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उत्प्रवालान्यरण्यानि वाप्यः संफुल्लप कजाः।
चन्द्रः पूर्णश्च कामेन पान्थदृष्टेर्विषं कृतम्॥

Spring is in full bloom—tender leaves, lotuses, full moon—yet the traveler’s gaze, ignited by love, finds it all bitter, like poison.

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उत्प्लुत्य दूरं परिधूय पक्षा-
वधो निरीक्ष्य क्षणबद्धलक्ष्यः।
मध्येजलं बुड्डति दत्तझम्पः
समत्स्यमुत्सर्पति मत्स्यर कः॥

The heron leaps, flutters, then steadies its aim. Mid-jump, it dives, capturing its fish prey—a mark of calculated instinct.

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उत्प्लुत्य यः शिखरिणं मदकुम्भिकुम्भम्
उद्भिद्य सानुशतमायतमुल्लल घे।
पञ्चाननो नियतया जरयाभिभूतः सोऽयं करौ
लिहति बृंहितलोहिताक्षः॥

Ravaged by age, the once-mighty lion who scaled mountaintops now licks his paws—red-eyed and humbled. Time humbles all.

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उत्प्लुत्या गृहकोणतः प्रचलिताः स्तोकाग्रज
घं ततो वक्रस्वैरपदक्रमैरुपगताः किंचिच् चलन्तो गले।
भेकाः पूतिनिपातिनो मिचिमिचीत्युन्मीलितार्धेक्षणा
नक्राकारविदारिताननपुटैर्निर्मक्षिकं कुर्वते॥

Frogs emerge from corners, crawling in erratic patterns, croaking with half-closed eyes—an eerie scene of monsoon chaos.

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उत्प्लुत्यारादर्धचन्द्रेण लूने
वक्त्रेऽन्यस्य क्रोधदष्टोष्ठदन्ते।
सैन्यैः कण्ठच्छेदलीने कबन्धाद् भूयो
बिभ्ये वल्गतः सासिपाणेः॥

A headless ghost flees, bloodied and sword-slashed, frightened again by a soldier mid-battle—an intense, surreal image.

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उत्फालं हेलयैव द्रुतमभिपततः पूर्वपृथ्वीधराग्राद्
उच्चैरर्चिश्चपेटाहतिभिरिव हरेर्ध्वान्तदन्ती विदीर्णः।
रक्ताः कुम्भैर्विमुक्ता इव सकलदृशां विस्मयं संदधानाः
संध्याशोणत्विषस्ताः सपदि निपतितास्तारकास्ताः समस्ताः॥

The twilight sky cracks like the skull of a demon trampled by Hari’s tusks—red clouds fall like shattered gems.

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उत्फुल्लकमलकेसर-
परागगौरद्युते मम हि गौरि।
अभिवाञ्छितं प्रसिद्ध्यतु भगवति युष्मत्प्रसादेन॥

O Gauri, like the golden pollen of blooming lotuses, may your grace fulfill my cherished wishes.

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उत्फुल्लगल्लपरिफुल्लमुखारविन्द-
सौगन्ध्यलुब्धमधुपाकुलया रतांते।
संभुग्नपीनकुचचूचुकयातिगाढ-
मालि गितो गिरिजया गिरिशः पुनातु॥

Shiva, tightly embraced by Parvati with her blooming lotus-face and swollen breasts, purifies even in intimate union.

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उत्फुल्लगल्लैरालापाः क्रियन्ते दुर्मुखैः सुखम्।
जानाति हि पुनः सम्यक् कविरेव कवेः श्रमम्॥

Fools chatter happily, loudly and unrestrained. Only poets understand the exhaustion behind another poet’s craft.

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उत्फुल्लतापिच्छमनोरमश्रीर्
मातुः स्तनन्यस्तमुखारविन्दः।
संचालयन् पादसरोरुहाग्रं कृष्णः
कदा यास्यति दृक्पथं मे॥

When will I see baby Krishna, face blooming like a lotus, gently kicking with his soft lotus feet while suckling from his mother?

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