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इयमुद्गतिं हरन्ती नेत्रनिकोचं च विदधती पुरतः।
न विजानीमः किं तव वदति सपत्नीव दिननिद्रा॥

Day-sleep, like a jealous co-wife, dims your eyes and distracts you—it mocks, mimics, and disorients.

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इयेष सा कर्तुमवन्ध्यरूपतां
समाधिमास्थाय तपोभिरात्मनः।
अवाप्यते वा कथमन्यथा द्वयं तथाविधं
प्रेम पतिश् च तादृशः॥

She undertook intense austerity and meditation to gain both true love and a worthy husband—such rewards aren’t gained otherwise.

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इलातलभराक्रान्तग्रीवं मा शेष वक्रय।
त्वयि दुःखिनि चैकस्मिञ् जीवलोकः सदा सुखी॥

O Shesha, burdened by Earth’s weight, don’t bend more—when even one being suffers, the world loses its balance.

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इलिका भ्रमरीध्यानं ध्यायन्ती भ्रमरी भवेत्।
वीतरागपदं ध्यायन् वीतरागो भवेद् ध्रुवम्॥

One who meditates upon a bee becomes a bee—by contemplating detachment, one becomes truly detached.

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इषुत्रयेणैव जगत्त्रयस्य
विनिर्जयात् पुष्पमयाशुगेन।
शेषा द्विबाणी सफलीकृतेयं
प्रियादृगम्भोजपदेऽभिषिच्य॥

With just three flower-arrows, Cupid conquers the three worlds. This beloved's eyes complete his triumph.

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इष्टं ददाति गृह्णाति कार्यमाख्याति पृच्छति।
भुङ्क्ते भोजयते चैव षड्विधं मित्रलक्षणम्॥

A true friend shares, listens, eats, and feeds—six qualities define friendship.

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इष्टकचिते समन्तात् पुरुषनिखातेऽवटे तरुर्जातः।
वामन एव हि धत्ते फलकुसुमं सर्वकालमिति॥

Even a tree planted in a brick-lined pit bears fruit if it’s a banyan—just as noble souls thrive even in adversity.

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इष्टां भार्यां प्रियं मित्रं पुत्रं चापि कनीयसम्।
रिक्तपाणिर्न पश्येत तथा नैमित्तिकं प्रभुम्॥

An empty-handed man should not see dear ones—wife, friend, or superior—when he has nothing to offer.

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इष्टानि चाप्यपत्यानि द्रव्याणि सुहृदः प्रियाः।
आपद्धर्मविमोक्षाय भार्या चापि सतां मतम्॥

Wealth, family, and children are all meant to support righteous action in distress—even a wife must stand by dharma.

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इष्टान् भोगान् हि वो देवा दास्यन्ते यज्ञभाविताः।
तैर्दत्तानप्रदायैभ्यो यो भुङ्क्ते स्तेन एव सः॥

The gods provide pleasures via sacrifice. One who enjoys without offering back is a thief.

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