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कमलिनीमलिनी दयितं विना न सहते सह तेन निषेविताम्।
तमधुना मधुना निहितं हृदि स्मरति
सा रतिसारमहर्निशम्॥

The lotus, now impure without her beloved, remembers the sweetness of their union every moment. Though untouched by him now, she keeps the memory aliv...

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कमलिनीवनकेलिकलारसी गुणवशीकृतकैरविणीगुणः।
अलिरसौ तव सौरभलोभतः पतति केतकिकण्टकसंकटे॥

The bee, enticed by your irresistible fragrance, dares to enter even thorny screw-pine thickets. Such is the power of your charm—it overrides pain and...

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कमलेः समकेशं ते कमलेर्ष्याकरं मुखम्।
कमलेख्यं करोषि त्वं कमलेवोन्मदिष्णुषु॥

Your beauty rivals that of the lotus, and your face causes even the lotus to burn in envy. Among passionate ones, you alone shine like a madly bloomin...

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कमले कमला शेते हरः शेते हिमालये।
क्षीराब्धौ च हरिः शेते मन्ये मत्कुणशङ्कया॥

Lakshmi sleeps on a lotus, Shiva on the Himalayas, and Vishnu in the ocean. Perhaps they all lie apart out of fear of bedbugs—such is the playful imag...

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कमले कमले नित्यं मधूनि पिबतस् तव।
भविष्यन्ति न सन्देहः कष्टं दोषाकरोदये॥

O bee, forever drinking nectar from the lotus! Beware, for when faults arise, your sweet delight may turn into sorrow. Excess indulgence often leads t...

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कमले कमलोत्पत्तिः श्रूयते न च दृश्यते।
बाले तव मुखाम्भोजे दृष्टमिन्दीवरद्वयम्॥

The lotus is said to be born from another lotus, though none has seen it. But, O girl, in your lotus-like face, the mystery becomes visible—two bloomi...

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कमले निधाय कमलं कलयन्ती कमलवासिनं कमले।
कमलयुगादुद्भूतं कमलं कमलेन वारयति॥

In the lotus, placing a lotus, the goddess of the lotus counts the one who dwells in the lotus. The lotus-born deity is restrained by another lotus—ea...

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कमलेव मतिर्मतिरिव कमला तनुरिव विभा विभेव तनुः।
धरणीव धृतिर्धूतिरिव धरणी सततं विभाति बत यस्य॥

She is as graceful as Lakshmi, as radiant as splendor itself, as stable as the Earth. Whose every quality mirrors divine ideals—such a woman’s presenc...

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कमलोदरकोमलपादतलं गणनापरिवर्जितबाहुबलम्।
प्रणमामि जगत्त्रयबोधिकरं गिरनारविभूषणनेमिजिनम्॥

I bow to the sage who wears a robe from Mount Girnar, whose feet are soft like lotus petals, who bears strength beyond reckoning, and who awakens the ...

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कमितुरभिसृत्वरीणां गौराङ्गीणामिहेन्दुधवलासु।
उड्डयमानानामिव रजनिषु परमीक्ष्यते छाया॥

The soft golden bodies of young maidens shine moon-like in night skies, their shadows flutter like birds flying at dusk. Their beauty and motion creat...

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