[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) › 28 # Meghadautya 28 Meghadautya 28 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [28.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.duta.gauda.meghadautya.28.1) lakṣmīdevī sannaddhaya tava khyātipuṣpai : prayatnāt āsīttāvat samabhilaṣitā granthituṃ kaṇṭhahāram āsīddṛṣṭvā cakitamati cchidraśūnyāni tāni cikṣepa syu rvvipulagagane tāni nakṣatra-rupaiḥ ||109 ### [28.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.duta.gauda.meghadautya.28.2) teṣāṃ madhye khalu vikasita candrarupeṇa caikaṃ lakṣmīyuktā bhavati dharaṇī haimataccandrikāḍhyā ekokāle yadi vikasitaṃ drāgbhavettat samastaṃ lakṣmīmagnā tadahaha bhavet candraśobhāprabhāyām ||109 ### [28.1-2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.duta.gauda.meghadautya.28.1-2) yugmakam yakṣāḥ kṣamyāḥ pracura karadā ste prajā rājabhaktāḥ karttavyaṃ kiṃ vada dhanapate yakṣanirvāsanantat kṣudro doṣo na bhavati na tat kṣamyadoṣaṃ kṣamasva sastrīkāṇā mucita matha kiṃ deva nirvāsanantat ||110 ### [28.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.duta.gauda.meghadautya.28.3) tvadbhāryā kiṃ na tava virahe syādya jñānaśūnyā śamyā vā kiṃ na mama virahe śaktihīnā vilīnā jyotsnā vā kiṃ na vidhuvirahe hīnadīptirviluptā yakṣābhāve dharati tu kathaṃ jīvanaṃ yakṣabhāryā || 110,2 vyāmā vāmāḥ prati yadi kadā ko'pi matryaṃ karoti atyācāraṃ prabalamahitaṃ vā pamāna-prayogam akṣamyantat na khalu sahate deva sarvvaṃsahāpi grāhyā stetat-vinayavihitāḥ prāyenā yakṣabhāryyaḥ || 110 ### [28.1111](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.duta.gauda.meghadautya.28.1111) viśeṣakam prītyānītyā yadi na phalati prārthanā te phalantat nirbhīkaḥsan kurubahuvidhaṃ bhartsanaṃ jñānadantam dhūlī sṛṣṭā kujana iva sā skandhamārohatīha ghṛṣṭogrāvā patati caraṇe bhartsato'pīva sādhūḥ ### [28.1112](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.duta.gauda.meghadautya.28.1112) saṃyuktāstai rapi mṛduguṇe rpādavinyastahastā stauṇābāṇā ivabhuvi na cā vaṃsajā marmahāḥ kim saṃyuktāste rapi mṛduguṇaiḥ skandhavinyastahastāḥ namrāścāpā iva bhuvi na sat-vaṃśajāḥ kiṃ bhavanti ### [28.1113](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.duta.gauda.meghadautya.28.1113) aiśvaryāndho'pitu dhanapati rdivyadevo'sti nānyaḥ sādhutvantat-prakṛtirathatat-mūrkhatā khopasargaḥ dharmāḍhyānā sucitavacane pratyayaḥsyāt surāṇāṃ nirbhīkaḥ san kuru bahuvidhaṃ bhartṛ mane nāsmi bhītā ### [28.1114](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.duta.gauda.meghadautya.28.1114) bhrānto'pyasmin satu dhanapatiḥ rājarājī'sti nānyaḥ vṛttistasya svajana-sadṛśa-svaprajā rañjane hi nānyā gaṇyā jaladhara vayaṃ rājabhaktāḥ prajāhi bhāvāḥ sarvve hṛdayanihitā megha tasmai nivedyāḥ ### [28.1115](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.duta.gauda.meghadautya.28.1115) kalāpakam svāmī metat-tridiva-vidito yakṣavaṃśāvataṃsaḥ nānyāhantat-suvidita-mahādeva-vaṃśodbhavāhi ārādhyā me ghana bhagavatī darpahā duskṛtānāṃ bhītāhaṃ kiṃ tava tu purato hṛdkavāṭaṃ visṛktum ### [28.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.duta.gauda.meghadautya.28.5) astrāñjātaṃ bhayamamucitaṃ vīravaṃse'smadīye luptaṃ śabdaṃ bhayamiti sadā vīravaṃśābhidhāne yadbhāvet tat bhuvi tu bhavitā karmma saṃsādhanīyaṃ karmmanyasmin na tu katiphale svādhikāro janānām ||111 ### [28.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.duta.gauda.meghadautya.28.6) paṇḍāhīno jagati na sa kiṃ yo mimāṃsā-vimūḍhaḥ śaṅkāgrasto jar̤aiva sadā hanta sandigdhacittaḥ bhrāntaḥ karmā varamapi kadā karmmināṃ vā variṣṭhaḥ niskarmā yaḥ sa viphalagatiḥ saṃśayo nātra kañcit ||111 --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.duta.gauda.meghadautya.28](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.duta.gauda.meghadautya.28) · Pramāṇa