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कस्य वक्तव्यता नास्ति सोपायं को न जीवति।
व्यसनं केन न प्राप्तं कस्य सौख्यं निरन्तरम्॥

Who cannot advise others? Who doesn't live? Yet who escapes misfortune or enjoys uninterrupted happiness?

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कस्य वशे प्राणिगणः सत्यप्रियभाषिणो विनीतस्य।
क्व स्थातव्यं न्याय्ये पथि दृष्टादृष्टलाभाय॥

Who controls others? The gentle, truthful, and disciplined—only they stay on the righteous path and receive both visible and invisible gains.

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कस्य स्यान्न स्खलितं पूर्णाः सर्वे मनोरथाः कस्य।
कस्येह सुखं नित्यं दैवेन न खण्डितः को वा॥

Who doesn’t err? Whose desires are all fulfilled? Who has uninterrupted happiness? Who escapes fate?

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कस्य स्वर्गश्रियो वश्याः कस्य चैन्द्रं पदं भुवि।
कं देवा बहु मन्यन्ते सङ्ग्रामे मरणादृते॥

Who can claim dominion over heaven's glory or Indra’s throne? Whom do the gods revere besides those who bravely die in battle?

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सङ्ग्रामे मरणं पुण्यं गयायां मरणे तथा।
गङ्गायां मरणे मोक्षः सङ्ग्रामे मरणं सुखम्॥

Death in battle is sacred, like death in holy places like Gayā or on the banks of the Ganga. It brings liberation and joy.

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यदि वस्तुं मनः पुंसां स्वर्गस्त्रीभिः समं चिरात्।
अपरां सुखितां कृत्वा सङ्ग्रामे म्रियतां तदा॥

If a man’s heart longs to enjoy heavenly pleasures with divine women, then he should find happiness by sacrificing himself in battle for another’s joy...

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कस्यांचिद् वाचि कैश्चिन्ननु यदि विहितं दूषणं दुर्दुरूढैश्
छिन्नं किं नस्तदा स्यात् प्रथितगुणवतां काव्यकोटीश्वराणाम्।
वाहाश्चेद् गन्धवाहाधिकविहितजवाः पञ्चषाश्चान्धखंजाः का
हानिः शेरशाहक्षितिपकुलमणेरश्वकोटीश्वरस्य॥

Even if some criticizes a great poet or king, their excellence remains untouched. Just as a blind horse cannot affect the might of a cavalry master, s...

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कस्याख्याय व्यतिकरमिमं मुक्तदुःखो
भवेयं को जानीते निभृतमुभयोरावयोः स्नेहसारम्।
जानात्येकं शशधरमुखि प्रेमतत्त्वं मनो मे
त्वामेवैतच्चिरमनुगतं तत् प्रिये किं करोमि॥

Who shall I tell about the inner turmoil? Outwardly I seem happy, but my heart clings only to you, dear one. I cannot explain our bond; I only know th...

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कस्यादेशात् क्षपयति तमः सप्तसप्तिः
प्रजानां छायाहेतोः पथि विटपिनामञ्जलिः केन बद्धः।
अभ्यर्थ्यन्ते नवजलमुचः केन वा वृष्टिहेतोर् जात्यैवैते
परहितविधी साधवो बद्धकाङ्क्षाः॥

Who orders the sun to dispel darkness? Who binds trees to cast shade? Who asks clouds to bring rain? No one. Just as sages are naturally inclined to s...

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कस्या नाम किमत्र नास्ति विदितं यद् वीक्ष्यमाणोऽप्ययं
लोको मूक इवास्ति मां प्रति पुनः सर्वो जनस् तप्यते।
शक्यं दर्शयितुं न पूगफलवत् कृत्वा द्विधेदं वपुर् यत् सत्यं
सखि वीक्षितः खलु मया नूनं चतुर्थ्याः शशी॥

What does this world hide anymore? Though everyone seems mute, they act as if troubled by my presence. It’s clear I have seen the moon of the fourth n...

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