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इति मदमदनाभ्यां रागिणः स्पष्टरागान्
अनवरतरतश्रीसङ्गिनस् तानवेक्ष्य।
अभजत परिवृत्तिं साथ पर्यस्तहस्ता
रजनिरवनतेन्दुर्लज्जयाधोमुखीव॥

Seeing clear signs of love and passion, the moon, ashamed, retreats—just like the night herself hides in modesty.

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इति मुषितधियः श्रिया प्रयान्त्या
रभसवशादविचिन्त्य दग्धभूपाः।
बलभरबहुमानतः पतङ्ग-
व्रतमुपयान्ति परप्रतापदीपे॥

Kings lose reason in greed, falling like moths into another’s flame—destroyed by another’s power.

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इति यस्मादुभौ लोकौ धारयत्यात्मवान् नृपः।
प्रजानां च ततः सम्यग् दण्डं दण्डीव धारयेत्॥

A righteous king upholds both worlds (material and spiritual), and must administer just punishment wisely.

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इति रतिसमयोपदेशयुक्त्या
रतगुरुदर्शितया पुरंध्रिलोकः।
निजपरपरभागवृत्तिमौज्झीत्
स्मरपरमाद्वयभूमिकानिलीनः॥

During union, following sacred advice, the women transcend identity, immersed in the singular nondual bliss of love.

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इति राजगुणानेतान् यथोक्तान् योऽनुतिष्ठति।
अनुभूयेह भद्राणि प्रेत्य स्वर्गे महीयते॥

One who cultivates these royal virtues enjoys prosperity here and heavenly bliss after.

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इति राज्यकलत्रमित्रपुत्रान्
गृहधामं च तृणाय मन्यमानः।
गुरुसत्त्वरजस्तमः कलङ्कां
प्रकृतिं हातुमगाद् वनं नरेन्द्रः॥

The king, treating all possessions as trivial, left the world and its impurities, embracing the forest and renunciation.

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इति वचनं भूमिपतेः श्रुत्वा मन्त्री विहस्य सासूयः।
तमुवाच कस्य राजन् वेश्याचरितेऽस्ति विश्वासः॥

Upon hearing the king’s naïve trust, the minister laughs and retorts—can one trust the ways of a courtesan?

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इति वदति सखीजने निमीलद्-
द्विगुणितसान्द्रतराक्षिपक्ष्ममाला।
अपतदलिभयेन भर्तुरङ्कं भवति हि
विक्लवता गुणोऽङ्गनानाम्॥

In front of friends, she pretends sleep, trembling in her lover’s lap—such shyness is a woman’s charm.

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इति वदति सखीजनेऽनुरागाद्
दयिततमामपरश् चिरं प्रतीक्ष्य।
तदनुगमवशादनायतानि न्यधित
मिमान इवावनीं पदानि॥

Speaking in love among friends, she walks hesitantly toward her beloved, laying each step with longing.

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इति विरचितबन्धा पद्धतिर्या मयेयं
सकलगुणिगणानां प्रीतये सास्तु नित्यम्।
विपुलविमलदीव्यत्सत्कलानां निधानं
तरुणतरणिरुद्धा विद्विषत्कौशिकानाम्॥

This poetic work, composed to please all great scholars, is a treasure of refined art and a barrier against those envious.

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