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कथं नाम न सेव्यन्ते यत्नतः परमेश्वराः।
अचिरेणैव ये तुष्टाः पूरयन्ति मनोरथान्॥

Why are the Supreme Beings not devoutly worshipped, when they are easily pleased and fulfill all desires swiftly? This verse encourages devotion throu...

devotion (933) god (31) worship (89) ease (4) grace (359) fulfillment (89) desire (898) spirituality (106) service (114) divine mercy (5)

कथं नु तं बन्धुरकोमलाङ्गुलिं
करं विहायासि निमग्नमम्भसि।
अचेतनं नाम गुणं न लक्षयेन् मयैव
कस्मादवधीरिता प्रिया॥

Why did you abandon that tender hand of your beloved as it sank in water? Have you become so insensible as to ignore its beauty? A lament over lost af...

neglect (55) love (1567) regret (87) affection (216) touch (54) beauty (1797) insensitivity (3) heartbreak (65) symbolism (947) emotion (652)

कथं नु पुत्राः पितरं हन्युः कस्यांचिदापदि।
भ्राता वा भ्रातरं हन्यात् सौमित्रे प्राणमात्मानः॥

How can a son kill his father or a brother slay his brother? This shloka expresses utter shock at familial violence, especially in calamity, questioni...

violence (51) kinship (20) betrayal (168) dharma (540) shock (5) family (165) ethics (803) calamity (10) brotherhood (10) grief (129)

कथं न्याय्यमनुष्ठानं मादृशः प्रतिषेधतु।
कथं वाभ्यनुजानातु साहसैकरसां क्रियाम्॥

How can someone like me prevent a righteous act? Yet how can I permit such a reckless endeavor? This expresses the internal conflict between dharma an...

dilemma (14) dharma (540) risk (17) action (258) duty (198) hesitation (45) morality (248) internal conflict (5) righteousness (134) ethics (803)

कथं न्विदं कमलविशाललोचने
गृहं घनैः पिहितकरे निशाकरे।
अचिन्तयन्त्यभिनववर्षविद्युतस्
त्वमागता सुतनु यथा प्रभावती॥

How did you, with lotus eyes, arrive suddenly like the lightning of a new monsoon, even though the moon was hidden behind clouds? A poetic expression ...

surprise (35) love (1567) lightning (40) monsoon (51) moon (394) arrival (16) joy (342) romance (506) darkness (138) lotus eyes (24)

कथं चैषा तन्वी प्रकृतिसुकुमाराङ्गलतिका
प्रगल्भव्यापारं रतिकलहखेदं विषहते।
नलिन्यास्तिग्मोऽपि प्रभवति सुखायैव सविता प्रकृष्टे
प्रेम्ण्येवं किमिव न सहन्ते युवतयः॥

How does this delicate woman endure the hardships of passionate love and playful quarrels? Just as the harsh sun gives joy to the lotus, great love em...

womanhood (59) love (1567) strength (359) passion (501) endurance (85) beauty (1797) comparison (402) tolerance (37) romance (506) resilience (105)

कथं प्रियाया अनुकम्पितायाः
सङ्गं रहस्यं रुचिरांश्च मन्त्रान्।
सुहृत्सु च स्नेहसितः शिशूनां
कलाक्षराणामनुरक्तचित्तः॥

How does the heart, softened by the beloved’s compassion, embrace sweet secret talks, childhood babbling, and gentle whispers? This verse conveys the ...

love (1567) compassion (359) whispers (2) children (19) emotion (652) tenderness (83) kindness (75) heart (148) affection (216) speech (345)

पुत्रान् स्मरंस्ता दुहित् र्हृदस्या
भ्रात् न् स्वस् र्वा पितरौ च दीनौ।
गृहान् मनोज्ञोरुपरिच्छदांश्च वृत्तीश्च
कुल्याः पशुभृत्यवर्गान्॥

Thinking of sons, daughters, brothers, aging parents, homes, and servants, one is pained during departure. A shloka capturing the emotional turmoil of...

attachment (102) family (165) pain (225) loss (191) separation (258) emotion (652) memory (202) home (19) duty (198) grief (129)

कथं भार्यामृते धर्मम् अर्थं वा पुरुषः प्रभो।
प्राप्नोति काममथ वा तस्यां त्रितयमाहितम्॥

Without his wife, how can a man attain dharma, wealth, or desire? She alone enables all three goals of life. This affirms the wife’s pivotal role in t...

wife (44) dharma (540) artha (11) kama (47) support (114) partnership (5) necessity (6) femininity (225) companionship (52) fulfillment (89)

तथैव भर्तारमृते भार्या धर्मादिसाधने।
न समर्था त्रिवर्गोऽयं दाम्पत्यं समुपाश्रितः॥

Likewise, a wife without her husband cannot achieve dharma, artha, or kama. The sacred partnership of marriage upholds all three. This expresses mutua...

marriage (104) support (114) interdependence (12) dharma (540) artha (11) kama (47) partnership (5) mutuality (6) love (1567) goal (14)

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