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उदयप्रभसूरीन्द्रे प्रकाशयति भूतलम्।
अपरे विबुधाः सर्वे निष्प्रभा इव सर्वतः॥

When the sun of dawn rises and lights the earth, all other luminaries appear dull — a metaphor for supreme greatness making others fade.

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उदयमयते दि मालिन्यं निराकुरुतेतरां
नयति निधनं निद्रामुद्रां प्रवर्तयति क्रियाः।
रचयतितरां स्वैराचारप्रवर्तनकर्तनं बत बत
लसत्तेजःपुञ्जो विभाति विभाकरः॥

The sun removes the darkness, awakens activities, and disciplines unruly ways—indeed, a blazing embodiment of cosmic order.

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उदयमुदितदीप्तिर्याति यः संगतौ
मे पतति न वरमिन्दुः सोऽपरामेष गत्वा।
स्मितरुचिरिव सद्यः साभ्यसूयं प्रभेति स्फुरति
विशदमेषा पूर्वकाष्ठा गनायाः॥

The light that joins me with joy, unlike the moon, doesn’t fade—it gleams like a proud, smiling eastern sky at sunrise.

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उदयशिखरिशृ गप्रा गणेष्वेष रि
गन् सकमलमुखहासं वीक्षितः पद्मिनीभिः।
विततमृदुकराग्रः शब्दयन्त्या वयोभिः परिपतति
दिवोऽ के हेलया बालसूर्यः॥

The baby sun playfully touches mountaintops and water with his soft rays, watched by smiling lotuses and chirping birds.

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उदयसिंह धराधिपतौ त्वयि
स्फुरति किं रविणा विधुनापि वा।
स्वमहसा हि विकाशयसे जगत्
स्वयशसा च सुशीतलयस्यपि॥

When you, the king of rising glory, shine forth, what need is there even for the sun? Your fame illuminates more gently than fire.

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उदयस्थः सहस्रांशुर् दृष्टेरायाति गम्यताम्।
अतिरिक्तं कदा कं वा ल घयन्ति न योषितः॥

Women seldom delay for anything, not even the rising sun visible from afar—such is their urgency or selective attention.

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उदयाद्रेरुड्डीनो दिनं भ्रमित्वा पत गोऽयम्।
अद्य प्रदोषसमये वडवाज्वलने जुहोति देहं स्वम्॥

The sun, rising from the east, travels the sky and vanishes in sacrificial fire—just as life ends in offering after purpose.

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उदयास्तौ मूलाख्यौ उत्तरयाम्यौ ध्रुवनिवासनामानौ।
नैरृतवायव्यौ च प्रयाणचरकाह्वयौ तेषाम्॥

The cardinal points—east, west, north-south—have their traditional names and cosmic associations in Vedic space-time symbolism.

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उदये सवितारक्तो रक्तश्चास्तमये तथा।
संपत्तौ च विपत्तौ च महतामेकरूपता॥

The sun is red at both rise and fall—similarly, the great are equanimous in prosperity and adversity.

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उदरं नतमध्यपृष्ठता-
स्फुटद गुष्ठपदेन मुष्टिना।
चतुर गुलमध्यनिर्गत-
त्रिवलिभ्राजि कृतं दमस्वसुः॥

The curved belly, indented back, and marked folds are described with humorous affection toward a playful little sister.

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