[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) › 26 # Meghadautya 26 Meghadautya 26 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [26.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.duta.gauda.meghadautya.26.1) aiśvaryyeśo jaladharapate dīpakalpaḥ kuberaḥ satyaṃ nimne prasarati sadā andhakārastu tasya ūrddhaṃ dhūmo śirasi malino barttate glānikārī jvālāṃ tasya prasamitu malaṃ tvaṃhi nānyo vareṇya ||105 ### [26.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.duta.gauda.meghadautya.26.2) ānakṣatra-prasarita-nabhorājyarājādhirājaḥ nānyohitvaṃ surapatisakha tvaṃ pratidvandihīnaḥ vaṃśe jāto bhuvanavidite puṣkarāvarttakānāṃ duṣṭadrohī tvamasi bhuvane divyavidyutkalatraḥ ||105 ### [26.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.duta.gauda.meghadautya.26.3) sūryyajvālāṃ samayasi ciraṃ khecchayā te'titīvrāṃ kā cintā te samayitu matho rājarājasya tāntat aiśvaryyāndhā vilsanaratā nāhavāyopayuktāḥ ye mūḍhāste timirasadṛśā vidyudunmeṣadasyāḥ ||105 ### [26.1-2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.duta.gauda.meghadautya.26.1-2) viśeṣakam yogyo dūta stvamasi bhuvane kliṣṭanirvāsitānāṃ durdarpānāṃ tvamasi bhuvane śāstidātā praśastaḥ dhasmāt sadyo vraja dhanapate rālayaṃ nāti dūraṃ yāce bhikṣāṃ jalada kuru matkliṣṭakāntopakāram ||106 ### [26.2-2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.duta.gauda.meghadautya.26.2-2) nīraṃ śaśvat samayati bhṛśaṃ pāvakaṃ vairabhāvaṃ smānmadhyasthaṃ yadi vanayutaṃ yogyapātrantayostat nasyāt saukhyāt jalada sukhadaṃ sundaraṃ randhanaṃ kiṃ madhyasthatvaṃ kuru dhanapatau khāvayo rdītyakṛtyeḥ ||106 ### [26.3-2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.duta.gauda.meghadautya.26.3-2) jānāmīṣat na tava bhajanaṃ pūjanaṃ naiva samyak prājñā nāsmi svajana-śaraṇā yāvana-kliṣṭa bālā pādānte te jalaja patituṃ paśya jānāmi sātraṃ dautyaṃ me tat kuru dhanapatau svīyakāruṇya-sādhyam ||106 ### [26.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.duta.gauda.meghadautya.26.4) niḥsandehaṃ jamijanamanojñāta-kāruṇyasārāt maunāttāvat jaladharapate sammatiste susiddhā datse maunaṃ khamatha salilaṃ yācitaścātakebhyaḥ maunaṃ loke bhavati niyataṃ sammaterlakṣaṇaṃ hi ||106 ### [26.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.duta.gauda.meghadautya.26.5) tat yāhi tvaṃ praviśa bhavanaṃ rājarājasya tāvat prītyāliṅgayā nalakāṇibhaṃ rājarājaṃ kathañcit dhīraṃ dhīraṃ vada pati-kathā miṅgitairvā ravairvā sadyo dautyaṃ kuru saphaladaṃ yaiśca taiśca prakāraiḥ ||106 --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.duta.gauda.meghadautya.26](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.duta.gauda.meghadautya.26) · Pramāṇa