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कनकभूषणसंग्रहणोचितो यदि
मणिस् त्रपुणि प्रतिबध्यते।
न स विरौति न चापि न शोभते भवति योजयितुर्वचनीयता॥

A jewel fit for golden ornamentation, if set in inferior metal like brass, loses both shine and dignity. Similarly, placing the noble in unworthy comp...

jewel (12) dignity (146) worth (34) company (17) gold (62) brass (3) symbolism (947) compatibility (8) status (41) character (259)

कनकमृगमुदस्य स्वां कुटीं संप्रविष्टः
क्वचिदपि न वधूटीं नोददर्शाङ्गनादौ।
तदपि स रघुवीरः पर्णशालागृहान्तर् न विशति
हृदयाशातन्तुनाशातिभीरुः॥

Rama, having slain the golden deer, returns to find Sita gone. Though standing near the hut, grief-stricken and with tear-filled eyes, he cannot step ...

rama (81) sita (37) deer (48) grief (129) longing (690) return (22) hut (3) separation (258) emotion (652) heartbreak (65)

कनकरसमसृणवर्तित-
हयगन्धामूलमिश्रपर्युषितम्।
माहिषमिह नवनीतं गतबीजे कनकफलमध्ये

Butter from buffalo milk, mixed with pungent roots and rolled like golden berries, is applied to ash-smeared skin—forming a lingam-shape. A cryptic re...

ritual (164) butter (6) symbolism (947) lingam (2) sacred (66) tantra (15) offering (62) concoction (1) mystery (83) application (8)

गोमयगाढोद्वर्तित-
पूर्वं पश्चादनेन संलिप्तम्।
भवति हयलिङ्गसदृशं लिङ्गं कठिनाङ्गनादयितम्॥

When shaped and coated using cow dung, then smeared with a golden blend, the result mirrors the sacred lingam. The imagery may reflect purification, w...

lingam (2) purification (85) cow dung (1) sacred (66) ritual (164) symbolism (947) offering (62) devotion (933) tantra (15) preparation (33)

कनकस्य तु पञ्चाङ्गं कर्पूरं केतकीरजः।
आत्मशुक्रेण संयुक्तं वश्यकृद् भक्षितं स्त्रियाः॥

A blend of five golden substances—camphor, ketaki pollen, semen—when ritually consumed, is said to enchant women. This reflects esoteric lore or alche...

tantra (15) enchantment (37) ritual (164) substances (1) gold (62) women (268) attraction (147) esoterica (1) charm (252) alchemy (5)

कनकहरिणं हत्वा रामो ययौ निजमाश्रमं
जनकतनयां प्राणेभ्योऽपि प्रियामविलोकयन्।
दृढमुपगतैर्बाष्पापूरैर्निमीलितलोचनो न
विशति कुटीमाशातन्तुप्रणाशभयादसौ॥

Rama, after killing the golden deer, returns to his ashram only to find Sita missing. With teary eyes and fear that entering may destroy the last thre...

rama (81) sita (37) deer (48) grief (129) disappearance (4) return (22) hope (116) hesitation (45) hut (3) heartbreak (65)

कनकाचलकान्तिचौर्यभाजोः कुचयोः कुङ्कुमपङ्कपूजनानि।
अनिबन्धनमेव बन्धनं ते कृशताभागिनि किं नु मध्यभागे॥

Your breasts steal the glow of golden mountains; yet your waist remains thin as air—this imbalance is poetic bondage. How does such graceful fragility...

beauty (1797) body (170) metaphor (1632) golden (17) mountains (32) waist (14) contrast (206) femininity (225) wonder (66) poetic exaggeration (31)

कनकाचलजित्वरस्तनीनां रमणीनां खलु यत्र सन्निवेशः।
मनसः परमाणुतां वदन्तः कथमद्यापि न तार्किकास् त्रपन्ते॥

The breasts of women rival golden mountains in splendor. How then do philosophers still claim the mind is atomic in size? The poet playfully mocks rat...

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कनिष्ठाङ्गुलिवत् स्थूलं पूर्वार्धकृतकुञ्चितम्।
अभावे दन्तकाष्ठस्य प्रतिषिद्धदिनेऽपि च।
अपां द्वादशगण्डूषैर् मुखशुद्धिर्भविष्यति॥

Even on a restricted day when no toothbrush is available, cleanliness can be maintained by washing the mouth twelve times. Wisdom lies in adaptable hy...

hygiene (9) tradition (283) brushing (1) restrictions (2) cleanliness (8) method (13) adaptation (10) ritual purity (10) daily practice (4)

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