इदमेव हि निर्णीतं पैशुन्याद् दुःखसंगमः।
अन्यार्थं खनतो गर्तं कूपे पातः सुनिश्चितः॥
Malice leads to misery; digging pits for others ensures one’s own fall.
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Malice leads to misery; digging pits for others ensures one’s own fall.
True wisdom, intelligence, and discretion lie in attaining much with little expense.
Real knowledge, nobility, and virtue reflect in wise spending and minimal waste.
Now the sun seems to rise in the night, the moon burns me—such reversals are natural for the helpless in love.
I now realize that renunciation is the highest bliss, knowledge is the truest eye, and insight is the strongest strength.
Now even the tender mango shoots seem to sprout crimson, ready to compete with the lips of women.
The bamboo groves now host wild deer and goat kids, becoming joyful witnesses to tribal love in forests and rivers.
Let there be many poems in the world now, but the first poetic mirror remains matchless.
I just bathed and perfumed myself, and now, O Krishna, your dust-covered form sullies me again.
In the farmer’s houses, pounding rice and laughter echo as fresh harvests are joyfully celebrated.
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