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अज्ञानेन पराङ्मुखीं परिभवादाश्लिष्य मां दुःखितां
किं लब्धं शठ दुर्नयेन नयता सौभाग्यमेतां दशाम्।
पश्यैतद्दयिताकुचव्यतिकरोन्मृष्टाङ्गरागारुणं
वक्षस्ते मलतैलपङ्कशबलैर्वेणीपदैरङ्कितम्॥

Meaning: (A woman to her unfaithful lover) "'O wretch! What have you gained...? Look! Your chest, red with your beloved's cosmetic paste, is now marke...

infidelity (5) confrontation (10) betrayal (168) evidence (4) sorrow (325) woman's anger (1)

अज्ञानेनापिहिते विज्ञाने कर्म किं कुरुते।
विकले चक्षुषि तमसा व्यादाय मुखं किमीक्षेत॥

When knowledge is covered by ignorance, what can action do? When the eye is impaired by darkness, what can one see by opening the mouth? This verse a...

knowledge (279) ignorance (301) action (258) futility (143) analogy (98) wisdom (1611)

अज्ञानेनावृतो लोको मात्सर्यान्न प्रकाशते।
लोभात् त्यजति मित्राणि सङ्गात् स्वर्गं न गच्छति॥

The world, covered by ignorance, does not shine forth due to jealousy. Out of greed, it abandons friends. Due to attachment, it does not go to heaven....

ignorance (301) jealousy (88) greed (141) attachment (102) obstacles (34) vice (45) dharma (540)

अज्ञानेनावृतो लोको लोभेन च वशीकृतः।
सङ्गन बहुभिर्नष्टस् तेन स्वर्गं न गच्छति॥

The world is covered by ignorance and brought under control by greed. It is destroyed by many attachments; for that reason, it does not go to heaven. ...

ignorance (301) greed (141) attachment (102) obstacles (34) vice (45) heaven (59)

अज्ञानैकहतो बाल्ये यौवने गृहतत्परः।
वार्धकेऽपत्यचिन्तार्तः कर्मभिर्बध्यते पुनः॥

Struck only by ignorance in childhood, engrossed in the household in youth, and afflicted by worries about children in old age, he is bound again by h...

stages of life (6) karma (500) bondage (64) worldliness (17) ignorance (301) attachment (102)

अज्ञानोपहतो बाल्ये यौवने मदनाहतः।
शेषे कलत्रचिन्तार्तः किं करोतु कदा जनः॥

Afflicted by ignorance in childhood, struck by the God of Love in youth, and in the remainder of life, afflicted by worries about his wife—what can a ...

stages of life (6) suffering (358) ignorance (301) lust (89) attachment (102) human condition (13)

अज्ञश्चाश्रद्दधानश्च संशयात्मा विनश्यति।
नायं लोकोऽस्ति न परो न सुखं संशयात्मनः॥

The ignorant, the faithless, and the doubting soul perishes. For the doubting soul, there is neither this world, nor the next, nor any happiness. A f...

doubt (26) faith (68) ignorance (301) ruin (53) happiness (65) bhagavad gita (11) philosophy (290)

अज्ञास्तरन्ति पारं विज्ञा विज्ञाय द्राङ्निमज्जन्ति।
कथय कलावति केयं तव नयनतरङ्गिणीरीतिः॥

The ignorant cross to the other side, while the wise, after knowing, quickly sink. O beautiful artist, tell me, what kind of behavior is this of the r...

poetic conceit (20) paradox (167) beauty (1797) eyes (211) river (88) drowning in love (1) kavya (34)

अज्ञेभ्यो ग्रन्थिनः श्रेष्ठा ग्रन्थिभ्यो धारिणो वराः।
धारिभ्यो ज्ञानिनः श्रेष्ठा ज्ञानिभ्यो व्यवसायिनः॥

Book-learners are superior to the ignorant; those who retain are better than book-learners; those who understand are superior to retainers; and those ...

hierarchy of knowledge (1) applied knowledge (2) wisdom (1611) understanding (28) learning (126) action (258)

अज्ञेष्वज्ञो गुणिषु गुणवान् पण्डिते पण्डितोऽसौ
दीने दीनः सुखिनि सुखवान् भोगिनो भोगिभावः।
ज्ञाता ज्ञातुर्युवतिषु युवा वाग्मिनां तत्त्ववेत्ता
धन्यः सोऽयं भवति भुवन योऽवधूतेऽवधूतः॥

He is ignorant among the ignorant, virtuous among the virtuous, a scholar among scholars... Blessed is he in this world. This verse praises an ideal ...

adaptability (10) empathy (61) ideal man (5) king (200) virtue (726) social skill (2) blessedness (2)

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