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अज्ञातकुलशीलेऽपि प्रीतिं कुर्वन्ति वानराः।
आत्मार्थे च न रोदन्ति रोदन्ति त्वितरे जनाः॥

Monkeys show affection even to one of unknown family and character. They do not cry for their own sake; they cry for the sake of others. This verse p...

monkeys (14) altruism (28) selflessness (65) friendship (209) devotion (933) ramayana (52) praise (189)

अज्ञातदेशकालाश् चपलमुखा पङ्गवोऽपिस प्लुतयः।
नवविहगा इव मुग्धा भक्ष्यन्ते धूर्तमार्जारैः॥

Such innocent ones, like fledgling birds, are devoured by cunning cats. This verse warns the naive and undisciplined. It compares people who lack sit...

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अज्ञातदोषैर्दोषज्ञैर् उद्दूष्योभयवेतनैः।
भेद्याः शत्रोरभिव्यक्तशासनैः सामवायिकाः॥

Members of an enemy's coalition should be broken apart by using agents who are aware of their faults but are unknown to them, who are paid by both sid...

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अज्ञातनामवर्णेष्व् आत्मापि ययार्प्यते धनांशेन।
तस्या अपि सद्भावं मृगयन्ते मोघसंकल्पाः॥

Those who seek true affection (sadbhāvaṃ) even from her (a prostitute) to whom one's self is given along with wealth, though her name and caste are un...

prostitute (4) transactional love (1) futility (143) true love (1) realism (46) niti (75)

अज्ञातपाण्डित्यरहस्यमुद्रा ये काव्यमार्गे दधतेऽभिमानम्।
ते गारुडीयाननधीत्य मन्त्रान् हालाहलास्वादनमारभन्ते॥

Those who, not knowing the secret of scholarship, bear pride in the path of poetry, are like those who, without studying a snake-charmer's mantras, be...

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अज्ञातभाविचौरादि दोषैर्नित्यविनाशिना।
हास्यैकहेतुना लोके गणकस्य धनेन किम्॥

For an astrologer, whose predictions are subject to unknown future flaws (like thieves), are ever-perishable, and are a cause for ridicule—what is the...

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अज्ञातमहिमा वाणी शिवं स्तौतु रसोन्मदा।
रसातिरेकादौचित्यभङ्गः स्त्रीणां क्व लभ्यते॥

Let the speech, its greatness unknown, intoxicated with aesthetic sentiment (rasa), praise Shiva. Where is a breach of propriety found in women due to...

rasa (33) emotion (652) propriety (25) aucitya (1) women (268) devotion (933) expression (146)

अज्ञातमातृल लन- मैणशिशुं कश्चिदङ्कमारोप्य।
अद्यापि रक्षसि विधो धर्मात्मा कोनु भवदन्यः॥

O Moon! Placing on your lap a baby deer whose mother is unknown, you still protect it today. Who, indeed, is as righteous (dharmātmā) as you? A poeti...

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अज्ञातवीवधासारतोयसस्यो व्रजेत्तु यः
परराष्ट्रं न भूयः स स्वराष्ट्रमधिगच्छति॥

He who goes to an enemy's country without knowing about its supplies, rains, water, and crops, does not return to his own country again. A maxim of m...

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अज्ञातशास्त्रसद्भावाञ् छास्त्रमात्रपरायणान्।
त्यजेद् दूराद् भिषक्पाशान् पाशान् वैवस्वतानिव॥

One should abandon from afar those noose-like physicians who do not know the true essence of the science but are devoted only to the letter of the tex...

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