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आस्ये पूर्णसुधानिधिश्चरणयोः काल्पद्रुमं वैभवं
देहे काञ्चनकान्तता त्वचि पुनर्हैयङ्गवीनं स्वयम्।
यस्या लोचनयोर्निरूपधि सदोदीतानुकम्पाततिः
सा माता जगतां प्रसादपदवी साक्षान्मुदे स्तादुमा॥

Her mouth is nectar, her feet wish-fulfilling trees, her body gold, and her eyes ever-compassionate—such is the universal mother.

divine mother (11) compassion (359) beauty (1797) goddess (297) maternal love (6)

आ स्वर्लोकादुरगनगरं नूतनालोकलक्ष्मीम्
आतन्वद्भिः किमिव सिततां चेष्टितैस् ते न नीतम्।
अप्येतासां रमणविरहे विद्विषत्कामिनीनां
यैरानीता नखपदमयी मण्डना पाण्डिमानम्॥

In their jealousy, rival lovers scratched beauty away; even heaven’s grace was dragged down by petty hands.

jealousy (88) beauty (1797) rivalry (27) feminine struggle (1) divine loss (1)

आस्वादितं स्वादुमरन्दबिन्दु-
स्वच्छन्दमिन्दीवरसुन्दरीभिः।
माकन्दपुष्पं प्रमदाजनस्य
प्रमोदमामोदभरैरकार्षीत्॥

The mango blossom delighted the maidens more than any nectar, its fragrance full of sweet delight and joyous abandon.

spring (134) joy (342) fragrance (199) love (1567) sensuality (306) pleasure (82)

आस्वादितद्विरदशोणितशोणशोभां
संध्यारुणामिव कलां शशलाञ्छनस्य।
जृम्भाविदारितमुखस्य मुखात् स्फुरन्तीं को
हर्तुमिच्छति हरेः परिभूय दंष्ट्राम्॥

Who would dare snatch from Narasimha’s mouth—red with blood like twilight—the fang that upholds righteousness?

narasimha (7) power (396) justice (151) blood (19) divine wrath (8)

आस्वाद्यं प्रमदारदच्छद इव श्रव्यं नवं
जल्पितं बालाया इव दृश्यमुत्तमवधूलावण्यलक्ष्मीरिव।
प्रोद्घोष्यं चिरविप्रयुक्तवनितासन्देशवाणीव मे नैवेद्यं
चरितं च रूपमनिशं श्रीकृष्ण नामास्तु ते॥

Like the lips of a beloved, like the first words of a child, like a goddess's radiance—your stories enchant endlessly.

storytelling (6) beauty (1797) enchantment (37) divine comparison (11) poetry (588)

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