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कश्चित् कराभ्यामुपगूढनालम्
आलोलपत्राभिहतद्विरेफम्।
रजोभिरन्तःपरिवेषबन्धि लीलारविन्दं भ्रमयांचकार॥

Someone playfully stirred a lotus, now covered in pollen, disturbing bees and setting its delicate petals in graceful motion.

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कश्चित् कष्टं किरति करकाजालमेकोऽतिमात्रं
गर्जत्येव क्षिपति विषयं वैद्युतं वह्निमन्यः।
सूते वातं जवनमपरस्तेन जानीहि तावत् किं व्यादत्से
विहग वदनं तत्र तत्राम्बुवाहे॥

Amidst lightning, thunder, wind, and fire—do not gape, bird! It is but the clouds—personified forces in chaos and grandeur.

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कश्चित् कस्यचिदेव स्यात् सुहृद् विश्रम्भभाजनम्।
पद्मं विकासयत्यर्कः संकोचयति कैरवम्॥

One may be intimate to someone and alien to another—like the sun makes lotuses bloom but hides the moonflower.

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कश्चित् कान्ताविरहगुरुणा स्वाधिकारात्
प्रमत्तः शापेनास्तंगमितमहिमा वर्षभोग्येण भर्तुः।
यक्षश्चक्रे जनकतनयास्नानपुण्योदकेषु
स्निग्धच्छायातरुषु वसतिं रामगिर्याश्रमेषु॥

Cursed by separation from his beloved, a Yakṣa exiled from heaven dwells in Ramagiri’s groves, meditating amidst nature’s tranquility.

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कश्चित् क्रन्दति कालकर्कशकराकृष्टं विनष्टं हठाद्
उत्कृष्टं तनयं विलोक्य पुरतः पुत्रेति हा हा क्वचित्।
कश्चिन्नर्तकनर्तकीपरिवृतो नृत्यत्यहो कुत्रचिच् चित्रं
संसृतिपद्धतिः प्रथयति प्रीतिं च कष्टं च नः॥

One man wails for his lost son, another dances in joy surrounded by dancers—such is life’s strange mixture of sorrow and delight.

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कश्चित् तरति काष्ठेन सुगम्भीरां महानदीम्।
स तारयति तत् काष्ठं स च काष्ठेन तार्यते॥

A man crosses a river using wood, and in turn helps the wood cross—it’s mutual aid symbolized through poetic metaphor.

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कश्चित् तावत् त्वया दृष्टः
श्रुतो वा शङ्कितोऽपि वा।
क्षितौ वा यदि वा स्वर्गे यस्य मृत्युर् न विद्यते॥

Have you ever seen or heard of anyone—on Earth or in heaven—who is free from death?

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कश्चित् पण्यस्त्रीणां विभवोपचितान्यपुरुषयोजनया।
विदधाति स्माराधन-
मधनत्वमुपागतः कामी॥

A lustful man, wealthy, turns even the noblest of courtesans into worshippers—demonstrating how desire and riches can corrupt.

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कश्चित् पान्थस् तृषार्तः पथि तपऋतौ गम्यमानोऽन्यपान्थं
पप्रच्छानन्दलीनो वद पथिक कुतो जह्नुकन्याप्रवाहः।
तेनासौ शीघ्रवाचा प्रचलितमनसा विप्रवर्येण चोचे सूच्यग्रे
कूपषट्कं तदुपरि नगरी तत्र गङ्गाप्रवाहः॥

A thirsty traveler seeks the Ganga and is told to walk toward a distant city marked by a needlepoint—a parable of indirect paths to goals.

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कश्चित् पुमान् क्षिपति मां प्रति
रूक्षवाक्यैः सोऽहं क्षमाभरणमेत्य मुदं प्रयामि।
शोकं व्रजामि पुनरेवमयं तपस्वी चारित्रतः
स्खलितवानिति मन्निमित्तम्॥

When insulted harshly, I wear patience like an ornament, but later grieve—thinking he, the virtuous one, slipped due to me.

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