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बह्व्योऽपि मतयो गत्वा मन्त्रिणामर्थनिर्णये।
पुनर्यत्रैकतां प्राप्तः स मन्त्रो मध्यमः स्मृतः॥

If many opinions eventually lead to consensus, the decision is considered average. Debate is respected, but ideal counsel arises from unity from the s...

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अन्योऽन्यं मतिमास्थाय यत्र संप्रतिभाष्यते।
न चैकमत्ये श्रेयोऽस्ति मन्त्रः सोऽधम उच्यते॥

When ministers only argue with each other without convergence, such consultation is deemed the worst. Disunity in leadership weakens the foundation of...

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ऐणं चर्म पलाशवेश्म पुरतो दृष्ट्वैव कृष्णाजिनं
भिक्षार्थी क्षुधितस् तपोवनधिया किं धार्मिक भ्राम्यसि।
एनां भिल्लपुरीमवैहि सुरभीशृङ्गेण यत्र स्थितैः पीयन्ते
वनवह्निदग्धमहिषीमांसोपदंशं सुराः॥

Seeing your deer-hide robe and begging bowl, one assumes you're holy, but you crave meat and liquor! You wander like a sage, but this is no forest—it'...

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ऐन्दवादर्चिषः कामी शिशिरं हव्यवाहनम्।
अबलाविरहक्लेशविह्वलो गणयत्ययम्॥

The love-sick man, distressed by separation, counts the chill flames of the fire—imagining warmth in what is cold. A poetic metaphor of unfulfilled lo...

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ऐन्दवी वहति नाडिका यदा
स्वेच्छया प्रविशति प्रभञ्जनः।
पोतकी व्रजति दक्षिणा यदा स्यात्
तदा सकलमीप्सितं फलम्॥

When the moon rules and wind flows freely, the boat heads southward—signaling fulfillment of all desires. An astrological and poetic alignment of cosm...

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ऐन्द्रं धनुः पाण्डुपयोधरेण
शरद् दधानार्द्रनखक्षताभम्।
प्रसादयन्ती सकलङ्कमिन्दुं तापं रवेरप्यधिकं चकार॥

With her pale bosom bearing the bow-mark of Indra, she outshines even the moon and burns with more intensity than the sun. A dramatic image of seducti...

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ऐन्द्रिः किल नखैस् तस्या विददार स्तनौ द्विजः।
प्रियोपभोगचिह्नेषु पौरोभाग्यमिवाचरन्॥

Indra’s priest pierced her breasts with nails, treating them as if they bore the city’s destiny, taking personal pleasure in what should be public mer...

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ऐन्द्र्यां दिगवलोकित-
सूर्याभिमुखो गृहे गृहिणः।
राजभयं चौरभयं वधकलहः पशुभयं च स्यात्॥

When a woman looks eastward while facing south, householders may fear theft, royal wrath, arguments, or harm to cattle. A belief from ancient domestic...

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ऐरावणन्ति करिणः फणिनोऽप्यशेषाः
शेषन्ति हन्त विहगा अपि हंसितारः।
नीलोत्पलानि कुमुदन्ति च सर्वशैलाः
कैलासितुं व्यवसिता भवतो यशोभिः॥

Elephants, serpents, and even birds bow to your fame. Blue lotuses and all mountains too wish to become Kailasa for your glory. Praise sung for an exa...

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ऐरावणाननमदाम्बुकणावपात-
संसक्ततामरसरेणुपिशङ्गिताङ्गः।
चण्डानिलाहततुषारविशीर्णपक्षः क्षीणः
क्षितौ मधुकरो विवशोऽत्र शेते॥

Covered in elephant-saliva and lotus-dust, his wings shattered by wind and frost, the honeybee lies weak upon the ground. A rich image of defeat after...

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