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One should not get overly attached to sensory pleasures and must withdraw the mind from such excessive indulgences.
When senses chase their objects without restraint, they burn the world just like planets afflict it with their influences.
Even Indra, embarrassed internally, criticizes his own mount and others, showing how envy distorts perception and breeds conflict.
The speaker declares no deity—be it Indra, Yama, Fire, or others—can equal Shiva in virtues. Only Shiva stands supreme.
A devotee confesses to flattering a king by calling him various gods. He now repents for uttering such falsehoods.
The women of Kurus and Kukuras, with elephantine breasts and radiant cheeks, embraced each other joyfully—describing a festive union.
If elephants are respected at kings' gates, it’s unsurprising. Now even at gods' gates they’re at the forefront—highlighting shifting values.
A plea to elders: do not abandon this golden-hued, ornamented son based on a vulture’s words—he offers ancestral rites.
The poet urges his friend not to be attracted by a snake’s deceptive beauty—it’s dangerous like a venomous serpent disguised in charm.
An enemy, abandoning the current battle, takes refuge elsewhere not realizing that even the goddess Durga cannot protect the undeserving.
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