[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) › 34 # Meghadautya 34 Meghadautya 34 - **Language:** Sanskrit ## Contents - [34.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.duta.gauda.meghadautya.34.3) — 2 parts - [34.4-3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.duta.gauda.meghadautya.34.4-3) — 1 part ### [34.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.duta.gauda.meghadautya.34.1) śakābdīya saura māghasyāṣṭamadivasīyā vidyāratnākarasyāsya dīrghaṃ bhūyāttu jīvanam bhūyāccāsya manaskāmasiddhi rvāgmī-kṛpāvaśāt pābanā darśanavidyālayādhyāpakasya śrīmūryyakānta devaśarmmo tarkatīrtha śāstriṇaḥ ; pābanā saṃskṛta-sāhitya-vidyālayādhyāpakasya śrīgopālacandra devaśarmo kāvyatīrthasya pābanāntargata-chibhāitapura-nivāsinaḥ smṛtyādi-śāstrādhyāpakasya śrībhagavaccandra devaśarmmo śiromaṇeḥ pābanā nivāsinaḥ śrīmadbhāgavatādipurāṇaśāstrādhyāpakasya śrīadvaitavaṃśasya śrīmuralīmohana deva śarmmo gosvāminaḥ kalyāṇabhājana vi-e-vi-el-kavikirīṭi-vidyāratnākaropādhika śrīyukta trailokyamohana-guha niyogi mahādaya-maṅgalekaniketaneṣu variśāla jelāntargata ruṇasī posṭālayabhukta ruṇasī mokṣadā catuṣpāṭhītaḥ 1311 baṅgābdāyāḥ saura 13 śyāvaṇasya kavipañcānanopādhidāna-patrī | (4) sugītabhārataṃ kāvyaṃ bhāvādiparipūritam trailokyamohanākhyena loqārthaṃ yat prakāśitam ### [34.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.duta.gauda.meghadautya.34.2) tatkāvyaṃ durśabhaṃ manye bhāratasya mahādhanam pratyekaguṇinā pāṭhyaṃ mahāyatnena sarvvadā ### [34.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.duta.gauda.meghadautya.34.3) ataḥ sthānīya dhīrāṇāṃ pañcāhatto mayādaraiḥ kavipañcānanopādhiḥ trailokyamohanāya te ### [34.3.p1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.duta.gauda.meghadautya.34.3.p1) 1311 vaṅgābdāyāḥ saura 21 śrāvaṇasya bhārataratnòpādhidānapatrī | (5) ### [34.3.p2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.duta.gauda.meghadautya.34.3.p2) bhārate bhāratī bhāti bhātu nastatpade matiḥ ### [34.1-2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.duta.gauda.meghadautya.34.1-2) trailokyamohana kave tava gītikāvyaṃ dṛṣṭvā vayaṃ mudamitāḥ paramāṃ hi samyak ! bhāvānvitaṃ śrutisukhaṃ jayadevavartma trailokyamohanamiti pratigītibhāvyam ### [34.2-2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.duta.gauda.meghadautya.34.2-2) āryāvanistutighṛtaṃ nṛpabhaktipūrṇaṃ saṅgepataḥ khanukṛta-pratikāvya-vimbam tvadgīta-bhārata mataḥ sukhadaṃ kavīnāṃ bhābhātvidaṃ rasavidāṃ hṛdi kāvyamālyam ### [34.3-2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.duta.gauda.meghadautya.34.3-2) kāvyānāṃ suṣamāṃ jugopa suṣamā kāvyasya te prasphuṭā pāṭhyaṃ bhūpati-pāṭhamandira-vare manyāmahe tad‌dhruvam yattvaṃ bhārata-kīrtti-gīta-nipuṇo ratnopamastat kave tubhyaṃ "bhārataratna" nāma paramopādhiṃ pradadmo mudā ### [34.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.duta.gauda.meghadautya.34.4) bhūyād dīrghantava nava-kave cāyurindra-prasādāt bhūyādbuddhiḥ sukṛti-niratā kāvyacarcānurāgāt āśrā bhāsā vimala-yaśasā bhāntu te sarvvadā sā kāśāt kāśā sphuratu surasā kāvyaśaktiḥ subhāṣā ### [34.1-3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.duta.gauda.meghadautya.34.1-3) sābhinandana-māmudapura-kohinuropādhidānapatrī | (6) apūrvvakāvyaṃ tava gītabhāratam apūrvvaśakti stava he mahāmate vimuktakaṇṭhāḥ pūjanīya-paṇḍitāḥ sadaiva gāyanti tavātha gauravam ### [34.2-3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.duta.gauda.meghadautya.34.2-3) nṛpābhiṣekotsava-varṇanaistava svanāmadeśo hi samujjvalīkṛtaḥ kṣitītihāse kanakākṣarai rdhruvaṃ prapūjya-māmūdapuraṃ padaṃ gatam ### [34.3-3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.duta.gauda.meghadautya.34.3-3) tvayā svanāmātha susārthakokataṃ tvameva māmūdapure kaddonuraḥ ataḥ kave tvāṃ tadupādhibhūṣaṇaiḥ vibhūṣayāmaḥ svasabhā-samutsaveḥ ### [34.4-2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.duta.gauda.meghadautya.34.4-2) bhaveṣu bhūyāt tava dīrghajīvanaṃ bhaveṣu bhūyāt bahuśa stavonnatiḥ maheśvarāśīrvacanai rnirantaraṃ vratañca bhūyāt tava sādhitaṃ bhave ### [34.1-4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.duta.gauda.meghadautya.34.1-4) vaṅgapradeśīya mayamanasiṃhāntargata sabhāpati ṭāṅgāila vibhāgasthita nāṭiyā- vidyāratna-bhaṭṭācāryyāpādhikamāmūdapura poṣṭāyatanabhukta māmudapurastha bhadramaṇḍalī-guruvaṃśīyamāmūdapura sabhātaḥ | śrīramaṇīmohana devaśarmmaṇaḥ 1311 vaṅgābdāyāḥ saura 6 kārttikasya māmūdapuranivāsinaḥ śrīakṣayakumāra devaśarmma rāya gosvāminaḥ śrīśaraccandra devaśarmma rāya gosvāminaḥ śrīaśvinīkumāra devaśarmma rāya gosvāminaḥ śrīmadabhayācaraṇa cakravartti kavirājasya śrīprāṇanātha ghoṣa cikitsa kasya śrīkṛṣṇakamala ghoṣasya śrīmadumeśacandra ghoṣasya śrīśyāmācaraṇa de dāsasya śrīdineśacandra guha niyoginaḥ śrīkelāsanātha guha niyoginaḥ śrīyaminīmohana guha niyoginaḥ śrīyogendranātha guha niyoginaḥ śrīramaṇīmohana guha niyoginaḥ śrīsatīśa candra guha niyoginaḥ śrībhavagovinda niyoginaḥ anumodakasya kalikātā-viśvavidyālaya-vi-e-ema-e-suvarṇa-padaka-catuṣṭayadhāriṇaḥ gavanaṃmeṇṭa-ṣṭeṭ--skālāra--kāmbrij--viśvavidyālayopādhiparīkṣottīrṇa śrīpraphullakumāra cakravarttinaḥ śrī vaikuṇṭhacandra guha niyoginaḥ smārttacūr̤āmaṇyupādhika māmūdapura-vedadvīpaśrīprasanna kumāra vidyāratnasya vidyāratnopādhi-dānapatrī | (7) akāri kāvyaṃ gīta-bhāratākhyaṃ trailokya-niyogi guhadvaṃśajena praśaṃsito'yaṃ kavigaṇya-śreṣṭhaḥ pradattopādhiḥ khalu vidyāratnaḥ ### [34.2-4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.duta.gauda.meghadautya.34.2-4) himabhūdharavālā dhṛta-naramālā narakaramālā kṛta-kāñcī bhujagādhipahārā tribhuvanasārā nūtana-dhārā-dharakāntiḥ ativistṛtavadanā suranatacaraṇā bhīṣaṇadaśanā digvasanā tvāṃ rakṣatu kālī bhairavapālī kṛtakaratālī kautukinī ### [34.1-5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.duta.gauda.meghadautya.34.1-5) gailāgrāmastha nītivikāśinī nāma sabhāpaṇḍitasya śiroratnopādhika śrīrāmacaraṇa devaśarmmaṇaḥ śrīnivāraṇa candra devaśarmma kaviratnasya śrīśaśibhūṣaṇa devaśarmma padaratnasya śrīrajanī kānta devaśarmmavidyāratnasya vaṅgapradeśāntargata bariśālāāntaḥpāti gailāgrāmastha nītivikāśinīnāma sabhātaḥ 1313 vaṅgābdīya saurapauṣa māsasya dvitīya divasīya upādhisamarthikā patrikāvalī 1| tvadvat suśikṣito labdha-pratiṣṭhaḥ sukaviḥ kṛtī upādhi-bhūṣaṇe yukta iti śrutvāsmi harṣitaḥ ### [34.1-6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.duta.gauda.meghadautya.34.1-6) mahāmahopādhyāya-paṇḍitarāja-tarkaratnopādhikasya raṅgapura-nivāsinaḥ śrīyādaveśvara devaśarmmaṇaḥ 2| tubhyaṃ yat kṛtine yogyaupādhiratnāvalī budhaiḥ yatnaiḥ samarpitā mānye staddhi prītipradaṃ mama ### [34.1-7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.duta.gauda.meghadautya.34.1-7) ḍhākāntargata mānikagañja-vibhāgasya vetila-poṣṭālayabhukta mitar̤ā-nivāsino mitar̤ā-vedāntavidyālayādhyāpakasya vedāntavācaspatyupādhikasya śrīhṛdayānanda devaśarmmaṇo bhaṭṭācāryyasya 3| saduprādhipradañcāru kāvyante gītabhāratam sadbhāvabhaktipūrṇantat mādhuryyādi-guṇānvitam ### [34.2-5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.duta.gauda.meghadautya.34.2-5) vidyāratnākarākhyātaḥ kavikirīṭināmakaḥ yadupāristvayā labdhaḥ so'smākamanumoditaḥ ### [34.1-8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.duta.gauda.meghadautya.34.1-8) pāvanā-dharmādhikaraṇa-vyavahāropajīvi-sabhā-sabhyaviśeṣāṇāṃ vaktṛtāsārāṃśaḥ \[ vi-e-vi-elupādhika śrīyukta durgāsundara devaśarmma rāyavi-e-vi-elupādhika śrīyukta harendranārāyaṇa devaśarmma rāyavi-e-vi-elupādhika śrīyukta jñānadāgobinda devaśarmmacakravarttiem-e-vi-elupādhika śrīyukta mohinīmohana lāhir̤i devaśarmmavi-e-vi-elupādhika śrīyukta vanamāli devaśarmma majumadāraem-e-vi-elupādhika śrīyukta tārakanātha maitra-devaśarmmaharipura bhūmyadhikāri śrīyuktābhayācaraṇa maitra-devaśarmmavi-e-vi-elupādhika śrīyuktāmūlyacaraṇa vandyopādhyāya-devaśarmmaem-e-vi-elupādhika śrīyukta raṇajiccandra lāhir̤i-devaśarmmakaliqātā-mahāmānya-hāikorṭa-vyavahāropajīvi-pāvanāvāsivi-e-vi-elupādhika śrīyukta vinayakumāra varmma rāyavi-e-vi-elupādhika śrīyukta prabodhacandra lāhir̤i-devaśarmmaprabhṛtīnāṃ vidyotsāhi-mahātmanāṃ prayatnāt sampādaka śrīyukta mahimacandra-devaśarmma-majumadāra-mahātmanā-pāvanānnadā-govinda pavaliqa lāibrerīgṛhe sabhā samāhvatābhūt | \] vaktṛtākārakāsya (1) sabhāpatyuḥ pāvanā-miunisipāniṭī-pūrvva-sabhāpatyuśca kaliqātā-mahāmānya-hāikorṭa-vyavahāropajīvinaḥ pāvanāvāsino vi-e-vi-elupādhikasya śrīgirīśacandra rāyasya (2) ‘marttèya pārijāta’nāma-vaṅgākhyāyikākārasya śrīśvaracandra devaśarmma bhaumikasya (3) pāvanā-ḍisṭrikṭ-borḍḍa sahakārisabhāpatyuḥ pūrvvādhyāpakasya em-e-bi-ellupādhikasya śrīdurgākānta devaśarmma-cakravarttinaḥ (4) sahakārisampādakasya bi-e-bi-ellupādhikasya śrījagadīśa candra rāyasya (5) pāvanānnadāgovinda-pablika-lāibrerī-sampādakasyottarapām̐r̤ā-kalejapūrvvādhyāpakasya em-e-bi-ellupādhikasya śrīsītānātha deva śarmmādhikāriṇaḥ (6) pāvanā miunisipāriṭī-pūrvva-sabhāpatyurbbi-e-bi-ellupādhikasya śrīvaradāprasāda vasoḥ 4 | prāptāpūrvaṃ sukāvyante prīto'smi gītabhāratam tathā matvā mahāyatnaṃ saṃskṛtādhyāyane tava ### [34.2-6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.duta.gauda.meghadautya.34.2-6) jñātvā tvayā kirīṭāni labdhānīha navāni ca suyogyopādhirūpāṇi supaṇḍita-karāditi ### [34.1-9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.duta.gauda.meghadautya.34.1-9) māghādi-vividha-kavigaṇaviracita-saṃskṛta-kāvyānuvādakasya granthakāra-sahādhyāyinaḥ pūrvva-ḍepuṭimājisṭreṭpadārūr̤hasya caṭṭagrāmapheṇarī-ṭāṅga-laj-nivāsinaḥ em-e-bi-ellupādhikasya śrīnavīnacandra dāsa kaviguṇākarasya abhimatāvalo 5 | asādhāraṇaḥ kavirasi tvam 6 | atyutkṛṣṭaṃ kāvyamasti te 7 | kṛto tvamasi niścitam | niḥsaṃśayaṃ atyāścaryyo'sti tavādhyāvasāyaḥ 8| tvadgītabhārataṃ kāvyaṃ yatnena paṭhitaṃ mayā naipuṇyeḥ padalālityaiḥ pūrṇaṃ madhumayaṃ hi tat ### [34.2-7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.duta.gauda.meghadautya.34.2-7) asi tvaṃ dhanyavādārhau guṇagrāhi satāṃ sadā bhūyātte varddhitā śakti bhūyāttaṃ varddhitaṃ yaśaḥ ### [34.1-10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.duta.gauda.meghadautya.34.1-10) baṃgapradeśāntargata-mayamanāsiṃhānīna-hālāliyā-poṣṭālayabhukta hālāliyā—smṛtiśāstravidyālayādhyāpakasya tarkaratnopādhikasya śrīkārttikeya śaṅkara devaśarmmaṇaḥ 6| kavibarajayadevasyānukṛtye sukṛtye tvamasi sukṛtakāvyaḥ kīrttivāṃ svaṃ prakāmam prathamamamṛtadānaṃ te vrataṃ sādhitaṃ yat kavibarajayadevo divyamādhuryyadātā ### [34.1-11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.duta.gauda.meghadautya.34.1-11) kāśīmbrājāra-mahārāja-māhātmyokṛta-vaharamapura kāleja-pūrvvasaṃskṛtādhyāpakasya saṭīka-sāṃkhyadarśana-prakāśakasya vedāntacañcūpādhikasya śrīpūrṇacandra devaśarmmaṇaḥ 10| “śrutvā ca kavitāḥ kāścit granthakartturmukhādaham prabhūtaṃ vismayaṃ prāpa prathamaṃ parabhaṃ dhruvam ### [34.2-8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.duta.gauda.meghadautya.34.2-8) vismayārṇavamagne na smṛtaṃ tatra punaḥ punaḥ kavitvaṃ durlabhaṃ loke śaktistatra sudurlabhā ### [34.3-4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.duta.gauda.meghadautya.34.3-4) avijñātaguṇāpi syāt satkāvye rnamatiḥ parā karṇeṣu madhuno dhārāṃ vamatīti niścitam ### [34.1-12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.duta.gauda.meghadautya.34.1-12) ” pāvanā-darśanavidyālayādhyāpakasya tarkavāgīśa kāvyatīrthopādhikasya śrophaṇibhūṣaṇa devaśarmmaṇaḥ 11| paśyāmi kṣamatānte mat-mātṛbhāṣā-vibhūṣaṇe bhāṣā sā mṛtabhāṣā tu tadanuśīlanaṃ vratam ### [34.2-9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.duta.gauda.meghadautya.34.2-9) dhanyo'si tva masāmānyaṃ kavitvante suvarṇana ślokāḥ sarvve vadantīha marhattvaṃ suguṇantava ### [34.1-13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.duta.gauda.meghadautya.34.1-13) vaṅgapradeśāntargata-variśālajelāstha-kīrttipāsā-poṣṭālayabhukta kīrttipāsā-nivāsinaḥ bhṛtyadhikāriṇaḥ vi-e samupādhikasya śrīyohiṇīkumāra senasya 12| “suvacana racanāyāṃ siddhahasto'si dhīman manukatajayadevaḥ sundarante kavitvam suravaragaṇabhāvaṃ tvaṃ gato bhūsyito'pi tavaguṇagaṇagāne kasya na syāt pravṛttiḥ ||” vaṅgapradeśāntargata-ḍhākājelākhya-royāila-poṣṭālayabhukta-royāila-nivāsinaḥ candrapratāpa-paragaṇādhikāriṇaḥ em-e-samupādhikasya śrīrājendramohana devaśarmmaṇaḥ 13| prāñjala madhurañcāru kāvyante gītabhāratam sarveṣāṃ pāṭhakānāṃ hi subodhyamatisundaram ### [34.2-10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.duta.gauda.meghadautya.34.2-10) mahārājñī-smṛtikhyāti-sūcakaṃ kīrttimandiram kāyastharacitantasmādasmākaṃ gauravapradam ### [34.1-14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.duta.gauda.meghadautya.34.1-14) vaṅgapradeśāntargata-mayamanasiṃhajelākhya-ṭāṅgāila-vibhāgāntargatakāgamāri-poṣṭālayabhukta-ver̤āvucanā-grāmavāsinaḥ tat pustakālayasampādakasthānīyasya śrīyadunāthaguha niyoginaḥ 14| bhāṣāṃ sañjīvanīvidyā-maṇḍitastvaṃ kavirbhuvi samānītaṃ yugaṃ navyaṃ tvayetīha satāṃ matam ### [34.2-11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.duta.gauda.meghadautya.34.2-11) gaur̤asya gauravantvaṃ hi māmūdapuragauravam bhāratasyāpi deśasya gauravantva maśaṃśayam ### [34.3-5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.duta.gauda.meghadautya.34.3-5) divi tuṅgāmanante hi nirddiṣṭamīśvareṇa tat na syānnaṣṭaṃ kadā mahyāṃ tvatkīrtti rgītabhāratam ### [34.4-3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.duta.gauda.meghadautya.34.4-3) mugdhokato'smi kāvyena tvadgītabhāratena hi mugdhīkṛtā stathānyeca yebhyo vitaritaṃ hi tat ### [34.4-3.p1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.duta.gauda.meghadautya.34.4-3.p1) vi-e-samupādhika-pābanājilāntargata-dāśīnagara-nivāsinaḥ śrīyadunāthaghoṣasya nimnalikhita paṇḍitamaṇḍalī granthakārāya bhūripraśaṃsāsūcikāḥ patrikāśca dadau 15 | vaṅgapradeśāntargata-mūlājor̤a-saṃskṛta-kālejādhyāpakasya tarkaratnopādhikasya śrīharīśacandra devaśarmmaṇaḥ 16 | vaṅgapradeśāntargata-mayamanasiṃhajelāstha-pākuṭiyā-poṣṭālayabhukta-mānar̤ā-grāma-nivāsinaḥ śrīkaruṇākānta śāstri-devaśarmmaṇaḥ 17 | ukta-mānar̤ā-grāma-nivāsinaḥ tarkaratnopādhikasya śrīyuktābhayacaraṇa devaśarmmaṇaḥ 18 | vaṅgapradeśāntargata-mayamanasiṃhajelāstha-hālāliyā-saṃskṛtavidyālayādhyāpakasya vidyāratnopādhikasya śrīgurudāsadevaśarmmaṇaḥ 19 | vaṅgapradeśāntargata-mayamanasiṃhajelāstha-pātharāila-poṣṭālayabhukta-pātharāila-nivāsinaḥ smṛtiratnopādhikasya śrījagaccandra devaśarmmaṇaḥ 20| vaṅgapradeśāntargata-mayamanasiṃhajelāstha kām̐ṭhāliyā poṣṭālayabhukta-kām̐ṭhāliyā-nivāsinaḥ sāṃkhyatīrthopādhikasya śrīkedāranātha devaśarmaṇaḥ 21| vaṅgapradeśāntargata-ḍhākājelāstha-rauhā-poṣṭālayabhukta rauhā grāma-nivāsinaḥ smṛtiratnopādhikasya śrītārānātha devaśarmaṇaḥ 22| vaṅgapradeśāntargata-variśālajelāstha-ruṇasī-poṣṭālayabhukta ruṇasī-pūrṇacandra-saṃskṛta-vidyālayādhyāyinaḥ kāvyatīrthopādhikasya śrīśaraccandra devaśarmma prabhṛtīnāṃ vahu vahupaṇḍitānām --- Source: 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