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अजातमृतमूर्खाणां वरमाद्यौ न चान्तिमः।
सकृद्दुःखकरावाद्याव् अन्तिमस् तु पदे पदे॥

Of a son who is unborn, dead, or a fool, the first two are preferable, but not the last. The first two cause sorrow only once; the last one, however, ...

son (37) foolishness (88) sorrow (325) parenting (13) wisdom (1611) niti (75) proverb (65)

अजातमृतमूर्खेभ्यो मृताजातौ सुतौ वरम्।
यतस्तौ स्वल्पदुःखाय यावज्जीवं जडो दहेत्॥

Compared to a foolish son, a son who is dead or unborn is better. Because those two are for a little sorrow, whereas a fool burns you for as long as y...

son (37) foolishness (88) sorrow (325) parenting (13) wisdom (1611) niti (75) proverb (65)

अजातरोमामतिसुन्दराङ्गीं शृङ्गारवल्लीमिव राजकन्याम्।
भुक्त्वा द्रुतं क्वापि गतो न चेत् स्याः स्यात्ते तदानर्थनिपात एव॥

Having enjoyed the princess—who is very young and beautiful like a creeper of love—if you do not go away somewhere quickly, then there will be a downp...

illicit affair (1) danger (229) princess (5) warning (153) consequence (118) flight (7)

अजाधूलिरिव त्रस्तैर् मार्जनीरेणुवज्जनैः।
दीपखट्वोत्थच्छायेव त्यज्यते निर्धनो जनः॥

A poor person is abandoned by people like the dust raised by goats, which they are afraid of, like the dust from a broom, and like the shadow cast by ...

poverty (128) abandonment (54) social ostracism (1) simile (28) human nature (88) niti (75)

अजानता भवेत्कश्चिद् अपराधः कुतो
यदि क्षन्तव्यमेव तस्याहुः सुपरीक्ष्य परीक्षया॥

If someone, out of ignorance, commits some offense, for whatever reason, they say he should be forgiven after a thorough examination. This verse advo...

forgiveness (114) justice (151) intent (11) ignorance (301) law (42) niti (75)

अजानती कापि विलोकनोत्सुका
समीरधूतार्धमपि स्तनांशुकम्।
कुचेन तस्मै चलतेऽकरोत् पुरः
पुराङ्गना मङ्गलकुम्भसंभृतिम्॥

Some city woman, eager to see (the procession), unaware that the wind had blown her garment aside, made for him an offering of an auspicious pot (maṅg...

shringara (26) auspicious pot (1) mangala kumbha (1) metaphor (1632) welcome (13) eroticism (60)

अजानन् माहात्म्यं पतति शलभस् तीव्रदहने
स मीनोऽप्यज्ञानाद् बडिशयुतमश्नातु पिशितम्।
विजानन्तोऽप्येते वयमिह विपज्जालजटिलान्
न मुञ्चामः कामानहह गहनो मोहमहिमा॥

The moth, in ignorance, falls into the fire; the fish, in ignorance, eats the baited hook. But we humans, even while knowing the net of calamity, do n...

delusion (175) moha (2) desire (898) ignorance (301) human folly (7) wisdom (1611) philosophy (290)

अजामूत्रं च तद्विष्ठा सूकरस्य तथैव विट्।
बुद्बुदं लेपतो हन्यान् मण्डलिक्ष्वेडसंभवम्॥

Goat's urine and feces, and likewise the feces of a pig—a plaster of this can kill the boil caused by the poison of a maṇḍali (a type of snake). This...

ayurveda (78) toxicology (2) remedy (43) snakebite (4) antidote (4) medicine (51) prescription (2)

अजायन्तैतस्मादमृतशशिलक्ष्मीप्रभृतयः
परित्राताश्चेन्द्रात् कुलशिखरिणः पूर्वयमुना।
उपेता इत्येवं तव जलनिधे तीरमधुना
विगर्जाभिः किं नः श्रुतिपुटमहो जर्जरयसि॥

From this ocean, nectar, the moon, and Lakshmi were born... Now, O Ocean, why do you shatter our eardrums with your useless roars? The speaker chides...

ocean (160) chiding (2) empty noise (1) past glory (2) present action (2) niti (75)

अजायुद्धमृषिश्राद्धं प्रभाते मेघडम्बरः।
दम्पत्योः कलहश्चैव बह्वारम्भे लघुक्रिया॥

A fight between goats, a śrāddha by a sage, a great display of clouds in the morning, and a quarrel between a couple—all have a big start but a small ...

much ado about nothing (1) anticlimax (1) proverb (65) wisdom (1611) niti (75)

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