशतां बोधयद्भिः सुमन्द-
मम्भः संपात्य पुष्पैरिव ननु महितस् ताण्डवः श्रेयसे स्तात्॥

In their divine chariots, surrounded by celestial women, gods are seen watching—while the sky rains flowers in rhythmic joy.

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आसीन् नाथ पितामही तव मही माता ततोऽनन्तरं
संप्रत्येव हि साम्बुराशिरशना जाया जयोद्भूतये।
पूर्णे वर्षशते भविष्यति पुनः सैवानवद्या स्नुषा
युक्तं नाम समस्तशास्त्रविदुषां लोकेश्वराणामिदम्॥

O Lord, Earth was your grandmother, ocean your wife, and after a hundred years, the same lineage shall return—such is divine order.

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आसीन् मे मनसि हृता न सा मृता सा
या दृष्टेर्व्रजति न गोचरं प्रिया मे।
ज्योत्स्ना हि स्फुटधवलापि कौमुदीन्दोर्
अन्धानां बहलतमोमलीमसैव॥

She is not dead, for she lives within me; only my eyes can no longer see her. Like moonlight to the blind—she is present, but hidden by sorrow’s darkn...

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आसीमा कालिका यस्य क्षुद्राङ्गं कुण्डलीकृतम्।
क्षुद्रवज्रकनामानं प्राह नागार्जुनो मुनिः॥

A tantric reference—Kalika, the fierce one, bounds the small form of the practitioner with protective force; Nagarjuna taught this as the Vajra path.

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आसीमान्तान् निवर्तन्ते सुहृदः सह बन्धुभिः।
सुकृतं दुष्कृतं वापि गच्छन्तमनुगच्छति॥

Friends and family return from the cremation ground; only one's karma—good or bad—follows into the beyond.

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आसीस्त्वं निशिराजरक्तहृदयेतीर्ष्यालुना वज्रिणा
प्रातः शङ्कितयेव दिव्यपदवीं गत्वात्मनः शुद्धये।
और्वोत्तापितवार्धितापकतलादादाय मुक्तो बहिः
प्राच्यासौ दिवि तप्तमाषक इव प्रद्योतनो द्योतते॥

You rose at dawn through fiery envy and self-purification, now shining like roasted grain—illuminating the eastern sky with purity.

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आसुरं कुलमनादरणीयं चित्तमेतदमलीकरणीयम्।
रामधाम शरणीकरणीयं लीलया भवजलं तरणीयम्॥

A demonic lineage is to be avoided, its mind purified; seek the refuge of Rama’s abode and cross the ocean of existence playfully.

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