[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) › 9 # Meghadautya 9 Meghadautya 9 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [9.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.duta.gauda.meghadautya.9.1) kṛtvā vāmat-pratikṛti maho mṛttikā-vāri-darbhaiḥ saṃsthāpyātho śirasi mukuṭaṃ bālakundānuviddham viśrambhokti priyasukhasudhā-pāyi-karṇe śirīṣaṃ muktā mañju srajamiva gale mālatī-puṣpamālām ||16 ### [9.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.duta.gauda.meghadautya.9.17) haste ramyaṃ tvadupagamajaṃ praur̤hanīpaṃ sudṛṣyaṃ hasta-prānte kamala-valayaṃ mādhavo-kaṅkanañca śubhrotkṛṣṭrāṃ rucira-rasanāṃ kesarānāṃ kaṭaupu tūrṇa cūrṇaṃ nayati sakalaṃ sambhramāliṅganaina ||16|2||kulakam jīvānāṃ syādiha hi jagati śreṣṭha gaṇyo hi marttyaḥ martyānāṃ syājjita-yamabhayaḥ śreṣṭhagaṇyo hi vīraḥ vīrāṇāṃ syā dama2-mahaśaḥ śreṣṭhagaṇyohi sādhuḥ sādhūnāṃ syāt tribhuvanajayī śreṣṭhagaṇyo hi premī --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.duta.gauda.meghadautya.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.duta.gauda.meghadautya.9) · Pramāṇa