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करस्थमुदकं त्यक्त्वा घनस्थमभिवाञ्छति।
सिद्धमन्नं परित्यज्य भिक्षामटति दुर्मतिः॥

Abandoning water at hand, the fool desires a distant cloud. He leaves ready food to beg elsewhere—this is the nature of ignorance.

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करस्पर्शारम्भात् पुलकितपृथूरोजकलशो
श्रमाम्भो वामार्धे वमति मदनाकूतिसुलभम्।
विभोर्वारं वारं कृतसमधिकोद्धूलनविधेस् तनौ
भस्मस्नानं कथमपि समाप्तं विजयते॥

From the lover's touch, her breast trembles, sweating in hidden delight. Passion flares as the divine Shiva’s ash-bath ends triumphantly—love and aust...

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कराग्रजाग्रच्छतकोटिरर्थी
ययोरिमौ तौ तुलयेत् कुचौ चेत्।
सर्वं तदा श्रीफलमुन्मदिष्णु जातं
वटीमप्यधुना न लब्धुम्॥

Compare the tips of fingers and tips of breasts—both seekers of value. Yet even the prized coconut (śrīphala) has become so rare, even a betel nut is ...

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कराद्गलितखाद्यस्य का हानिः करिणो भवेत्।
पिपीलिका तु तेनैव बिभर्ति स्वकुटुम्बकम्॥

What’s a fallen crumb to an elephant? Nothing. But for an ant, it feeds her entire family. Perspective defines value.

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करानीतं पटानीतं स्त्रियानीतं तथैव च।
एरण्डपत्रैरानीतं देवतानां च नार्हति॥

Whatever is obtained by hand, cloth, or women—even if brought by castor leaves—is unfit for divine offering. The method matters more than the substanc...

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करान् तिरोधाय तरून्निपीड्य
शिला अवस्कन्द्य महीयसोऽपि।
उज्जृम्भितः कालवशात् तदन्यस्
तेषामधस्तात्पुनरेव जातः॥

Pressed beneath trees and crushed by stones, a mighty one still rises, reborn even from below. Fortune returns with time.

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कराम्बुजसजत्समाक्षवलया
तनुस् तव शुभे जितेन्दुसुषमा।
छिनत्तु दुरितच्छटां मम नदी
तटीमिव चलज्जलोद्धतगतिः॥

Your river-like form, bangles glistening, cuts through sin like turbulent waves hitting a muddy shore—bringing radiant beauty like moonlight over wate...

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कराम्भोजे कञ्जी मदनमदभञ्जी पदजुषां
मनःपुञ्जारञ्जी मधुरमणिमञ्जीरचरणः।
कलाकूतव्यञ्जी व्रजयुवतिसञ्जी जलमुचां
गभीराभागञ्जी मम स परमञ्जीवनधनम्॥

With lotus hands, anklets chiming, and charming feet, he stirs minds with joy. He is like poison to ego, nectar to devotion, and the treasure of life ...

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करारविन्देन पदारविन्दं मुखारविन्दे विनिवेशयन्तम्।
वटस्य पत्रस्य पुटे शयानं बालं
मुकुन्दं सततं स्मरामि॥

I always remember that child Mukunda lying on a banyan leaf, placing his lotus hand in his lotus mouth—a divine infant who contains the universe.

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करालकालरुपेण जनतादुरितापहा।
तारणी तरिणी भूयाद् अमुना यमुनाम्बुना॥

The terrible Yamuna water, appearing like Time itself, removes the sins of people and ferries them across life’s ocean. May it protect us always.

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