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इयं विलासद्रुमदोहदश्रीर्
इयं सुधा यौवनदुग्धसिन्धोः।
लावण्यमाणिक्यरुचिच्छटेयम् इयं
मनःकार्मणचूर्णमुष्टिः॥

She is the sprouting beauty of desire’s tree, a wave of youth’s nectar-ocean, a jewel-like glow of grace and mind’s seduction.

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इयं व्याधायते बाला भ्रूरस्याः कार्मुकायते।
कटाक्षाश् च शरायन्ते मनो मे हरिणायते॥

Her brows bend like a bow, glances become arrows, and my heart is the hunted deer—her body is a battlefield of love.

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इयं सम्ध्या दूरादहमुपगतो हन्त मलयात्
तदेकां त्वद्गेहे करुणवति नेष्यामि रजनीम्।
समीरेणैवोक्ता नवकुसुमिता चूतलतिका धुनाना
मुर्द्धानं नहि नहि नहीत्येव कुरुते॥

As I approach, the compassionate dusk (or beloved) rebukes the breeze for shaking her blooming tresses, refusing its approach.

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इयं सा कालिन्दी कुवलयदलस्निग्धमधुरा
मदान्धव्याकूजत्तरुणजलरंकुप्रणयिनी।
पुरा यस्यास् तीरे सरभससतृष्णं मुरभिदो गताः
प्रायो गोपीनिधुवनविनोदेन दिवसाः॥

This is the same Kalindi (Yamuna), once adored by Krishna and gopis, filled with sweet lotus beauty and youthful joy.

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इयं सा लोलाक्षी त्रिभुवनललामैकवसतिः
स चायं दुष्टात्मा स्वसुरपकृतं येन मम तत्।
इतस् तीव्रः कामो गुरुरयमितः क्रोधदहनः कृतो
वेषश् चायं कथमिदमिति भ्राम्यति मनः॥

This fickle-eyed girl, once the jewel of three worlds, now burns with jealousy and wrath, confused by disguise and betrayal.

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इयं सुनयना दासीकृततामरसश्रिया।
आननेनाकलङ्केन जयन्तीन्दुं कलङ्कितम्॥

Her beautiful eyes, adorned with lotus-like charm, outshine the moon—she has turned the spotless into stained through sheer grace.

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इयं सुरतरङ्गिणी न पुनरत्र नौसंगमो
भवेत् तरणिमज्जनं पथिक नैव पान्थागमः।
निधाय हृदये सदा विपुलचारुकुम्भद्वयं सखे
घनघनागमे घनरसस्य पारं व्रज॥

This passionate river (woman) shall not be met again; carry in your heart her twin charm-filled pitchers as you voyage forward.

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इयं सुस्तनी मस्तकन्यस्तकुम्भा
कुसुम्भारुणं चारु वासो वसाना।
समस्तस्य लोकस्य चेतःप्रवृत्तिं
गृहीत्वा घटे न्यस्य यातीव भाति॥

With charming dress and balanced beauty, she appears like a vision placing divine pitchers upon her head—she arrests the world’s attention.

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इयं सृष्टा चञ्चत्कनकलतिका पङ्कजभुवा
निषिक्ता लावण्यामृतरसभरेणानुदिवसम्।
अकस्माद् रोमालीमधुपपटलीह स्फुरति
यत् ततः शङ्के पुष्पोद्गमसमयमायातमधुना॥

Created by the lotus-born god, she’s bathed daily in beauty’s nectar. Sudden bodily signs—goosebumps and flush—foretell blooming love.

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इयं स्वर्गाधिनाथस्य लक्ष्मीः किं यक्षकन्यका।
अथवा विपिनस्यैव देवता किमु पार्वति॥

Is she Lakshmi, wife of Vishnu? A Yaksha’s daughter? Or forest goddess? Or perhaps Parvati herself—her beauty confuses the seer.

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