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कंचित् क्षणं ननु सहस्व विमुञ्च
वासो जागर्त्ययं परिजनो धिगपत्रपोऽसि।
एषोऽञ्जलिः शमय दीपमिति प्रियाया वाचो
रतादपि परां मुदमावहन्ति॥

Bear with me a moment; don’t remove your dress now—others are awake. Her sweet words to extinguish the lamp bring greater joy than even lovemaking. Se...

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कंचिदेव समयं समागतं त्वां
न विस्मरति शश्वदम्बुजम्।
मानसे विहर हंस मानसे मा विमुञ्च पुनरस्य सौहृदम्॥

Even a single moment of union with the beloved leaves an eternal impression. O swan, dwell in the mind-lake and do not abandon this bond of friendship...

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कंजानना कम्जपरागपुञ्ज-
गुञ्जन्मिलिन्दावलिकुन्तलश्रीः।
विद्वद्द्विजाक्रान्तमुखान्तराला
ज्योतिर्विदार्या तटिनीव भाति॥

The learned lady, adorned with lotus-dust hair, surrounded by scholars, radiates wisdom like a river reflecting celestial light—resplendent in both be...

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कं न स्पृशन्ति पुरुषं व्यसनानि
काले को वा निरन्तरसुखी य इहास्ति लोके।
दुःखं सुखं च परिणामवशादुपैति
नक्षत्रचक्रमिव खे परिवर्तमानम्॥

Who is untouched by sorrow at some time? Who is always happy? Like stars move across the sky, happiness and sorrow alternate. Accepting impermanence i...

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कं पृच्छामः सुराः स्वर्गे निवसामो वयं भुवि।
किं वा काव्यरसः स्वादुः किं वा स्वादीयसी सुधा॥

Whom shall we ask, O gods—is poetic rasa sweeter or nectar? This rhetorical verse glorifies poetic beauty, even equating it with the divine elixir.

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कं प्रति कथयितुमीशे संप्रति को वा प्रतीतिमायातु।
गोपतितनयाकुञ्जे गोपवधूटीविटं ब्रह्म॥

To whom can I now speak of this miracle—that in the bower of cowherd girls, the flirtatious Krishna is none other than Brahman? The verse playfully mi...

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कं योजयन् मनुजोऽर्थं लभेत
निपातयन् नष्टदृशं हि गर्ते।
एवं नराणां विषयस्पृहा च निपातयन्
निरये त्वन्धकूपे॥

One who blindly desires sensual pleasures lands in ruin like someone falling into a hidden pit. Misguided attachment leads to downfall.

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कं विशेषमवलम्ब्य योषितः
प्रेयसे भजसि वर्चसे भुवम्।
त्यागहेतुरपि तुल्य एव ते सापि सापि मलमोचनस्थली॥

Why do you consider your beloved special? She too is like others—just a means of pleasure. This cynical view questions romantic attachment.

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कं संजघान कृष्णः का शीतलवाहिनी गङ्गा।
के दारपोषणरताः कं बलवन्तं न बाधते शीतम्॥

Whom did Krishna strike down? What is cool like Ganga? Who nourishes their family? Who is so strong that cold never affects him? A set of rhetorical p...

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कंसं ध्वंसयते मुरं तिरयते हंसं तथा हिंसते
बाणं क्षीणयते बकं लघयते पौण्ड्रं तथा लुम्पते।
भौमं क्षामयते बलाद् बलभिदो दर्पं पराकुर्वते क्लिष्टं
शिष्टगणं प्रणम्रमवते कृष्णाय तुभ्यं नमः॥

Salutations to Krishna who destroyed Kamsa, killed Mura, humbled the proud, and protected the righteous. A powerful praise invoking Krishna’s divine s...

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