Created are ears to hear,
Words for thought, wisdom to rear.
He that mulls not on what’s heard,
How will he wind way in world?
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Sanskrit Translation | 16.01.2026 | ear, hear, ponder, wisdom, world, quatrain
Note: Some quatrains called shlokas in Sanskrit are known as Subhaashhitams, words well-said. This one dwells on hearing/reading (hearing, because of the oral tradition in ancient India). One has to dwell or ponder on what is heard, think it through, understand it thoroughly, put it to practice and turn it into wisdom. If not, the bookish knowledge is not of much use. Transliteration follows:
Shrotavye cha krtau karnau,
Vaak buddhe cha vichaarane |
Yah shrutam na vichaareta,
Sah kaaryam vindate katham || Subhaashhitam ||
.
i
yesss i
whom you know
am not lustful
i
yesss he
who you know
i am decorous
yet
not so genteel whilst
mine mind mulls
beauty
i
yesss i
whom you know
titillates
for
your
please
and yesss
oh how please'd i become
when heavy
yourn breathe
tap
As in crystal methamphetamine, the mind becomes cold.
Anxiety, paranoia, and schizophrenia
Creep in, like snakes and deathstalker scorpions, uncontrolled
Are bones, veins, flesh, and blood affected by asthenia?
The body begs for calm composure; the moody mind mulls.
Midst fires of optimism, the ice of pessimism melts.
Restlessness and rebelliousness resemble spineless skulls
Vandalism of vindictiveness vitiates vague vents
The feeling of freedom to fly and fervently flutter
Fill and flow flawlessly, like fine floral fluorescence.
Mild melodies of memories musically mutter
Constant conscious conscience has come to be the quintessence.
When the ice of hateful, heinous, hideous hurdles heaps
May passions of compassion flare from the depths of the deeps!
The wind hears many secrets
As he blows at his election.
Only a hearer at best -
He mulls them over and again
But doesn’t repeat or think aloud
For there are too many to recount.
The wind also has many lovers -
Appreciating the trees -
Caressing the flowers
And cooling warm cheeks
But preferring to roam -
Blows away to a place unknown.
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patterns rotate clues
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Frame buzz in game
Verse binge flings names
Poise in sharp choice
Splash of mood voice
Style works to pile
Touch strays worthwhile
Mood swing now broods
Strange fate of good
Show signs of flow
Feel craft that glows
Fail not brief sale
Words tell your tale
Rites of draft writes
Surge of stray bites
Bits of crisp hits
Dance of odd wit
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As time dangles,
Sense true loving
In each tangle.
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As space avails,
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Touch frees as such
The waves of pain,
Rhymes echo much
Yet not in vain.
Urge memoirs cite
The way of waves,
Distill fine writes
As voice mulls brave.
Keep what you keep
With soul intact,
Feel feelings deep
As change impacts.
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The wind blew and lighting bugs flew
In on a warm summer night undue.
A man mutely sitting on the edge
Of a rocky ledge
Mulls over of days gone by
Like a river gone dry
Knitting the feelings of the unkind
Past in his mind
Giving into sullen sorrow.
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Sense soul stake
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Proof plots pound
Ripe reach rounds
Choice crafts clay
Set swift say
Prime pure play
Stroke soft sift
Loud laughs lift
Graft grooms gift
Nice niche near
Hope heeds here
Claim calm cheer
Death dooms dance
Cause creams chance
Pique prompt prance
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Wit words well
Truth thrills tell
~~~~~~~~~
Just joy juice
Niche nice noose
~~~~~~~~~
Work words wise
Spread sure spice
~~~~~~~~~
Here heap health
Wake warm wealth
~~~~~~~~~
Live long lull
Cast cool cull
~~~~~~~~~
Lift last light
Bless buzz bright
~~~~~~~~~
Cheer charms chase
Proof primes pace
~~~~~~~~~
Yes yields yoke
Plot prompts poke
~~~~~~~~~
Note nice nook
Bright beams book
~~~~~~~~~
Dance deep dream
Sense swift streams
~~~~~~~~~
Meek moon mulls
Daze drifts dull
~~~~~~~~~
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Scent sweet spice
Play prompts prize
Love looks loud
Pick pace proud
Trust taut truth
Prime pure proof
Just joy jumps
Sense spice sum
Jazz joins jest
Feel fond fest
Mind mulls more
Choice calms core
Room rich rays
Set sure say
Day dream daze
Craft crisp craze
Quaint queue quest
Bright booms best
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Buzz blooms beat
Slurp sweet street
Browse book boom
Zap zip zoom
Mind mulls meek
Soft surge seek
Ply prize poise
Charm crisp choice
Gain glimpse grand
Fear freaks friend
Watch words wise
Prompt proud price
Waltz wise walk
Taste true talk
Front fine food
Give grand good
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Listen now
Filter bad news
Cluster good views
Feel endow
Rain comes now
Refresh your views
Write wise warm news
You know how
Seize the night
Dark can seed flight
Grace gestates light
Feel true sight
Sun beams shine
Awake due light
Put fear to flight
Love feels fine
Listen here
Love is the way
Just live this day
Live fond cheer
Start with heart
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Look to good cheer
Write fine art
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Singapore
Warm words write
Boost brief bites
Sense strokes still
Wear wise will
Swift steam see
Brown brew be
Crude claim culls
Meek mind mulls
Death drones dash
Buzz bright bash
Kind know keep
Dance dream deep
Prize peak part
Ask apt art
Note nice nude
Choice claims crude
Prime proud poke
Cause clears choke
Tweak true toil
Change curls coil
Prompt prize play
Dwell dream day
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Word picture stage
Lines casting art
Verse cryptic start
Tale touching time
Word picture rhymes
Sketch subtle say
Wonder wit plays
Glimpse deeper then
Do you know when
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Sense a proud gap
Beyond hope here
Stange good cheer
Proud petty peel
Can joy claim thrill
Make sense of time
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