[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) › 8 # Meghadautya 8 Meghadautya 8 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [8.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.duta.gauda.meghadautya.8.1) nāhaṃ yāce kimapi bhuvane kevalaṃ tatpadāsyaṃ yāce draṣṭuṃ jalada niyataṃ kevalaṃ tat tadāsyam nāhaṃ yāce dhanapadamadaṃ nāsti kāryaṃ tato me yāce draṣṭuṃ tadahaha mukhaṃ kevalaṃ prītipūrṇam || 11 ### [8.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.duta.gauda.meghadautya.8.2) dadyādarthaṃ kanakamihacet hīrakādyañca ratnaṃ āryyasthānaṃ tridaśanṛṣitaṃ mebhavān bhārataṃ vā nāhaṃ yāce ghana tadakhilaṃ nāsti kāryyaṃ tatome yāce draṣṭuṃ tadahaha mukhaṃ kevalaṃ prītipūrṇam ||11 ### [8.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.duta.gauda.meghadautya.8.3) dadyāccandraṃ kanakakaraṭaṃ candrakāntaṃ mahārghaṃ nakṣatraṃ vā priyamaṇinnibhaṃ me bhavānāśu dadyāt nāhaṃ yāce ghanatadakhilaṃ nāsti kāryyaṃ tatome yāce draṣṭuṃ tadahaha mukhaṃ kevalaṃ protipūrṇa m ||11 ### [8.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.duta.gauda.meghadautya.8.4) dadyānmānaṃ tribhuvanadhanaṃ jñānaratnākaratvaṃ hastyaśvaṃ vā surapatijayaṃ me bhavān kiṅkarādyam nāhaṃ yāce ghana tadakhilaṃ nāsti kāryyaṃ tatome yāce draṣṭuṃ tadahaha mukhaṃ kevalaṃ protipūrṇa m ||11 ### [8.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.duta.gauda.meghadautya.8.5) sāmrājyaṃ vā vipulavibhavaṃ rājarājasya dadyāt svargaṃvātaṃ sukṛtiphalajaṃ me bhavān medinīṃ vā dadyānmahyaṃ nahitadakhilaṃ megha yāce na yāce yāce draṣṭuṃ tadahaha mukhaṃ kevalaṃ prītipūrṇam ||11 ### [8.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.duta.gauda.meghadautya.8.6) matsarvvasvaṃ sa patiriha me svarṇaraupyañca ratnaṃ sāmrājyaṃ me sa hi pativaro rājarājasya ramyam sākṣātsvargo jagati sahi me bhārataṃ me dharitrī yāce draṣṭuṃ niyatamiha taṃ kiñcidanya na yāce ||11 ### [8.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.duta.gauda.meghadautya.8.12) ṣaḍbhiḥ kulakam ramyaścandro yadi ghana sa vā cāsmi tāvaccakorī sāndro megho yadi ghana sa vā cātakī cāsmi tāvat devaḥ sūryyo yadi ghana savā padminī cāsmi dīnā nasyāṃ sācet kathamaha mano dhāvatītthaṃ tadartham ### [8.131](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.duta.gauda.meghadautya.8.131) taddhyānasthā tadanusaraṇā tadgata prāṇasārā paśyāmīva praṇayamathitaṃ taṃ patiṃ divya dṛṣṭyā hṛtprekṣitsyāt praṇayihṛdayaṃ dūra saṃsthasya sāci syāllokānāṃ ihahi kimaho śaktibījañca guhyam ### [8.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.duta.gauda.meghadautya.8.14) pratyakṣaṃ taṃ hṛdayaramanaṃ megha dedīpyamānaṃ gāḍhodvegaṃ dharaṇiśayanaṃ sāśrunetraṃ vinidram paśyāmīva praṇaya-mathitaṃ matpatiṃ matprapūjyaṃ hantāhomi viraha-dahanāt nūnametaddasā hā ||12|2||yugmakam ālekhyaṃ vā likhati ghana sa prastare prastare me nāhaṃ dagdhā viraha-dahane yāsmi pāṣāṇacittā patre patre likhati sa ca mannāma vā pādapānāṃ patrantad vā dharati hṛdaye tāpanāśāya tasya ### [8.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.duta.gauda.meghadautya.8.15) ārdrīkurvan nayana-malilaiḥ pāṭalānāṃ dalāni stokaṃ mitran kuravaka-javā-yūthikā-jālakāni grathnanū mālāṃ vanajakusumai ścābhirāmaiḥ sa kāntaḥ dīrghekhāsaiḥ smarati kavarīṃ me 'dhunā veṇibaddām --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.duta.gauda.meghadautya.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.duta.gauda.meghadautya.8) · Pramāṇa