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मणिः शाणोल्लीढः समरविजयी हेतिदलितोमदक्षीणो नागः शरदि सरितः श्यानपुलिनाः ।कलाशेषश्चन्द्रः सुरतमृदिता बालवनितातन्निम्ना शोभन्ते गलितविभवाश्चार्थिषु नराः ॥३५॥maṇiḥ śāṇollīḍhaḥ samaravijayī hetidalitomadakṣīṇo nāgaḥ śaradi saritaḥ śyānapulināḥ |kalāśeṣaścandraḥ suratamṛditā bālavanitātannimnā śobhante galitavibhavāścārthiṣu narāḥ ||35||
Translation
(LOSE A LITTLE TO GAIN EVERYTHING)
A precious stone polished on a whet-stone; a warrior who is wounded by a weapon and has won the war; an elephant which is emaciated by the ichor flow; a river with dry sand collected on its banks in the autumn; a moon with just one crescent left to become full; the girl in just the threshold of youth, exhausted after the copulation act; and men who have lost their wealth by offering all of it in charity— shine well, though with a slight lack of luster! ॥ 35 ॥