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इह यादववंशकृष्णवर्त्मा-
नुगतिः साङ्गतया मयान्वभावि।
अधुना तदवाप्तिचेतसे मे
मधुराकामधुरापि रोचते किम्॥

Following the path of Krishna and the Yadava clan once gave me great joy. Now, having attained divine realization, even sweet worldly pleasures do not...

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इह रूपमात्रसारे चित्रकृते कमलकह्लारे।
न रसो नापि च गन्धो मधुकर बन्धो मुधा भ्रमसि॥

O bee! This painted lotus looks beautiful but has neither taste nor fragrance. You are deluded, hovering over mere form without substance.

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इह रे बहला लासे बाला राहुमलीमसा।
सालका रसलीला सा तुङ्गालालि कलारत॥

O lively girl! Your dance, bold and rhythmic, brings color to Rahu’s darkness; you are like the vibrant vine, absorbed in the art of delight.

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इहलोके च पितृभिर् या स्त्री यस्य महामते।
अद्भिर्दत्ता स्वर्धर्मेण प्रेत्यभावेऽपि तस्य सा॥

In this world, the woman given in marriage with water-rituals (ādhibhiḥ datta) remains the rightful wife even after death. Marriage binds eternally.

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इह लोके हि धनिनः परोऽपि स्वजनायते।
स्वजनस्तु दरिद्राणां जीवतामेव नश्यति॥

In this world, a wealthy stranger is treated as kin, while a poor relative becomes invisible even when alive.

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इह लोके हि धनिनां परोऽपि स्वजनायते।
स्वजनोऽपि दरिद्राणां तत्क्षणाद् दुर्जनायते॥

For the rich, even strangers become dear. But for the poor, their own kin are seen as evil or unwanted—such is worldly behavior.

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इह लोको हतो न् णां दारिद्र्येण यथा नृप।
मनुष्याणां तथा जन्म माघस्नानं विना हतम्॥

O King! Poverty ruins people more than anything. And just as poverty spoils life, a human birth is wasted without the sacred Māgha snāna (holy bath).

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इह वटवृक्षे यक्षः प्रतिवसति दिवापि यत्र भयशङ्का।
तस्मिन्नभिनववध्वा नीता वीतोदयाः क्षणदाः॥

Even in daylight, fear looms around the banyan where a Yaksha resides. Yet, a new bride was taken there to spend nights—hinting at neglect or tragedy.

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इह वत्सान् समचारयद् इह नः स्वामी जगौ वंशीम्।
इति सास्रं गदतो मे यमुनातीरे दिनं यायात्॥

“Here He grazed calves and played the flute”—I spend my days tearfully speaking of Krishna on Yamuna’s banks.

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इह वहति बहुमहोदधि- विभूषणा मानगर्वमियमुर्वी।
देवस्य कमठमूर्तेर् न पृष्ठमपि निखिलमाप्नोति॥

This vast earth, proud of carrying great oceans, cannot match even the back of the divine Tortoise (Kurma) form of Vishnu—divinity surpasses all.

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