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कथं ममोरसि कृतपक्षनिःस्वनः
शिलीमुखोऽपहितदिति (?) जल्पति प्रिये।
निवृत्य किं किमिति ब्रुवाणयानया
ससाध्वसं कुपितममोचि कान्तया॥

As I tried to explain why the parrot made noise upon my chest, my beloved, assuming betrayal, turned away in anger, loosening her ornaments. A humorou...

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कथं मुग्धे कथं वक्रे कान्तायास् ते विलोचने।
कथं जनानुरागाय कथं जनविपत्तये॥

O innocent girl, how can your eyes be both charming and crooked? They attract lovers and simultaneously cause their downfall. A witty comment on the d...

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कथं यतेत मनुजौ भिन्नैव प्रकृतिर्यतः।
एकस्थानसमुत्पन्न सुधाक्ष्वेडभिदा स्मृता॥

How can humans strive equally, when their natures are fundamentally different—just like nectar and poison, though emerging from the same place? This s...

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कथं राजा स्थितो धर्मे परदारान् परामृशेत्।
रक्षणीया विशेषेण राजदारा महाबल॥

How can a king committed to dharma desire another’s wife? A king must specially protect royal women. A stern reminder that righteousness and power req...

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कथं विलोकेयममुं युवानं
कुमुद्वतीबन्धुमिवोज्जिहानम्।
भर्तुः स्वसा भाद्रचतुर्थिकेव
कलङ्कयत्यर्धविलोकनेऽपि॥

How can I look at that youth rising like the moon, whose mere glance brings shame? Like the Bhadrakali moonlit ritual, even half a look feels sinful. ...

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कथं वीथीमस्मानुपदिशसि धर्मप्रणयिनीं
प्रसीद स्वां शिष्यामतिखलमुखीं शाधि मुरलीम्।
हरन्ती मर्यादां शिव शिव परे पुंसि हृदयं नयन्ती
धृष्टेयं यदुवर यथा नाह्वयति नः॥

O Krishna, how do you let this unruly girl, our pupil, lead us to the street of dharma while she disrespects all decorum and captures even great men’s...

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कथं संबोध्यते राजा सुग्रीवस्य च का प्रिया।
निर्धनाः किं च वाञ्छन्ति किं कुर्वन्ति मनीषिणः॥

How should we address a king? Who is Sugriva’s beloved? What do the poor desire? What do the wise do? This is a series of rhetorical questions explori...

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कथं स दन्तरहितः सूर्यः सूरिभिरुच्यते।
यो मीनराशिं मुक्तैव मेषं भोक्तुं समुद्यतः॥

How can the sun be praised as wise, when he’s trying to consume Aries after abandoning Pisces, like a toothless elder chewing hard food? A metaphorica...

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कथनेन विनाप्याशां पूरयन्ति हि साधवः।
प्रतिगेहं भासते हि विवस्वान् कथनं विना॥

Even without words, saints fulfill hopes. Just like the sun lights every house without saying a word. True greatness requires no declaration.

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कथमगणितपूर्वं द्रक्ष्यते तं नरेन्द्रः
कथमपुरुषवाक्यं श्रोष्यते सिद्धवाक्यः।
कथमविषयवन्घ्यं धारयिष्यत्यमर्षं प्रणिपतति
निरुद्धः सत्कृतो धर्षितो वा॥

How will the king endure seeing one never seen before, hearing words not worthy of men, and bearing unjust acts from the honored or the insulted? A po...

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