[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) › 24 # Meghadautya 24 Meghadautya 24 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [24.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.duta.gauda.meghadautya.24.1) 2 yugmakam aśrūṇi tvaṃ na ghana virahāttaptumarhasyatho no vajrāghāta-praśamitarujāṃ karttumāśu kṣamo mām dautyena tvaṃ śamayitumalaṃ kruddha-yakṣeśaśāpaṃ śoko vaidho nahi samucitopāyamandhānaśaktyām || 98 ### [24.98](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.duta.gauda.meghadautya.24.98) ghorāvrāva' sajalamahahā kiṃ śṛṇomi tvadīyaṃ vaktuṃ vārttāṃ svapati-kathitāṃ krandasi tvaṃ madartham śrotuṃ vārttāṃ dravata hṛdayaṃ me sphuṭatyāśu marma śānto bhūtvā ghana tadadhunā jīvanaṃ datta datta ### [24.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.duta.gauda.meghadautya.24.3) = 2 vācaṃ śrutvā hṛdayagalanajñāśrusaṃvardhukante tatsandeśaṃ sukaruṇarasā daśamīmāgatantām vaktuntanmāṃ virahivacanaṃ nārhasi śrotrapīr̤aṃ khaḍ‌gāghāto nahi samucita ścāvalāyāṃ mṛtāyām ||98 ### [24.1-2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.duta.gauda.meghadautya.24.1-2) viśeṣakam niṣyantāmba kurū paṭahatāṃ mandirasyāṅgane me vyādānotkauścakitavadanai rnirdiśanta stadā tvām gandharvvāsta staruṇavanitā stāstanodbhinnavastrāḥ āmokṣyante tvayi surapate ścāparamyāna kaṭākṣān ||99 ### [24.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.duta.gauda.meghadautya.24.2) neṣyanti tvāṃ hṛdayanihita-prārthanodgīrṇatoyaṃ keliklāntā stridaśavanitā yantradhārā-gṛhatvam garbhādhāna-kṣaṇaparicayānnūnamāvaddhamālāḥ seviṣyante nayanasubhagaṃ khe'pica tvāṃ balākāḥ ||99 ### [24.100](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.duta.gauda.meghadautya.24.100) yugmakam sadyo'haṃkiṃ dharaṇiluṭhitā nāśriyatā vallarīva sthāsyāmyasmin tvayi tu jalade bāndhave vidyamāne vā nāmrātā kusuma-racitā saurabhāḍhyā sudṛśyā yāsyāmyasmin sragiva ghana kiṃ śuṣkatāṃ śocanīyām ### [24.101](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.duta.gauda.meghadautya.24.101) aiśvaryārthaṃ dhanijanagaṇaśreya-yakṣāccanaṃ hi kṛtvā lokā vahuvidha dhanaṃ prārthitaṃ saṃlabhante kṛtvā prītyā divasarajanīṃ yakṣarājārcanaṃ tat prāpsyāmīṣṭaṃ ghana patidhanaṃ yakṣarūpaṃ na kiṃ me --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.duta.gauda.meghadautya.24](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.duta.gauda.meghadautya.24) · Pramāṇa