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कथमद्य कथं च श्व इति जीवनचिन्तया।
या कृथा हा वृथा दैन्यम् आयुरन्तं प्रयच्छति॥

One who constantly worries “what today, what tomorrow” wastes their precious life in sorrow and anxiety. This verse emphasizes how fear-based thinking...

anxiety (31) worry (13) today (1) tomorrow (1) futility (143) sorrow (325) mindfulness (31) life (126) regret (87) time (242)

कथमपि कृतप्रत्यापत्तौ प्रिये स्खलितोत्तरे
विरहकृशया कृत्वा व्याजं प्रकल्पितमश्रुतम्।
असहनसखीश्रोत्रप्राप्तिं विशङ्क्य ससंभ्रमं विवलितदृशा
शून्ये गेहे समुच्छ्वसितं पुनः॥

Though she had forgiven him, the lover—fearing her friend may overhear—fakes innocence, but once alone in the empty house, sighs deeply, revealing his...

guilt (25) forgiveness (114) secrecy (61) longing (690) solitude (41) deception (224) love (1567) emotion (652) reconciliation (32) shame (67)

कथमपि तव वृन्दारण्यमाहात्म्यवृन्दं
न हि कथयितुमुच्चैरीश्वरोऽप्यीश्वरः स्यात्।
अपि च तृणफलानां यस्य लुब्धो रसाय
प्रभुरमृतभुजामप्याश्रयद् वत्सभावम्॥

Even the supreme Lord cannot describe the glory of Vrindavan; he, who desired only the fruits of simple grasses, chose to become a calf to savor its s...

vrindavan (10) krishna (233) humility (596) simplicity (130) devotion (933) divine play (96) nature (950) spiritual sweetness (1) innocence (103) transcendence (83)

कथमपि न निषिद्धो दुःखिना भीरुणा
वा द्रुपदतनयपाणिस् तेन पित्रा ममाद्य।
तव भुजबलदर्पाध्यायमानस्य वामः शिरसि
चरण एष न्यस्यते वारयैनम्॥

Despite her father's protests, Draupadi's hand is given in marriage—Arjuna’s power silences all opposition, and Krishna’s divine intervention lays jus...

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कथमपि परिचितमुद्रा भुजभुद्रासङ्गतं स्वप्ने।
उषसि निमीलतनयना शयनान्तः कान्तमामृषति॥

Still dreaming of her beloved, the woman, barely awake, reaches out in bed, recognizing him by his familiar embrace and touch—even in sleep.

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कथमपि सखि क्रीडाकोपाद् व्रजेति मयोदिते
कठिनहृदयस्त्यक्त्वा शय्यां बलाद् गत एव सः।
इति सरभसध्वस्तप्रेम्णि व्यपेतघृणे स्पृहां पुनरपि
हतव्रीडं चेतः करोति करोमि किम्॥

"He stormed off in anger after a playful quarrel," laments the girl, her heart caught between pride and longing, confessing her helplessness to her fr...

quarrel (29) love (1567) pride (317) longing (690) sorrow (325) separation (258) confession (8) helplessness (100) friendship (209) regret (87)

कथमपि हि भवन्ति क्षेत्रसद्बीजयोगाज्
जगदुपकृतिहेतोर्नात्मवृत्त्यै फलन्ति।
दधति फलसमृद्ध्या दूरमानम्रभावं ननु
जगति सुशूकाः साधवः शालयश्च॥

Like noble fields that yield bountiful crops not for themselves but to nourish others, so too do saints live for the welfare of the world, not their o...

selflessness (65) saints (30) agriculture (22) dharma (540) nobility (253) fruits (10) altruism (28) service (114) humility (596) metaphor (1632)

कथमप्यधिगतरन्ध्रैर् अध्युषिता
यदि गुहाखुभिः क्षुद्रैः।
इयतैव किं मृगाधिप निजविक्रमनिर्विदं वहसि॥

Why do you, king of beasts, bear the insult of jackals hiding in crevices? This verse questions why the mighty tolerate the petty.

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कथमर्थं निषेधन्तु श्रुतयः स्मृतयोऽपि वा।
यासामेकं पदमपि न चलत्यर्थतो विना॥

How can the Vedas or laws prohibit wealth when not even a word in them is without meaning or purpose? A reminder of the essential and deliberate natur...

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कथमवनिप दर्पो यन्निशातासिधारा-
दलनगलितमूर्ध्ना विद्विषां स्वीकृता श्रीः।
ननु तव निहतारेरप्यसौ किं न नीता
त्रिदिवमपगताङ्गैर्वल्लभा कीर्तिरेभिः॥

How strange, O king! That the wealth seized from fallen enemies becomes your pride and glory—yet even that fame ultimately returns to heaven, leaving ...

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