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कण्ठगतैरप्यसुभिः कस्यात्मा नोपसर्पते जातु।
मूर्खस्य विषादस्य च गर्वस्य तथा कृतघ्नस्य॥

Even with life hanging by a thread, one never approaches the soul of a fool, a depressed person, a proud man, or an ungrateful one. These people are a...

foolishness (88) depression (1) pride (317) ingratitude (16) avoidance (19) soul (76) behavior (249) ethics (803) character (259) judgment (94)

कण्ठग्रहं न वात्येव भर्तुः क्रुद्धापि यत्नतः।
कङ्कणश्रेणिकेवासौ दोषमेवावलम्बते॥

Like a garland clasping a wrist, a devoted wife never chokes her husband in anger but rather bears his faults quietly. The metaphor shows the gentle r...

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उन्मत्तेव प्रमत्तेव प्रहृष्टेवातुरेव च।
न शक्योपासितुं रामा प्रौढं यौवनमाश्रिता॥

A woman in the bloom of maturity and youth is like one intoxicated, wild, joyous, and restless. Such a woman is not easily worshipped or controlled—sy...

youth (261) beauty (1797) woman (157) wildness (10) intoxication (44) metaphor (1632) power (396) restlessness (43) desire (898) maturity (29)

सुखदुःखप्रदायिन्यस् तृतीये यौवने स्थिताः।
जायन्ते गहना रामाः संसारस्येव रीतयः॥

Women, in their third phase of youth, become mysterious dispensers of both joy and sorrow—just like the ever-changing patterns of worldly life. An all...

women (268) youth (261) joy (342) sorrow (325) mystery (83) samsara (74) life patterns (1) romance (506) philosophy (290) change (49)

कण्ठग्रहे शिथिलतां गमिते कथंचिद्
यो मन्यते मरणमेव सुखाभ्युपायम्।
गच्छन् स एष न बलाद् विधृतो युवाभ्याम्
इत्युज्झिते भुजलते वलयैरिवास्याः॥

As she slowly loosens her neck-embrace, he wrongly assumes she's letting go of love. But it’s like her bracelets slipping off—natural, not forced. A r...

romance (506) embrace (93) misreading (1) touch (54) bracelet (2) love (1567) symbolism (947) body language (23) misunderstanding (41) affection (216)

कण्ठच्छायमिषेण कल्परजनीमुत्तंसमन्दाकिनी-
रूपेण प्रलयाब्धिमूर्ध्वनयनव्याजेन कल्पानलम्।
भूषापन्नगकेलिपानकपटादेकोनपञ्चाश तं
वातानप्युपसंहरन्नवतु वः कल्पान्तशान्तौ शिवः॥

May Lord Shiva, cloaked in celestial jewels, protect you at the end of time. His blue throat hides the cosmic poison; his ornaments hide fire; even th...

shiva (328) protection (293) cosmic (51) poison (101) end-times (1) blue throat (3) elements (32) glory (92) divinity (206) metaphor (1632)

कण्ठच्छेदविशीर्यमाणरुधिरप्राग्भारभग्न्
अद्युतेर् येन स्मेरमुखेन होमशिखिनः संधुक्षणाकाङ्क्षिणा।
भ्रूभङ्गः शितिकण्ठकण्ठफणिने फूत्कारहेतोः कृतः
शौटीर्यव्रततुष्टधूर्जटिरसौ किं वर्ण्यते रावणः॥

Ravana beheaded himself with a smile to please the fire of sacrifice. Even when his throat bled, he raised eyebrows at Shiva’s serpent-ornament. His a...

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कण्ठच्छेदे सुवर्णं चेत् क्षुरं यद्वद्धितं न हि।
बन्धुरप्यपकारी चेत् सर्वैस्त्याज्यस् तथैव सः॥

If one cuts a throat for gold, it's still murder. If a relative causes harm, he too must be renounced. Wrongdoing is not excused by motives or relatio...

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कण्ठश्रियं कुवलयस्तबकाभिराम-
दामानुकारिविकटच्छविकालकूटाम्।
बिभ्रत् सुखानि दिशतादुपहारपीत-
धूपोत्थधूममलिनामिव धूर्जटिर्वः॥

Lord Shiva wears a smoky blue throat—like a garland of dark flowers, blackened by sacrificial incense. May that charming bearer of dread and grace bri...

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