[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Indian literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in) › [Epic, Poetry, Drama & Narrative](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit) › [Poetry (mahākāvya, lyric, messenger poems, stotra, Prakrit kāvya)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya) › [Messenger poems (sandeśakāvya)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.duta) › [Bengal and Gauḍīya Vaiṣṇava messenger poems](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.duta.gauda) › [Meghadautya](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.duta.gauda.meghadautya) › 16 # Meghadautya 16 Meghadautya 16 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [16.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.duta.gauda.meghadautya.16.2) 1 ākāraṃ me saghana-gagane bhūstare me nitambaṃ madhyaṃ tanvo valitakavare kokile rakta-kaṇṭham haṃse grīvāṃ gatimapi gire śṛṅga-śṛṅge stanaṃ me ācāraṃ me mṛdi mama patiḥ paśyatīṣat vyathātu || 42 ### [16.43](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.duta.gauda.meghadautya.16.43) kulakam sphītīkurvan śrutisukhakaraṃ kūjitaṃ sārasānāṃ haṃsānāṃ vā madakalakhaṃ mānasotkāntarāṇām kāruṇyādroṃ jhara-jhara-khai nirjharo vā khavāvī kāntantaṃ me bhajati viphalaṃ śāntanāyogyaśabdaḥ ### [16.44](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.duta.gauda.meghadautya.16.44) ramyā śyāmā vihagacaturā tāḍyamāneva tantrī saṅgītaṃ vā raṭati viphalaṃ vanyavṛkṣāt kadācit dattvādṛṣṭyā sapadi ghanavā cārunṛtyopahāraṃ vīṇātulyā nadati viphalaṃ śailapṛṣṭhe kapotī ### [16.45](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.duta.gauda.meghadautya.16.45) tanvī śyāmā svapati-racitā pakvabimbādharoṣṭhī sā me ramyā pratikṛtiraho stokanamrā-stanābhyām sambhāraṃ vā praṇayaghaṭitaṃ taptatṛdhṛtkaṭāhe manye datte virahadahanaṃ jāta-duḥkha-prakampyam ### [16.46](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.duta.gauda.meghadautya.16.46) evaṃ daive pratikulagate dainyamidaṃ bhaveddhi sarvvaṃ svīyaṃ bhavati bhuvane vairiṇāmagragaṇyam svīyaṃ kāyaṃ nijakaranakhāḥ pāpya vā ghnanti sadyaḥ svīyāṣṭhaṃ vā sarasarasanāṃ hanta vā ghnanti dantāḥ ### [16.47](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.duta.gauda.meghadautya.16.47) kurvvopāttāṃ vanajakusuma-dyotibhiḥ puṣpavṛkṣaiḥ pūrṇeprāntaṃ stimitacaṭugau-tānajātāmrakuñjaiḥ śyāmāvallī-jar̤itaviṭapi śyāmalopatyakāṅgaḥ yasyastāvat harati nayanaṃ rāmagiryyāśramaḥ saḥ ### [16.48](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.duta.gauda.meghadautya.16.48) ramyātasmin dadhiphala-vaṭa-plakṣamālūravīthī bhuṃkte lakṣmī girivara-gṛhe megha divyābhikhyām bhuṃktenāsmin mama pativaraḥ kiñcidānandaleśaṃ kārāgāraṃ nahi sukhakaraṃ ratnaramyaṃ kadāpi --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.duta.gauda.meghadautya.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.duta.gauda.meghadautya.16) · Pramāṇa