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ईतिहासपुराणाभ्यां वेदं समुपबृंहयेत्।
बिभेत्यल्पश्रुताद् वेदो मामयं प्रचरिष्यति॥

Vedas must be reinforced by epics and Puranas, for Vedas fear being distorted by those of little understanding.

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इतिहासोत्तमादस्माज् जायन्ते कविबुद्धयः।
पञ्चभ्य इव भूतेभ्यो लोकसंविधयस् त्रयः॥

The finest poetic minds arise from the study of history, just as the world emerges from the five elements.

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इतीरयित्वा विरतां स तां
पुनर् गिरानुजग्राहतरां नराधिपः।
विरुत्य विश्रान्तवतीं तपात्यये
घनाघनश् चातकमण्डलीमिव॥

The king resumed her sweet speech, like a thirsty peacock eagerly welcoming rainclouds after heat and silence.

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इतीष्टमप्यनिष्टाय जायतेऽविधिना कृतम्।
तस्मान् न विधिमुत्सृज्य प्राज्ञः कुर्वीत किंचन।
अप्रेक्षापूर्वकारी च निन्द्यतेऽवद्यकृत् क्षणात्॥

Even good actions may lead to harm if done improperly. Hence, a wise person never acts without respecting correct procedure.

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इतो गङ्गाभङ्गा घटिततटभङ्गा पुनरितो
दवज्वाला ज्वालाज्वलिततरुमाला वनभुवः।
सरंहः सिंहोऽग्रे ध्वनति मम हंहो न हि गतिर्
विना दैवं दैवं हरिणशिशुरेवं प्रलपति॥

Amidst floods, fire, lions, and doom, the deer cub cries: “Without fate’s grace, how can I survive?”

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इतो दावज्वालः स्थलभुव इतो जालजटिला
इतो व्याधो धावत्ययमनुपदं वक्रितधनुः।
इतोऽप्यग्रे तिष्ठत्ययमजगरो विस्तृतमुखः क्व
यायात् किं कुर्यान् मृगशिशुरयं दैववशगः॥

The deer cub is trapped—fire on one side, hunter on another, and a serpent ahead. Caught by destiny, it knows no escape.

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इतो न किंचित् परतो न किंचिद्
यतो यतो यामि ततो न किंचित्।
विचार्यमाणं हि जगन् न किंचित्
स्वात्मावबोधादधिकं न किंचित्॥

Wherever I go, there is nothing. The world reveals itself as void—nothing is beyond the realization of the Self.

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इतो भ्रष्टस् ततो भ्रष्टः परमेकान्तिवेषभाक्।
न सम्सारसुखं तस्य नैव मुक्तिसुखं भवेत्॥

A pretender to supreme renunciation falls from both worldly and spiritual joys, gaining neither.

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इतो मृत्युरितो व्याधिर् इतो विपदितो जरा।
चतुरङ्गा तुल्यबला हन्ति लोकमनित्यता॥

Death, disease, aging, and misfortune attack from all sides—life’s impermanence is fierce and unstoppable.

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इतो विद्युत्पुञ्जस्फुरितमसकृद् भावयतु
माम् इतः केकानेका हरतु हृदयं निर्दयमिदम्।
इतः कामो वामः प्रहरतु मुहुः पुङ्खितशरो
गतासि त्वं दूरे चपलनयने प्रेयसि यतः॥

Lightning strikes, peacocks call, love's cruel arrows pierce—my fickle beloved is far away, yet every sight stirs memory.

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