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Bewitching Beauty,
Whence hast come this unique skill--
Shooting darts at will--
Thy skill O to hit man’s heart
By sheer merit, not with dart!
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Translation (Tanka) | 28.08.2025 | beauty, heart, arrow
Note: Here is a verse (in Anushtubh meter) from Bhartrihari’s Shringaara Shatakam (hundred verses on love and romance). Here the poet wonders from where has she learnt the skill to hit man’s heart, without ever releasing any arrow. Here is the transliteration:
Mugdhe dhanushkata keyam
Apurva tvayi drshyate |
Yaya vidhyasi chetamsi
Gunaih eva na sayakaih || 3 ||
Fair-heart to broken-hearts no one could be,
Man seldom in this world humane could be,
Forbid me, but in today’s telling times,
Rights-raven scarce duty-driven could be.
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Translation | 07.11.2025 | duty, heart, human, raven, quatrain
Note: Hak-pasanda = rights-raven, one who’s conscious of his rights and privileges, Hukamaraan = duty-driven, or conscious about his responsibilities. The transliteration of the Urdu follows:
Tute diloñka koi kadardan na ho saka,
Insan is jahan meiñ insan na ho saka,
Hairan huñ maiñ ke aj ke is dor meiñ kabhi
Kyuñ hak-pasand koi hukamaran na ho saka? - Basheer, a poet from Kashmir
Holy books differ, differ their adage,
No one sage whose word is a standard gauge,
As roots of virtue deep down lay,
Wherefrom the wise walked be the way.
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Translation |06.10.2024| scriptures, path of virtue,
Poet’s note: Sanskrit has thousands of verses of wisdom called Subhashhitam. A question was asked as to what is the right and virtuous path to follow. In answer comes this verse. Shrtis and Smrtis : Two main sources of learning and knowledge in ancient India. Few things were written down in those days. Hence shrtis, what is heard, and smrtis, included all that is remembered, contemplated upon, and also sanskaaras. This verse comes from Mahabharata’s Yaksha Prashna episode in Aadi Parva. The transliteration of the Sanskrit verse follows:
Shritir vibhinnaa smritayah cha bhinnaa, na ekah munih yasya vachah pramaanam |
Dharmasya tattvam nihitam guhaayaam, mahaa-janah yena gatah sah panthaah ||
On snake’s mouth blood there’s none any,
Nor on a bitten one’s body.
Evil officials when prevail,
Ruler nor ruled would wealth avail.
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Sanskrit Translation | 21.01.2026 | blood, corruption, snake, government, quatrain
Note: Some quatrains called shlokas in Sanskrit are known as Subhaashhitams, words well-said. This one shows what happens when in a kingdom the administration officials are corrupt. A snake bites but leaves evidence of blood on its mouth nor on the person whom it bites. So do the corrupt leave any money trail. They not only drain the treasury of the ruler, of the ruled as well. Transliteration follows.
Na sarpasya mukhe raktam,
na dashtasya kalevare |
Na prajaasu na bhoopaale
dhanam dur-adhikaarini || Subhaashhitam ||
Patradoot or The Messenger13 /Many
English version by
Ravindra K Kapoor
Such enchanting beauty, you would find every where in India,
By seeing only such alluring charms, do not get lost,
As your mind may get filled with an intoxicating pleasure,
But remember dear, you have to deliver my message to my beloved.
Way ahead, the lovely method of Rahut * by which
The farmers irrigate their fields, would attract you,
And listening the Corus, sung by village girls,
Would pour honey like nectar, in your ears.
Ravindra
Kanpur India 28th May 2010.
* Rahut. Persian wheel for drawing water from wells.
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Mind, intellect ego, nor echoes they spell,
Nor sense of hearing, speech, nor of smell,
Nor am I earth, fire, air, nor yet space,
I’m Shiva, awareness and bliss.
Nor vital Life-force, nor five breath fields,
Seven essences, nor five body shields,
No limbs of action make what me is,
I’m Shiva, awareness and bliss.
Likes nor dislikes, I’ve greed, nor fantasy,
Pride nor conceit, envy nor jealousy,
Nor any pursuits of life do I miss,
I’m Shiva, awareness and bliss.
Happiness nor sorrows, virtue nor vice,
Chants, pilgrimage, Vedas nor sacrifice,
Food nor fondness, nor one that relishes,
I’m Shiva, awareness and bliss.
I’ve Death nor doubt, nor faith in wombs of worth,
Father nor mother nor I’ve any birth,
Kin, friend, guru nor disciples on earth,
I’m Shiva, awareness and bliss.
One alone, shape nor size, nor form any,
Pervasive, rife everywhere, in senses,
I’ve freedom, nor bondage, peace, poise is me,
I’m Shiva, awareness and bliss.
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From aatma shatakam or nirvaana shatakam, six verses on atman, written by Shankaracharya of 8th century CE. Transliteration of the Sanskrit text is given here:
manah-buddhi-ahamkara-chittani na aham,
na cha kshotra-jihve na cha ghrana-netre |
na cha vyoma bhumih na teja vayuh
chit-ananada rupah shivah aham shivah aham ||1 ||
na cha prana-sanjnyah na vai pancha-vayuh,
na va sapta-dhatuh na va pancha-koshah |
na vak pani-padau na cha upastha-payu
chit-ananada rupah shivah aham shivah aham ||2 ||
na me dvesha-ragau na me lobha-mohau,
madah na eva me na eva matsarya bhavah |
na dharmah na cha arthah na kamah na mokshah,
chit-ananada rupah shivah aham shivah aham ||3 ||
na punyam na papam na saukhyam na duhkham,
na mantrah na tirtham na vedah na yajnyah |
aham bhojanam na eva bhojyam na bhoktah
chit-ananada rupah shivah aham shivah aham ||4 ||
na me mrtyu-shanka na me jati bhedah,
pita na eva me na eva mata na janma |
na bandhuh na mitram guruh na eva shishyah
chit-ananada rupah shivah aham shivah aham ||5 ||
aham nir-vikalpah nir-akara-rupah,
vibhuh vyapya sarvatra sarva indriyanam |
sada me samatvam na muktih na bandhah,
chit-ananada rupah shivah aham shivah aham ||6 ||
Translations |05.08.2021|
Humans, long a self-seeking breed,
Oft concoct love foreseeing need.
With tender grass lush green
Does a butcher fatten
His sheep in his own selfish greed.
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Translation |37.01.2025|
Poet’s note: Sanskrit has thousands of verses of wisdom called Subhashhitam. This verse says that man by nature is a self-seeking breed. Keeping in mind a selfish motive, a butcher concocts false love and fattens his sheep with tender grass. But it is only to fetch better price in the market, not for any altruistic love. The transliteration of the Sanskrit verse follows (sandhi duly separated):
Kaarya-apekshee janah praayah,
preetim aavishkaroti alam |
Lobha-arthee shaundikah shashpaih,
mesham pushnaati peshalaih ||204||
On snake’s fangs, miser’s money chest,
On lion’s mane, chaste woman’s breast,
Hand of an alien man’s affront
On proud, honoured and eminent,
Can be had if they’ve surrendered,
Or in case are lifeless rendered.
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Translation |37.09.2024| snake, miser, woman, breast
Poet’s note: Sanskrit has thousands of verses of wisdom called Subhashhitam. Some place are too rare to tolerate an alien hand, beasts or humans : a cobra’s fangs, miser’s money chest, lion’s mane, a chaste woman’s breasts, and the like. An alien hand can dare to be there when its owner is dead, or surrendered. The transliteration of the Sanskrit verse follows:
Sarpasya ratne, kripanasya vitte, satyaah kuche, kesarinasya keshe |
Maana-unnataanaam sharanaa gate cha mritau bhavet kara prachaarah ||
Till seen, to see her be the sole wish, which
Once fulfilled, to embrace her is the itch,
That done, there’s still no end,
Ways of wish far do wend,
Never to part then be passion’s new pitch.
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Translation (Limerick) | 26.08.2025 | desire, wish, women
Note: Here is a verse (in Upajati meter) from Bhartrihari’s Shringaara Shatakam (hundred verses on love and romance). Once a man is drawn to a beautiful woman, a world of desires unfolds, it says. You satisfy one and soon another one crops up. Here is the transliteration:
a-darshane darshana maatra kaamaa,
drastvaa parishvanga sukha eka lolaa |
aalingitaayaam punah aayata akshyaam,
aashaasmahe vigrahayoh abhedam || 23 ||