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कामं करीषाग्निमधो निधाया-
भ्रमेण तापातिशयं भजध्वम्।
युष्माकमद्यावधि नाधिकारो
दुग्धातिमुग्धाधरमाधुरीषु॥

Go ahead and enjoy the dung-fire warmth! You have no right to taste the sweetness of tender lips — a rebuke to those unworthy of love’s refinement.

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कामं कर्णकटुः कृतोऽतिमधुरः केकारवः केकिनां
मेघाश्चामृतधारिणोऽपि विहिताः प्रायो विषस्यन्दिनः।
उन्मीलन्नवकन्दलावलिरसौ शय्यापि सर्पायते तत् किं यद्
विपरीतमत्र न कृतं तस्या वियोगेन मे॥

The peacock’s call, sweet music, and rain all bring pain in separation. Even a flowery bed feels like a bed of snakes. Without her, all sweetness turn...

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कामं कामयते न केलिनलिनीं नामोदते कौमुदी-
निस्यन्दैर्न समीहते मृगदृशामालापलीलामपि।
सीदन्नेष निशासु दुःसहतनुर्भोगाभिलाषालसैर् अङ्गैस्ताम्यति
चेतसि व्रजवधूमाधाय मुग्धो हरिः॥

Krishna, though desiring union, doesn’t crave sensual pleasures. He remains absorbed in thoughts of the Gopis, even in his weakened state, showing the...

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कामं कामसमस् त्वमत्र जगति ख्यातोऽसि यत्
सर्वदा रूपेणैव महीपते तव धनुःपाण्डित्यमन्यादृशम्।
त्वं यस्मिन् विशिखं विमुञ्चसि तमेवोद्दिश्य मुक्तत्रपं
त्रुट्यत्कंचुकमुद्गतस्पृहमहो धावन्ति देवाङ्गनाः॥

O Love, you are celebrated across the world, yet unlike others, you masterfully shoot arrows of desire. Wherever your dart lands, divine damsels lose ...

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कामं कुमीनसदृशं राज्यमपि प्राज्यकण्टकं कुशलः।
पाकान्वितमतिसुरसं भुङ्क्ते बहुधावधानेन॥

A skilled person, even if given something thorny like royal duty, treats it like a delicious meal—partaking with care, like enjoying a spicy but rich ...

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कामं कूले नदीनामनुगिरि महिषीयूथनीडोपकण्ठे
गाहन्ते शष्पराजीरभिनवशलभग्रासलोला बलाकाः।
अन्तर्विन्यस्तवीरुत्तृणमयपुरुषत्रासविघ्नं कथंचित् कापोतं
कोद्रवाणां कवलयति कणान् क्षेत्रकोणैकदेशे॥

Amid lush riverbanks, grand birds feast while a lone pigeon struggles to eat mere millet in a field corner. A poignant image of inequality in nature a...

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कामं कोपकषायिताक्षियुगलं कृत्वा करोत्फालनैः
क्षुद्रान् वन्यमृगात् करीन्द्र सहसा विद्रावय त्वं मुदा।
हेलाखण्डितकुम्भिकुम्भविगलद्रक्तारुणाङ्गे हरौ जाते
लोचनगोचरे यदि भवान् स्थाता तदा मन्महे॥

Even if your eyes redden with rage and drive elephants away with a glance, when Lord Hari himself appears, even your mighty presence becomes insignifi...

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