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[4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.duta.gauda.meghadautya.4) — 5 parts - [5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.duta.gauda.meghadautya.5) — 2 parts - [6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.duta.gauda.meghadautya.6) — 5 parts - [7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.duta.gauda.meghadautya.7) — 10 parts - [8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.duta.gauda.meghadautya.8) — 10 parts - [9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.duta.gauda.meghadautya.9) — 2 parts - [10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.duta.gauda.meghadautya.10) — 5 parts - [11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.duta.gauda.meghadautya.11) — 5 parts - [12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.duta.gauda.meghadautya.12) — 7 parts - [13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.duta.gauda.meghadautya.13) — 3 parts - [14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.duta.gauda.meghadautya.14) — 15 parts - [15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.duta.gauda.meghadautya.15) — 3 parts - 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labdhā vidyā janahitakarī sā vicitrā kacena labhyā vidyā nahi kimaparai rvvarṇitā kālidāsāt tsatsaṅkalpai rmmanana-nirataiḥ saṃskṛtojjīvanāya ### [4.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.duta.gauda.meghadautya.4.4) dīptaṃ samyak mama hi hṛdayaṃ meghavidyunmayūkhaiḥ satkāvyotkaṃ mama calamanaḥ paṇḍitotsāhadānāt magno'hantat hṛdayamanasā meghadūtasya dautye kṣantavyo'haṃ munisamajanaiḥ kovidaiḥ kṣāntiśīlaiḥ ### [4.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.duta.gauda.meghadautya.4.5) kālo'sīmaḥ kṣitiratiśayā vistarāḥ saṃskṛtajñāḥ kāvyāmodāḥ kavigaṇaguṇa-grāhiṇo no na cālpāḥ āśāsmākaṃ bhavati vipulā svīya doṣakṣamāye kūrpotkṣiptaṃ guṇagaṇaguṇa-grāhi-śaktyāsti pātram ### [4.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.duta.gauda.meghadautya.4.6) ma mau mā ma ma mā mau ma mau ma mā mā mā mā ma mau mā mā mā ma ma mā mā mā ma mā ma ma ma ma mā ma ### [5.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.duta.gauda.meghadautya.5.2) māra māra māra māra māra māra māra mā māra māra māra māra māra māra māra mā māra māra māra māra māra māra māra mā māra māra māra māra māra māra māra mā ### [5.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.duta.gauda.meghadautya.5.8) mā mā mā mā mā mā mā mā mā mā mā mā mā mā mā mā mā mā mā mā mā mā mā mā mā mā mā mā mā mā mā mā ### [5.8.p1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.duta.gauda.meghadautya.5.8.p1) iti mahākavi-kālidāsānugāmikāvyabhūṣaṇa-kavipañcānana-vidyāratna vidyāratnākaramāmudapura-kohinūra-bhārataratnopādhikaśrītrailokyamohana-guha-niyogi-kavikirīṭibi-e-bi el-viracite meghadūta-pariśiṣṭemeghadautyākhye kāvye maṅgalācaraṇāṣṭakam meghadautyam ### [5.8.p2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.duta.gauda.meghadautya.5.8.p2) \[ meghadūta-pariśiṣṭam | \] ### [6.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.duta.gauda.meghadautya.6.1) pūrva meghaḥ saudāminyā saha samudite dakṣiṇasyā diśo'tha prauḍhāṣār̤he pracura-phalade māndrameghe manojñe premonmattā virahavidhurā rāja-rājālakāyāṃ yakṣasyastrī svapatikuśalaṃ sāgrahantaṃ yayāce ### [6.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.duta.gauda.meghadautya.6.2) dautyārhaḥkka svasadṛśajano bāṣpa-puñjaḥ kva meghaḥ autsukyādi tyaparigaṇanaṃ guhyakī sā cakāra pātrāpātre ṣvaviditaphalā śvetanācetaneṣu premonmattāḥ praṇayaviṣaye jñānaśūnyā bhavanti ### [6.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.duta.gauda.meghadautya.6.3) bho bho megha tvamatha vada kiṃ jīvito jīviteśaḥ prāpte mitra tvayi kimavadat bhāṣitaṃ śrotrapeyam kaccitklāntaḥ smarati vidhurāṃ śaṅkitāṃ tasya dāsīṃ kaccinnidrā bhavati sukhadā dīghe rātrī priyasya ### [6.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.duta.gauda.meghadautya.6.4) ehyāhyetvaṃ sukhamupavisā mugrahaṃ bhūrikṛtvā krīr̤āśaile kanakakadalī-maṇḍalī-prekṣaṇīye arghyantāvat vinaya-vihitaṃ tvaṃ gṛhāṇādhyayogyaṃ āmlāttvaṃ jalada kathaya prāṇanāthasya vārttām ### [6.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.duta.gauda.meghadautya.6.5) nistabdhastvaṃ vadasi vacanaṃ nāpikiñcit kimarthaṃ lakṣyānāhaṃ kimiha ghana te khodgṛhītālakāntā tuṅgasthastvaṃ vinayavacanaṃ kinnakarṇaiḥ śṛṇoṣi sandehaḥ kiṃ mayi ghana suhṛt-preyasītve tavāsti ### [7.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.duta.gauda.meghadautya.7.1) svābhijñānaṃ śṛṇu jaladhara svāmino me vadāmi tatśrutvāte hṛdayanihito dvaidhabhāvodya nasyāt divyākāro ruciravadano nātidīrgho na kharvvaḥ kambugrīvo jvaladavayavo nāti puṣṭo na śīrṇaḥ || 6 ### [7.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.duta.gauda.meghadautya.7.2) vīrādarśī nirupamavalāviṣṭa-sarvāṅgabhāgaḥ dugdhānakta praṇayamilana-prītidot-kṛṣṭavarṇaḥ svārthatyāge ssmitavadano mannricintāgragāmī nirbhīkoyo janahitarata: kovido mitramūrttiḥ || 6 ### [7.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.duta.gauda.meghadautya.7.3) durbhāgyo yaḥ sukṛti-nirato rājarājābhiśaptaḥ premodbhrāntaḥ kanaka-valaya-bhraṃśarikta-prakoṣṭhaḥ atyudvigno vasati ghana yo rāmagiryyāśrameṣu yaṃ dṛṣṭvā tvaṃ saphala-nayano'bhūrddayāsikta-cittaḥ || 6 ### [7.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.duta.gauda.meghadautya.7.4) taṃ jānīthā madhura-vacanaṃ jīvitasyeśvaraṃ me sarvvasvaṃ me nikhila bhuvane lakṣyamekaṃ samūccam saudāminyā nayana-sukhadaṃ tvāmiva prekṣaṇīyaṃ vallyaivāvā drumamiva navaścāru-lāvaṇyayuktam || 6 ### [7.1-2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.duta.gauda.meghadautya.7.1-2) kulakam mādhuryyaṃ vā kimaṅga lalitaṃ pṛṣyatīndosta dāsyaṃ udvegābdhiṃ janayati manaḥ sāgare tatsmṛtirme āsyaṃ tasya sphuṭavidhumiva tyajyamālinya-hīnaṃ dṛṣṭvā hṛṣṭā ghana pulakitā vāsmi tāvaccakorī || 7 ### [7.2-2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.duta.gauda.meghadautya.7.2-2) śobhaiśvaryyaṃ kiṃ mahaha hatat tasya cāsye niviṣṭaṃ tasyāsyantat nirupamajagat-sāra-rūpaṃ hi bhāti vyākhyātītaṃ kimahaha hatat dravyamutkṛṣṭamiṣṭaṃ dṛṣṭastasmin sphuṭa iva sadā ceśahastaḥ praśastaḥ||7 ### [7.1-3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.duta.gauda.meghadautya.7.1-3) yugmakam lāvaṇyābdhi-sthitamivamahā-durlabhañcāru ratnaṃ marmmāntrinna-praṇayasurasodbhūta-vallīśa-puṣpam tāruṇyotsa-svalita-salila-snāta-kalpadruśasyaṃ hāsyaiśvaryya-smara-sulalita-ślāghya-sammohanāstram ||8 ### [7.82](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.duta.gauda.meghadautya.7.82) saṅghātañcāmṛtamivajanā syasya cārūpamānaṃ saundaryyaṃ vā nayana-subhagaṃ sarvvavastūhratantat śauryyaṃ vā tat sadaya-vidhinā megha puñjīkṛtaṃ nu tasyāsyaṃ me hṛdayannikhitaṃ tattvayāpīkṣitañca ### [7.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.duta.gauda.meghadautya.7.6) kulakam netrantasya stimitaruciraṃ dīrghamākākapattaṃ ramyantasya smarakṛta-gṛhaṃ supraśastaṃ lalāṭam atyutkṛṣṭo ghana tadadharaḥ pāṭalābhaḥ kapolaḥ tasyevāsyaṃ jaladharapate sarvveyātattadāsyam ### [7.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.duta.gauda.meghadautya.7.10) ākāraṃ mat-praṇayihṛdayaṃ yācate yatprakāraṃ ākārāṃhā krimiha vidhinā tatprakāro hi sṛṣṭaḥ draṣṭuṃ kiñcit na mama nayanaṃ yācate tadvihīnaṃ premāsmin kiṃ vasati madhuraṃ sāśrunetre vicitram ### [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 ### [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 ### [10.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.duta.gauda.meghadautya.10.1) dṛṣṭaśīndu-grahagaṇa-nabhastārakā-sṛṣṭimadhye dravyaṃ kiṃ syāt jaladharapate prematulyaṃ vicitram hṛnniryāso hṛdamṛtamaho premahṛccumbako vā marmmasthaṃ vā hṛdaya-hṛdayaṃ harṣa-saṃvarṣukaṃ vā ||18 ### [10.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.duta.gauda.meghadautya.10.18) premākarṣai rbhajati tapanaḥ sagrahāṃ medinīṃ hi premākarṣai rbhajati hi śaśī tārakāstā vicitrāḥ premṇānuntaṃ khalu laghuranummaidha cākarṣatīha premnā viśvaṃ calati vipulaṃ brahmahi premarūpam ### [10.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.duta.gauda.meghadautya.10.3) (2 aṅgulyagre heririva kaviḥ premaśakti-prabhāvāt dharttuṃ śakto viyati ca jana-pāṇa-govarddhanādrim ātmāndadhvāntaṃ parahitaparaṃ prema taddharma-mūlaṃ jīvānāntat hṛdayanihitaṃ yācataṃ prema devaḥ || 18 ### [10.181](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.duta.gauda.meghadautya.10.181) svārthotsargāt janayati sadā prema tāvat janaikyaṃ jātīyatvaṃ balamiha sukhaṃ sarvvamekyāddhi siddham brahma premnā bhavati vijitaṃ rañcitaṃ cittamadhye vyākhyātītā surama ghaṭinā brahmalīlā vicitrā ||18.4 kalāpakam strīṇāṃ ślāghyo bhavati hi pati brahmaṇaḥ svāvatāraḥ pṛthvī śaśvat bhavati dhana tat prema-śikṣālayo hi bhāryā patyurbhavati dhana tat premalīlā-sthalī sā premnā hīnaṃ hṛdayamaruvat sajjanānāmapīha ### [10.182](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.duta.gauda.meghadautya.10.182) premnā svāmī na mama giriśo lāñchitaḥ kiṃ mahātmā premānandaṃ tvamiha labhase kinnavidyutpramaṅgāt tāpaṃ tṛpaṃ tvamiva jalada prema datte prakṛṣṭaṃ tanmāhātmyaṃ jalada vada kiṃ kairaho varṇanīyama ### [11.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.duta.gauda.meghadautya.11.1) yugmakam sarve premārjjana-vidhivaśāt sārthakā bhāgyavantaḥ sarve premācaraṇa-sukṛtaiḥ svarga saṃlābha-yogyāḥ premānanda-prabhava-vibhavā premapūrṇā dharitrī premotkṛṣṭā vipulabhuvane ātmano janmabhūmiḥ ||20 ### [11.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.duta.gauda.meghadautya.11.2) śasya yasyāḥ salilasuphale jīvanaṃ jīvatīha yasyāḥ kror̤e vasati jananī nandinī bandhuvargaḥ dhūlī yasyāḥ pitṛjanagaṇa-tyakta-dehānumiśrā mātevasyāt dhana gurutamā māmano janmabhūmiḥ ||20 ### [11.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.duta.gauda.meghadautya.11.3) evambhūtāṃ bhuvi mṛtamanāḥ ko'pijīvatyahokiṃ yonapremnā smaratinu kadā janmabhūmiṃ svakīyām pṛthvīkendraṃ prati khalu na kiṃ cumbako dhāvatīha pṛthvī-madhyaṃ prati bhuvi navā dhāvati ki t padārthaḥ ||20 ### [11.204](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.duta.gauda.meghadautya.11.204) svīyāmbārthaṃ svajana-hitakṛt janmabhūmyarccanārthaṃ syāt kiṃ gopyaṃ kimapi bhuvi syāddeyaṃ svakīyam premnā rājyaṃ dhanamagaṇanaṃ naśvaraṃ jīvanañca deyaṃ sarvvaṃ ghana tadakhilaṃ hyāmṛtvaṃ hi labhyam ### [11.21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.duta.gauda.meghadautya.11.21) kalāpakam dhanyo gaṇyaḥ sa iha bhuvane yaḥ svadeśānurāgī svārthatyāga-vrata-dṛḍhamanā daiva bhāvānvito yaḥ yo lokānāṃ tridiva-samahṛt mandiraṃ pūjito'sti tyaktā divyāmṛta miha sudhī yat kathāṃśaṃ piveddhi ### [12.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.duta.gauda.meghadautya.12.1) svāmo deśārcana-vidhivaśāt megha nirvvāsito me svārthadhvaṃśāśaya-gaṇanayā bhrātṛ kuveśa viraktaḥ āsīt sadyaḥ sa ca mama pati stat-kudeśābhiguptaḥ deśacyuta stadapi na pati bhraiṣṭa-dharmo vabhūva ||22 ### [12.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.duta.gauda.meghadautya.12.2) mīnā hīnā stadapi niyataṃ svīyadhammānurodhāt tīvrasrotaḥ pratimukha matho yānti bādhā matotya gantuṃ bādhāpratimukha matho kā kathā dhīmatāṃ hi dharmma bādhā bhavati vikalā sarvvadeśe sadaiva || 22 ### [12.1-2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.duta.gauda.meghadautya.12.1-2) yugmakam dharmmārthaṃ vā vratadṛr̤hamanā deśa-saṃrakṣaṇārthaṃ vīraḥ prāṇān tyajati bhuvane tyajya-niṣṭhovanaṃ vā yo nirbhīkaḥ sa iha labhate cāśu mṛtyuñjayatvaṃ bhītyā mṛtyuṃ bhajati bahudhā duṣkṛtācārabhīruḥ || 23 ### [12.2-2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.duta.gauda.meghadautya.12.2-2) bhītinsyāt dhana kimaparā cittavṛtti rjaghanyā bhītiḥ pāpāśaya sahacarī kāvyabādhāpiśācī mābhetavyaṃ kimapi bhuvane kevalaṃ brahma bheyaṃ bhītirbhītā bhavati hi bhayāt yasya viśvābhayasya ||23 ### [12.1-3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.duta.gauda.meghadautya.12.1-3) yugmakam phutkārairdhvā dharati sa balaṃ kaṣṭaśailaṃ hi hattuṃ karttuṃ stabdhān sa viṣama ripūn tarjjanī-tār̤anairdhvā bhrūkṣepairdhvā hṛdaya mavaśañcātra sarvvasya jetuṃ hā mat svāmī satu paravaśa syātma-vibhrānta-cittaḥ ||24 ### [12.2-3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.duta.gauda.meghadautya.12.2-3) ātmāyattaṃ sukhamiha bhave sarvvadā cāsti sarvvaṃ duḥkhaṃ marvvaṃ khalu paravaśaṃ saṃśayo nātra kaścit hīnatvaṃ vā varamihabhave sarvvathā prārthanīyaṃ anyādhīnaṃ tadapi ca kadā svargasiṃhāsanaṃ na ||24 ### [12.25](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.duta.gauda.meghadautya.12.25) yugmakam siddhaṃ kāryyaṃ janahitakaraṃ nātha-nirvāsanaṃna pūjārūpe dhaṃna pariṇato rājarājābhiśāpaḥ geyañcāryyaḥ kavivaragaṇai stasya divyañcaritvaṃ mṛtyudvāra-prahita-vacanaiḥ saṃskṛte daivavākyeḥ ### [13.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.duta.gauda.meghadautya.13.1) premāmūlyaṃ yadatha maraṇāt nāñcanaṣṭaṃ bhaveddhi naṣṭaṃ syāt kiṃ prakṛta miha he svāminirvāsanāttat dūratvanna priyatamapate nātha bhītipradaṃ me ślāghyaṃ deśonnati-viṣayakaṃ nātha nirvāsanantat ||26 ### [13.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.duta.gauda.meghadautya.13.2) kaṣṭāśaṅkā dalati hṛdayaṃ prāyaśaḥ prāṇināntu jāte kaṣṭe tadiha viṣamaṃ sarvvathā sarvvasahyam bhīmākāra svapnamiva patitaḥ parvvato'thya laghuḥsyāt tat paśyāhaṃ svapativirahe hanta jīvāmi bālā ||26 ### [13.27](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.duta.gauda.meghadautya.13.27) yugmakam matsāddaśyaṃ lalitalatikā-śliṣṭa-vṛkṣa-prarohe svabhrāntyā vā cakita-nayanaḥ paśyatīṣat pradoṣe nidrāyāṃ vā cakita-hṛdayaḥ svapnayogena rātrau matpratyakṣaṃ saca mama pati svalpakālaṃ karoti ### [14.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.duta.gauda.meghadautya.14.1) utkṣiṣyāya stimita-nayanaṃ śārikāṃ pādapasthāṃ pṛcchatyārāt praṇaya-viṣayaṃ kāvya-yogyaṃ sa kāntaḥ gāṇaṃ gāya tvamiti vadati kliṣṭacittaḥ patirme sthānañcaitat nibhṛtagahanaṃ nṛtyagītādi-yogyam ||28 ### [14.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.duta.gauda.meghadautya.14.2) utkṛṣṭaṃ kiṃ na bahu viṣayeḥ kānanantannagaryyāḥ nāstyasmintat jana-kuṭilatā nāsti kolāhalo'pi uccairgeyaḥ sa vibhumahimā cātra tāra-svarena puñjārakhye sumati-damano nindako nāsti kaścit ||28 ### [14.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.duta.gauda.meghadautya.14.3) ete vṛkṣāḥ parahita-parāḥ pādapā muktahastāḥ dhṛtvārtāpaṃ śirasi vipamaṃ kinna kurvvanti śaśvat chāyā-dānaṃ phalavitaraṇaṃ maunino vairiṇo'pi yogābhyāsaṃ sukṛti-janakaṃ niścalāḥ kinna niṣṭhāḥ ||28 ### [14.28](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.duta.gauda.meghadautya.14.28) viśeṣakam saudhotsaṅge dhanapatipure śikṣitāsi prayatnai stannāmatvaṃ śravaṇa-madhuraṃ śrāvayāsminvanānte tadbhaṅgādyaṃ tadanukaraṇaṃ tanniṣedhaṃ taduktiṃ jānābhitvaṃ madabhilaṣitaṃ kiṃ na pūrṇaṃ karoṣi ### [14.30](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.duta.gauda.meghadautya.14.30) nāhaṃ sati tvamiti sukateḥ śārṅgikaṃ māṃ vaditvā kasmin yāsi praṇaya-rasikaṃ vṛttagāśvāntarājantau hā bhrānto'haṃ vada tadadhunā kiṃ karomi kva yāmi ityuktā vā bha hi mama pati naiva tasthau yayau na ### [14.31](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.duta.gauda.meghadautya.14.31) udvignaḥ man yadi vana-nadītīramuddiśya yāti tadutkaṇṭhāṃ sa ca patibaraḥ spaṣṭarūpena dṛṣṭvā aśru tyaktā vadati ghana vā hā vidhātaḥ hato'smi nirjīveṣā tadapi calati svīya kāntasya pāśrvaṃ ### [14.32](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.duta.gauda.meghadautya.14.32) kāntāvasthāṃ viraha-viṣamāṃ naiva jānāmi kiñcit sotkaṇṭhāpi praṇaya-vibhavā sā na vāñchānuvṛttiḥ āgantu mā nahi balavatī rājarājābhiśāpāt manye sā vā sṛjati taṭinīṃ svāśrupāta prayāgaiḥ ### [14.33](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.duta.gauda.meghadautya.14.33) śrotuṃ vāñchā vada vana-nadi tvaṃ śubhe mā nadī kiṃ paśyāmitvaṃ vahasi hṛdaye dona-mūrtti madīyām sācet kutra pracalasi śubhe tiṣṭha duḥkhārṇavo'haṃ durbhāgyo'haṃ sa vana-bhavano rājarājābhiśaptaḥ ### [14.34](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.duta.gauda.meghadautya.14.34) dṛṣṭvā pārśvaṃ girivananadī-tīra-vānīrakuñjaṃ sabhrūkṣepaṃ vadati sa tu vā hā vidhātaḥ kimartham ghorāraṇye praṇayimithuna-prārthaṇīyaṃ nikuñjaṃ kuryyāt kovā saha lalanayā cātra viśrambha-bhāṣam ### [14.35](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.duta.gauda.meghadautya.14.35) dattaṃ kuñjaṃ yadiha gahane deva tat dehi kāntāṃ sṛṣṭaṃ sthānaṃ yadiha nibhṛta hvānayāsmint me tām nāhaṃ yāce kimapi bhuvane cāparaṃ prārthanīyaṃ yāce tāṃ yā bhavati bhuvane stottamāṅgāṅginī me ### [14.36](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.duta.gauda.meghadautya.14.36) dīrghī kurvan viraha-divasān sūryyadevaḥ pracaṇḍaḥ manye nāthaṃ dahati khalu me jīvanaṃ jīvanasya prātaḥ padmaṃ ravikaradhṛtañcāhṛtaṃ kiṃ madarthaṃ tasmāttasmin kimu dinakaro yātyanalpāmyasūyām ### [14.37](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.duta.gauda.meghadautya.14.37) manye vātyā prakhara-tapanā sahasra-raśmi-prataptā sevāvyāje īhati nitarāṃ taṃ ghana prekṣya dīnam yāsti prāṇāḥ kathamaha hi sā kleśadātrī prahartrī karmmāyattaṃ jagati sakalaṃ karmma mahadrāmalaṅghyam ### [14.38](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.duta.gauda.meghadautya.14.38) ākailāsāt kuvalaya-dalāmoda-melī kaṣāyaḥ hemo vātaḥ pariṇamayitā kānanoḍumbarāṇām āsiñcorvī jalakaṇa-vahaścandanāmodapūrṇaḥ śīto vāto vrajatu haratu glāni maṅgasya patyuḥ ### [14.36-2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.duta.gauda.meghadautya.14.36-2) vṛkṣacchāyā-vṛta-vana-nadī-nīra-keli-prahṛṣṭahaṃsaśreṇī-vicaraṇa-calat-pakṣa-saṃgharṣajātaḥ snigdho vāto vanaja-kusuma-stoma-saṃsargagandhaḥ kāyamlāniṃ haratu niyataṃ tāpadagdhasya tasya ### [14.40](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.duta.gauda.meghadautya.14.40) hasta-nyasta-pracura-vicalaccāmarā kinnarīva netra-prīti-prada-ramamayotkīrṇa-bhaṅgīsvarūpasāndrottiṣṭhat-ghana-vana-kaṇodvārikā snigdhavātyā sevā karttuṃ bhavatu niratā tāpa-taptasya tasya ### [15.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.duta.gauda.meghadautya.15.1) manye kāntaṃ raghukulavadhū-bhukta-kuñje muhūrtaṃ diksaṃsakta-pravitata-ghana-vyastaśṛṅgātape me prītyārcanti pracura-kusumai rgrīṣmavibhraṃsivṛntaiḥ vṛkṣāṇāṃ vā jaladhara vṛthā vothikā mādhavīnām ||41 ### [15.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.duta.gauda.meghadautya.15.2) puṣpāsāraiḥ snapayati yathā vṛkṣavallayāvalī taṃ aśrusrāvaiḥ snapayati tathā mūladeśān sa tasyāḥ chāyāṃdatte tvamivahi yathā megha tasmai sadā sā ābhāṃ datte vidhuriva tathā svāsyajātāṃ sa tasmai ||41 ### [15.42](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.duta.gauda.meghadautya.15.42) yugmakam prātaḥ padme vadana madharaṃ lohite pakvabimbe lāvaṇyaṃ me śaśini śikhināṃ barhabhāriṣu keśān śyāmāsvaṅgaṃ cakitahariṇī-prekṣaṇe me kaṭākṣaṃ kunde hāsyaṃ daśanamapi me pāṭale me kapolam ### [16.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.duta.gauda.meghadautya.16.2) 1 ākāraṃ me saghana-gagane bhūstare me nitambaṃ madhyaṃ tanvo valitakavare kokile rakta-kaṇṭham haṃse grīvāṃ gatimapi gire śṛṅga-śṛṅge stanaṃ me ācāraṃ me mṛdi mama patiḥ paśyatīṣat vyathātu || 42 ### [16.43](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.duta.gauda.meghadautya.16.43) kulakam sphītīkurvan śrutisukhakaraṃ kūjitaṃ sārasānāṃ haṃsānāṃ vā madakalakhaṃ mānasotkāntarāṇām kāruṇyādroṃ jhara-jhara-khai nirjharo vā khavāvī kāntantaṃ me bhajati viphalaṃ śāntanāyogyaśabdaḥ ### [16.44](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.duta.gauda.meghadautya.16.44) ramyā śyāmā vihagacaturā tāḍyamāneva tantrī saṅgītaṃ vā raṭati viphalaṃ vanyavṛkṣāt kadācit dattvādṛṣṭyā sapadi ghanavā cārunṛtyopahāraṃ vīṇātulyā nadati viphalaṃ śailapṛṣṭhe kapotī ### [16.45](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.duta.gauda.meghadautya.16.45) tanvī śyāmā svapati-racitā pakvabimbādharoṣṭhī sā me ramyā pratikṛtiraho stokanamrā-stanābhyām sambhāraṃ vā praṇayaghaṭitaṃ taptatṛdhṛtkaṭāhe manye datte virahadahanaṃ jāta-duḥkha-prakampyam ### [16.46](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.duta.gauda.meghadautya.16.46) evaṃ daive pratikulagate dainyamidaṃ bhaveddhi sarvvaṃ svīyaṃ bhavati bhuvane vairiṇāmagragaṇyam svīyaṃ kāyaṃ nijakaranakhāḥ pāpya vā ghnanti sadyaḥ svīyāṣṭhaṃ vā sarasarasanāṃ hanta vā ghnanti dantāḥ ### [16.47](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.duta.gauda.meghadautya.16.47) kurvvopāttāṃ vanajakusuma-dyotibhiḥ puṣpavṛkṣaiḥ pūrṇeprāntaṃ stimitacaṭugau-tānajātāmrakuñjaiḥ śyāmāvallī-jar̤itaviṭapi śyāmalopatyakāṅgaḥ yasyastāvat harati nayanaṃ rāmagiryyāśramaḥ saḥ ### [16.48](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.duta.gauda.meghadautya.16.48) ramyātasmin dadhiphala-vaṭa-plakṣamālūravīthī bhuṃkte lakṣmī girivara-gṛhe megha divyābhikhyām bhuṃktenāsmin mama pativaraḥ kiñcidānandaleśaṃ kārāgāraṃ nahi sukhakaraṃ ratnaramyaṃ kadāpi ### [17.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.duta.gauda.meghadautya.17.1) dṛṣṭātasmin cakitahariṇī sāpi suptaṃ kirātaṃ yastivyastā priyamṛgapateḥ kāyakaṇḍūyanāya bāṇakṣepāt bhavati virataḥ svapriyāyāḥ prabuddhaḥ sparśāṃnugbho hariṇamithunaṃ sajyacāpaḥ kirātaḥ ||48 ### [17.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.duta.gauda.meghadautya.17.2) sāndraṃ meghaṃ bhajati capalā tatra gambhīra-ghoṣaiḥ hyāśrākāśaṃ calati viyati drāk balākāvalirvvā śūnyodvegā pulakitaśukaṃ sevate śārikā vā nṛtyārambhaṃ saha sṛjanayā vā mayūraḥ karoti ||48 ### [17.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.duta.gauda.meghadautya.17.3) tasminnadrau pivati madhuvā cāru-puṣpaikapātre sastrīkaḥsan sukhi madhukaraḥ puṣpakuñje'ti guñjan puṣpakṣepai rnavatakavaraṃ sevate vallarī vā tattaddṛṣṭvā dharati tu kathaṃ jīvanañcāryyaputraḥ ||48 ### [17.50](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.duta.gauda.meghadautya.17.50) viśeṣakam udyogī yaḥ sa iha labhate padminīlakṣmalakṣmīṃ utsāhī yaḥ sa iha labhate padminī-saṅgavāṇīm labdhvā bhāryyāṃ sukṛtivibhavāṃ padminīṃ dṛṣṭvāsthitāntat lakṣmīṃ vāṇīṃ sa iha labhate yaḥ kṛtī viṣṇukalpaḥ ### [17.51](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.duta.gauda.meghadautya.17.51) pūjyaṃ rāmaṃ janakatanayā padmamavata siṣeve āsīt rāmaḥ surasamasukho tatra nirvvāsito'pi dūrasthāhaṃ vada ghana kathañcāryya-putrannuseve sthitvā tasmin dharati tu kathaṃ jīvanañcāryyaputraḥ ### [17.52](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.duta.gauda.meghadautya.17.52) guñjan kuñje pivati madhu vā puṣpajaṃ tatra bhṛṅgaḥ prātaḥ sūryya-prakaṭita-javā-rāgaraktābhanetraḥ kelāmotko bhavati gahane kokilastyakta-gītaḥ āścaryyaṃ hā bhavati tu śiro-ghūrṇanaṃ tatra patyuḥ ### [17.53](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.duta.gauda.meghadautya.17.53) kaṣṭaṃ matvā jalada viṣamaṃ tasya nirvvāsitasya pāṣāṇo'pi dravati taṭinī sṛjyate tena tīvrā vajrasyāpi jvalati hṛdayaṃ medinī kampate ca mātraṃ nātra dravati kaṭhinaṃ rājarājasya cittam ### [17.55](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.duta.gauda.meghadautya.17.55) agrāhyāntaṃ paraparuditaṃ ye na jānanti duḥkhaṃ yo rājā sa stavana-vadhiro bhikṣuko hīnaśaktiḥ anye sarvve svasukhanihatāḥ svārthacintātimagnāḥ duḥkhaṃ kovā vada mama haret ko mahātmā kṛpāluḥ ### [17.55-2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.duta.gauda.meghadautya.17.55-2) kliṣṭān dīnān prati bhavati ya stattvadarśī kṛpāluḥ sarvvākāṅkṣāṃ jhaṭiti labhate brahmasrastāṃ kṛpāṃ saḥ hṛddraurbalyaṃ nahi nahi kṛpā yāsti śaktipradātrī kasmānlokā vigata karuṇā ruddhakarṇā bhavanti ### [17.56](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.duta.gauda.meghadautya.17.56) śauryyaṃ divyaṃ vasati hṛdaye tasya nirvvāsitasya saundaryyaṃvā sphurati kimaho hṛdgatāmūlyaśauryyāt krītaṃ dhairyyaṃ kimatha na gire raśruratnesu tena uccaṃ kintat praṇayihṛdayaṃ rāmagiryyākhyamānna ### [17.57](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.duta.gauda.meghadautya.17.57) kharvvīkurvvan acalaśikharān tuṅgaśṛṅge niṣannaḥ kṣudrīkurvvan drumaparikarā nunnatadyānddhadhānānū uttamāśru prapatananavotthānakālāntarāle paśyatyārāt namati tu nabho rāmagiryyāṅghrimaṃsaḥ ### [17.58](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.duta.gauda.meghadautya.17.58) tatsānnidhyaṃ vrajati sahasā vyāghrabhītiḥ kuraṅgaḥ tasyāśvāśā dabhinayati vā vaśyatāntu praśāntām dhīmānverī varamiha bhave sarvvathaiva śaraṇyaḥ bhagḍātmīyo jagati niyataṃ sarvvathā varjjanīyaḥ ### [17.59](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.duta.gauda.meghadautya.17.59) mārjāratvaṃ bhajati ca vṛka stasya dṛṣṭiprabhāvāt tadbhrakṣepān vanapaśuvadhāśaktahastiḥ kirātaḥ śaśvattṛṣṇanto bhavati gahane bāṇanikṣepahastarāḥ smātsāmarthyaṃ niyatasukhadaṃ duḥkhadaṃ durbalatvam ### [17.60](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.duta.gauda.meghadautya.17.60) tasminnadrau bhajati sa vibhuṃ buddhikāyecca vācā buddhiṃ yo naḥ svaya miha dau khoyakāruṇyajātām ekonalakṣyo bhavati bhuvane yo narāṇāṃ varāṇāṃ trailokyasya priyataramaho nāsti cānyat hi yasmāt ### [17.61](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.duta.gauda.meghadautya.17.61) rāmatvaṃ kiṃ bhuvanaviditaṃ nārjjitaṃ tena patyā yadammārthaṃ vasati sa bhṛśaṃ rāmagiryyāśrameṣu yenatyaktāḥ kuśanalavasutā ehi vaidehi vācā devatvantat-karatalagrataṃ yaḥ svadeśānurāgī ### [17.62](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.duta.gauda.meghadautya.17.62) yaḥ paryyaṅke rajataracite snigdhavaidūryya-yukte ramye rātrau taruṇavaṇitaḥ suptapārāvatāyām harṣātphullo vividhaviṣayān protidān megha jalpan cāśete prāk vimalaśayane dugdhapheṇātiśubhre ### [18.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.duta.gauda.meghadautya.18.2) 1 yaḥ prāsāde sphaṭikaracite medurābhraṃlihāgre udyānasthe satatamavamat śakravat hṛṣṭacittaḥ satkāryyārthaṃ vamati sa girervvṛkṣamūle kuṭīre vīrendrānā mahahakimaho lokapūjyañcaritam || 62 ### [18.63](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.duta.gauda.meghadautya.18.63) kulakam yasyāhāryyaṃ pracurasukhadaṃ havyakavyaṃ mahārghyaṃ miṣṭānnaṃ vā paramamadhuraṃ pāyasānnaṃ palānnam dār̤imbaṃ vā sarasapanasaṃ nārikelaṃ rasālaṃ kṣīrakṣāmṛt rucikaraphalaṃ śarkarākṣodapakvam ### [19.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.duta.gauda.meghadautya.19.2) 1 yatpānīya vimalasalilaṃ cārupuṣpāsavovā drākṣāriṣṭaṃ himayutasudhā bhūtapurā somajātā miṣṭāsvādaṃ karakajasamaṃ śarkarāmiśratoyaṃ satkāryyārthaṃ pivati sa jalaṃ cāttimūlaṃ phalaṃ vā ||63 ### [19.64](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.duta.gauda.meghadautya.19.64) kulakam satkāryyārthaṃ tyajati ghana yo vajracittaḥ svaharṣaṃ matsantāpāt dravati sa kṛpā-toyacitto vareṇyaḥ tvadvad vajrāt kaṭhinamiva vā komala megha toyāt durvijñeyaṃ sarasahṛdayaṃ sajjanānāṃ bhaveddhi ### [19.64.p1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.duta.gauda.meghadautya.19.64.p1) meghadautyam ### [19.64.p2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.duta.gauda.meghadautya.19.64.p2) \[ meghadūta-pariśiṣṭam | \] ### [19.65](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.duta.gauda.meghadautya.19.65) uttara meghaḥ vidyudvantaṃ taruṇavanitaḥ sendracāpaṃ sacāpaḥ saṅgītāya prahatamurajaḥ snigdhagambhīraghoṣam antastoyaṃ sarasahṛdaya śṛṅgadṛśyaṃ mahātmā matsvāmītvāṃ tulayitu mala megha taistairviśeṣaiḥ ### [19.66](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.duta.gauda.meghadautya.19.66) prāpyātastvāṃ samaguṇinijaṃ megha me jīviteśaḥ tvāccāvaśyaṃ praṇaya-vacanaṃ śrotrapeyaṃ babhāpe prāpte mitre bhavati sujano muktakaṇṭho dharaṇyāṃ tasmāt hiṃsyāt laghu nijamanaḥ kleśabhāro hi na syāt ### [19.67](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.duta.gauda.meghadautya.19.67) tat sandeśaṃ rahasyakathitaṃ vaktumarhasyathomāṃ durbhāgyāha ntadapi jalada preyaso te hi vandhoḥ kaḥ sandeho mama paricaye yannanodbhrāntakānteḥ pūrvaṃ śaśvat vahuparicitā kāyyaito'hantavāsam ### [19.68](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.duta.gauda.meghadautya.19.68) lājairdadhyā dibhirathayadā mantranāpūrvvamantraiḥ pūrvyantāvat tvayi ghana mayā rādhite sāñjalīha kṣetre kṣetre viṣamanirāsa karpite khantadātu dhīraṃ nīraṃ daditha vimalaṃ tatsamastaṃ smara tvam ### [19.66-2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.duta.gauda.meghadautya.19.66-2) pūrventāvat jalavitaraṇāt vālamandāra-mūle māṃ dṛṣṭvātha śramavigalitāṃ dhenusevāvratācca ambhovṛṣṭyā navataruvarān tān bhavān me siṣeca lakṣmīdevī parigaṇanayā pūpujat mandravādyaiḥ ### [19.70](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.duta.gauda.meghadautya.19.70) nāthādeśā dahamiha yadā divya-gāthāṃ papāṭha jhaṅkāraiste rahasiha purā tāḍyantāntu vīṇām vāṇībuddhyā sthitamihatadā kintvayā nā calatvaṃ śikṣā hi syāt tridasa-sadasā-prāpti-sopānagaṇatrā ### [19.71](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.duta.gauda.meghadautya.19.71) hastepāde vapuṣi śirasi sthāpayitvā sudṛśyān svābhaṅkārān prakharamukharān svāminā sārddhamasmin nṛtyaistālai rahamiha yadā nīnṛtantān mayūrān cittepāyo mayi kila bhavān vidyudunmeṣadṛṣṭim ### [19.72](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.duta.gauda.meghadautya.19.72) pūrvaṃ kānta-prahṛtamuraje meghamallārarāgeḥ madgītaistaiḥ svaracitapadai rgeyagāne bhavān kim snigdhaśrāvya-stanitanivahākāratāla-pradātā harṣāccābhūt khalu vigalito viṣṇuvat śambhugītaiḥ ### [19.73](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.duta.gauda.meghadautya.19.73) krīḍāśaile kisalayacayā laṅkṛte cārukuñje kundādyaistaiḥ surabhikusume rjālakai rmālatīnām sañjātāyāṃ mayi ghanapate vanyadevīnibhāyāṃ stotrai ramyaṃ kimatha na purā rādhitāstu tvayāham ### [19.74](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.duta.gauda.meghadautya.19.74) ramye'smadgo vasanasupaṭe citrite te sucitre gāḍhairnīlai stimira-kiraṇa-prītisaṃyogaramyaiḥ nānāvarṇaiḥ ravikaragate stembhiyā vā bhavān kiṃ taddṛṣṭvā tvat-mukuragagane - naiva harmyaṃ pra viveśa ### [19.75](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.duta.gauda.meghadautya.19.75) klāntaṃ kāntaṃ pratimadhukara-śreṇidīrghānkaṭākṣān sambhrūkṣepān nayanatar̤itu hūtasārān sahāsyan dṛṣṭvā me tān tvamapica purā bhūvvimugdho isitvā jātañcābhūt kimatha nahi taddarśanātvatkavitvam ### [19.76](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.duta.gauda.meghadautya.19.76) saudāminyā matha sakapaṭaṃ megha lukkāyitāyāṃ meghākārā vayavagucira-vyomayāna-prayātām vidyudbhāntyā tvamanusṛtavān māṃ vayasthāṃ sanāthāṃ vidyutkalpā lalitavanitā prekṣaṇīyā hi sarvaiḥ ### [19.77](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.duta.gauda.meghadautya.19.77) aśvārūḍhāṃ prakaṭitakaṭī-lambamānāsibhūṣāṃ valgāhastāṃ svapatisahitāṃ prekṣya māṃ kṣipravegām pūrvaṃ hitvā ruciravadano vīrabhāvānvito'bhū rāvirbhūtaṃ bhavati hi balaṃ śaktisandarśanena ### [19.78](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.duta.gauda.meghadautya.19.78) hastisthāṃ māṃ vitaritabahu-khīyaśilpārjitārthā labdhollāṣāṃ svapatimilitāṃ prāptapuṣpopahārām dṛṣṭvā hṛṣṭa svamapi dadithā mbhaḥpayoda prabhūtaṃ yācyādarśa-grahaṇaviṣaye devavattvaṃ prayāsī ### [19.79](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.duta.gauda.meghadautya.19.79) atyāścaryyaṃ ghana gaganagaṃ meghanirmānayantraṃ buddhyā patyā mama hi guṇinā navyamāviskṛtaṃ yat tasmin yantre kathamapi mayā cālite kiṃ purā na cākṛṣṭaḥ san daditha salilaṃ kānanaṃ prāṅgane naḥ ### [19.80](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.duta.gauda.meghadautya.19.80) miṣṭotkṛṣṭaṃ sarasa-surasaṃ pāyasānnaṃ palānnaṃ pūpaṃ sūpaṃ patraja-phalajaṃ vyañjanaṃ laḍḍukādyam patyustṛptyai jaladhara yadā sarvvathāhaṃ rarandha pūrvvañcābhū rupacitavapuḥ kinna matpākadhūmaiḥ ### [19.81](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.duta.gauda.meghadautya.19.81) tanvīśyāmā śikharidaśanāpakvabimbādharoṣṭhī kṣāmāṅge'haṃ cakita-hariṇī-prekṣaṇānimna-nābhiḥ śroṇībhārā dalamagamanā stokanamrā stanābhyāṃ kaḥ sandeho mama paricaye yā hi nirvvāsitaṅgā ### [19.82](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.duta.gauda.meghadautya.19.82) eṣā dhanyā dhanapatipurī śrīviśālā'lakā hi ratnastūpai vimalakiraṇai divyaśailasthitāyām asyāndṛṣṭe vipaṇi-racite cāruratnākarāste maṃlakṣyante vigatavibhavā stoyamātrāvaśeṣāḥ ### [19.82-2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.duta.gauda.meghadautya.19.82-2) 1 eṣā pūrṇā bṛhadavayave mnaiṃdurābhraṃlihāgraiḥ rasyodyāna-sthitataruvarai rvaijayantī-prayuktaiḥ prasādestai rmaṇimayatalodgītarājādhvabhiśca dīpānlokā narapatipathe saṃkhyevātiriktāḥ ### [19.82-3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.duta.gauda.meghadautya.19.82-3) 2 pūrṇācaiṣā viṣayipuruṣai bhārupām̐gāṅganābhi rvidyuddāma-sphuritacakitā pāṅga-śobhānvitābhiḥ hāsyā śleṣotthatanupulakita-svāmisaṃvādatābhiḥ prekṣāceṣā ghana janagaṇairnaitrasamprotimikṣet ### [19.82-4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.duta.gauda.meghadautya.19.82-4) 3 asyāmanyā vasati vanitā ekaveṇyanvitā kā kā vā cāsyāṃ malinavasanā hīnaratnāvataṃmā kāsyāḥ svāmī sukṛti-caraṇāt rājanirvāsito'syāḥ kasyāḥ saudhaṃ malinavadanaṃ vaijayantīvihīnam ### [19.83](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.duta.gauda.meghadautya.19.83) 4 tvayyāsanne pariṇataphala-śyāmajambūvanāntā̍ nīr̤ārambhai gṛhabalibhujā mākulagrāmacaityām tāñcāpaśyaḥ katipayadina-sthāyihaṃsāṃ daśārṇāṃ śromaṃsevyāṃ prathitavidiśāṃ vetravatyā vidhautām ### [19.83-2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.duta.gauda.meghadautya.19.83-2) 1 vakraḥ panyā yadapi bhavata ścojjayinyāḥ purīntāṃ vidyuddāma-pratimarucire ndīvarākṣī-manojñām siprāsevyāṃ sukavi-kavitā-sthāpitasthāyikīrttiṃ tvañcāpaśyo vipulavibhavāṃ sāndhyajalpa-prasiddhām ### [19.83-3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.duta.gauda.meghadautya.19.83-3) 2 ārāmādri-kṣititalagartaṃ kānanaṃ śailaśṛṅgaṃ nadyastīre dhanijanapade vārida tvañcavābhūḥ gaṇḍasvedāpanayanarujā klāntakarṇotpalānāṃ cchāyādānāt kṣaṇaparicitaḥ puṣpalābīmukhānām ### [19.83-4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.duta.gauda.meghadautya.19.83-4) 3 taccāvaśyaṃ daśapurapurīṃ prekṣya cāhlādito'bhū stvañcāpaśyaḥ sukṛtijanakāṃ cārukelāsa rājyam kutrāpyevaṃ pativirahiṇī hyekaveṇī mapaśyo yasyāḥ kāntaḥ sukṛtacaraṇāt rājanirbāsito'bhūt ### [19.84](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.duta.gauda.meghadautya.19.84) yatrāgāraṃ dhanapatigṛhānuttareṇāsmadīyaṃ āsīllakṣyaṃ surapatidhanuścāruṇā toranena tatrāgāraṃ tavaparicitaṃ vidyate tādṛśantat kaḥ sandeho mamaparicaye tannitāntasthitāyāḥ ### [19.85](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.duta.gauda.meghadautya.19.85) jālodgīrṇaṃ na mama bhavane dīptavidyut-pradīpte bāṣpībhūta svamiva ghanahe keśasaṃskāradhūpaḥ devīnānta madhurasabhujāṃ nāpi vāmantritānāṃ dīptānyasmin mukhavidhukaraiḥ saudhavātāyanāni ### [19.85-2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.duta.gauda.meghadautya.19.85-2) 1 gehaṃ kintat gṛhapativaro nāsti yasmin sabhāryyaḥ kuñjaṃ kintat kusumahitaṃ śūnyabhṛṅgapramodam khātaṃ kintat vigata-salilaṃ haṃsalīlāvihīnaṃ kṣetraṃ kintat surasarahitaṃ śasyaśaṣpādiśūnyam ### [19.85-3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.duta.gauda.meghadautya.19.85-3) 2 sūryyāpāye kimihakamalaṃ puṣyati svāmabhikhyāṃ candrāpāye kimihakumudaṃ svīyakāntiṃ tanoti doṣābhāve kimiha nagaraṃ naiśaśobhāṃ vibhartti nāthābhāve kimiha bhuvanaṃ rājate geharājyam ### [19.86](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.duta.gauda.meghadautya.19.86) 3 viśeṣakam hāronāsīt dhṛta urasi me nāthaviśleṣabhītyāḥ hāhedāniṃ girivaragaṇā āvayo rmmadhyadeśe kalpajñānāt nayananimiṣo varjjitome purāsīt hāhedāniṃ ghana bahudinaṃ matpatirvvañcitaḥ saḥ ### [19.86-2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.duta.gauda.meghadautya.19.86-2) 1 sūryālokaḥ pulakajanaka ścāndhakārāyate sa candra-jyotsnā vimala-madhurā hā sphuliṅgāyate sā snigdhovātaḥ parama-sukhadaḥ so'pi vajrāyate hā hā kiṃ kaṣṭaṃ hṛdayamapime megha bhārāyate hā ### [19.86-3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.duta.gauda.meghadautya.19.86-3) 2 sābhre'hnīva sthalakamalinī na prabuddhā na suptā rātraukliṣṭā cakita-hṛdayā cakravākīva caikā kāntāpāyat pratidina mahaṃ cāśrunocchūnanetrā sarvvaṃ khinnaṃ svapati-virahāvasthayā cā smadīyam ### [19.87](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.duta.gauda.meghadautya.19.87) 3 viśeṣakam niḥśabdeṣā praṇaya-rasikā śārikā pañjarasthā vīṇāceṣā niyataniravā dhūli-saṃlipta-dehā tantrīhīnā guṇigaṇamano-mohinī sā tritantrī godhūmānnā milita-murajā hīna-śabda śca dīnaḥ ### [19.88](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.duta.gauda.meghadautya.19.88) granthāgāraṃ dharati viphalaṃ pustikā hemapeṭī puṣpodyāne dharati viphalaṃ puṣpa-vallī supuṣpam valgāhīno harati samayaṃ mandurāyānturaṅgaḥ vaprakrīr̤ā-virati-vikalaḥ krandatī vātra dantī ### [19.89](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.duta.gauda.meghadautya.19.89) netat kuñjaṃ kusumakhacitaṃ dṛśyate yat suhṛśyaṃ kārāgāraṃ bhavati viraha-grasta-paurāṅganānām krandantīha bhramaranikarāḥ kokilāḥ śabdahīnāḥ etāvanmā virasavadanā nitya puṣpāśrupātaiḥ ### [19.86-4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.duta.gauda.meghadautya.19.86-4) 1 dvāropānte malina-vadanaḥ prītivarṣī sa eṣaḥ hastaprāpya-stabaka-namito bālamandāra vṛkṣaḥ tvāmāsādya priyanirujanaṃ grīṣmaviśliṣṭavṛntai rāśāyuktaḥ svakusumacayai rarcayatyāśu megha ### [19.86-5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.duta.gauda.meghadautya.19.86-5) 2 āsīt khinno viravavimukho nīlakaṇṭho mayūraḥ nṛtyervvarhaṃ nayana-subhagaṃ taṃ karoti prakīrṇam āśālīkāṃ janayati bhavān vidyudunmeṣakalpaṃ āgantā sa tvamiha ghana yaccāgata stasya vandhuḥ ### [19.90](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.duta.gauda.meghadautya.19.90) 3 nāthenokṣo madhuraphalado yo rasālaḥ suramyaḥ yasya prāvṛṭ-samayajaphalaṃ sundarākāra-ramyam saṃghātaṃ vā parama-mamṛtaṃ devatā-prārthanīyaṃ na spṛṣṭaṃ yat sadaya-patinā cchedanīyaṃ svahastaiḥ ### [20.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.duta.gauda.meghadautya.20.2) 1 utphullantat phalabharanataṃ paśya paśyāmra-vṛkṣaṃ āśāyuktaṃ vihaga-nivahai rāgyitaṃ prekṣaṇīyam dṛṣṭvā hṛṣṭaṃ kuru ghanapate cārunetradvayante dṛṣṭvāhantaṃ vipama virahe jīvanaṃ me dharāmi ||90 ### [20.91](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.duta.gauda.meghadautya.20.91) kulakam srastaṃ hastāt kanakavalayaṃ kāmacakraṃ bhavet yat chinnaṃ mālyaṃ ratikṛtagṛhāt kaṇṭhadeśāt madīyāt śroṇyāḥsrastā rucira rasanā pāśagaṇyā hi ratyāḥ karṇāṃmbhraṣṭaṃ praṇayarasadaṃ cañcalaṃ kuṇḍalaṃ me ### [20.91-2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.duta.gauda.meghadautya.20.91-2) 1 śiñjāhīnaṃ maniviracitaṃ bhūṣaṇaṃ gātramuktaṃ mlānībhūtaṃ kamalasadṛśaṃ pelavantanmamāṅgam kiñjalkāṅgaṃ na mama vadanaṃ lodhracūrṇāṅkitanna netrannityaṃ patipathagataṃ saṃyataṃ vāṣpapūrṇam ### [20.91-3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.duta.gauda.meghadautya.20.91-3) 2 pīyūṣārdrā nahimadhadadharaḥ śūnyatāmbūlarāgaḥ dīrghakālaṃ na mama caraṇaṃ raktimālaktakāṅkam veṇībandho jalada viṣamo rakṣito gaṇḍapīḍaḥ śāpasyānte praṇayavidhinā svāminoddiṣṭanīyaḥ ### [21.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.duta.gauda.meghadautya.21.1) 3 viśeṣakam veṇīceṣā daśati phaninī māṃ sadevāsahāyāṃ śvāsāgnirmāṃ dahati ca sadā mneyacittādvijātaḥ dṛṣṭvā dāhaṃ marusanayanaṃ siñcatīvāśru nīraṃ hāhā patyu rvirahadahanā nāsti cānyattvamaṅgām || 92 ### [21.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.duta.gauda.meghadautya.21.2) śūnyaṃ hyetat nikhilabhuvanaṃ bhāti nityaṃ vinā taṃ śocāvasthā mama hi yadahaṃ na sthitā vā na yātā manyenāhaṃ virahadahanā jīvitā vā mṛtā vā vyāttaddravyaṃ kimapi madhuraṃ yohi yasya priyaḥ saḥ || 92 ### [21.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.duta.gauda.meghadautya.21.3) sa svāmī me hṛdaya supathaṃ prasthita ścāvalambya tatpādāṅko jalada hṛdi se cāṅkitā gāḍharupaiḥ taccittantat smṛtipaṭapuṭe citritantat vicintya bhāvonmattā kathamapi sakhe jīvanaṃ yāpayāmi || 92 ### [21.1-2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.duta.gauda.meghadautya.21.1-2) viśeṣakam pūrvaṃntāvattvavidita-gatotphullayāmā triyāmā viśrambhokti-praṇaya-sukhade ramyaharmye vyaraṃsīt jānātīva na khalu gamana cṣādhunā sā triyāmā ajñātāntā yugabhiva hi sā hanti māñcāmahāyām ||93 ### [21.2-2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.duta.gauda.meghadautya.21.2-2) rātrau lupte nikhilabhuvane sūcibhedyai stamobhiḥ śrāntiṃ prāpte śramijanagaṇe gāḍha-nidrā-prabhāvaiḥ avyāpārāṃ dahati khalu māṃ jāgṛtīṃ nāthacintā hṛddainyaṃ syāt viṣama miha ne tādṛśaṃ svārthadainyam ||93 ### [21.3-2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.duta.gauda.meghadautya.21.3-2) nidrā devī janagaṇa kṛpākāriṇī yā dharaṇyāṃ bhaktāyāṃ sā mayi tu vimukhā nātha-vicchedavatyām udvignāhaṃ dharaṇiśayanā gāḍha-nidrā-vihīnā tandrādhīnā divasarajanīṃ svapnamātrānumevyā ||93 ### [21.93](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.duta.gauda.meghadautya.21.93) svapnaḥ kiṃ me jalada bhavitā sārthako svatkṛpāyā stadvotyānta-praṇayavibhava-svāminirvvāsanaḥ saḥ śāpasyāntaṃ yadi dhanapateḥ syāt kṛpāvāribhiste manye tasmāttava sucaritaṃ kāvya-saṃvarṇanīyam ### [21.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.duta.gauda.meghadautya.21.5) 4 yatnestāvat śirasi mama tat tvāmahaṃ sthāpayāmi vidyuddāmnā vipulakavarīṃ megha saṃ śobhayāmi hṛtvā tārāḥ kusumasadṛśā mastake me dharāmi indorhāsyaṃ patisukhakaraṃ megha sadyo harāmi ||93 ### [22.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.duta.gauda.meghadautya.22.2) darvvītulyā priyamadhurasaṃ kiñcanākhādayantī mudrādānai rbhuvi vinihane dehalī-dattapuṣpaiḥ sotkaṇṭhāhaṃ dinagaṇanayā taddinaṃ yāpayantī kartuṃ kiñcit patihitakaraṃ nāca śaktā svaśaktyā ||94.1 bādhyāgatyā jalada sutarāṃ tatkuberāṅganāntāṃ stotravrātaṃ svaracitapadaiḥ śiṣṭa tuṣṭāva samyak sarvaṃ hyadyā hutiriva sudhā bhāti tadbhasmarāśyāṃ sindhostoye śiśira-kaṇikā-pātavat bhāti sarvvam ||94 ### [22.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.duta.gauda.meghadautya.22.3) evambhūtā dhana sudivasā stehinaḥ prasthitā hā yeṣu prārthī saha vanitayā matsaṃkāśe kuveraḥ āsīt pūrvvaṃ pramada-samaye gītikākarṇanāya syādaiśvaryyaṃ guṇamiha bhave sarvvasaṃsādhanīyam ||94 ### [22.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.duta.gauda.meghadautya.22.1) śeṣe durgā-caraṇaśaraṇaṃ metra jagrāha māhaṃ nātho yasyā duritadamana cāśutoṣo maheśaḥ ārādhyā sā surasurapateḥ śaktirūpā śaraṇyā yācārādhyā satatamapi te vāsavasyānugasya ||95 ### [22.2-2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.duta.gauda.meghadautya.22.2-2) dhanyā-dhanyā dhanada-dhanadā jñānadā jñānadā yā mānyā-mānyā jalada-jaladā śāradā śāradā yā śyāmā-śyāmā sukhada-sukhadā mandirā mandirā yā vāmā-vāmā varada-varadā sāhranā māhranā yā ||95 ### [22.3-2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.duta.gauda.meghadautya.22.3-2) sarverdevai ryadanusaraṇaṃ manyate ślāghanīyaṃ yasyā devyā namati caraṇaṃ rājarājo'pi namyaḥ yā saṃdityā bhabhayajayadā duḥkhatāpāpahantrī ādarśā yā nikhilabhuvane tāpasīnāṃ satīnām ||95 ### [22.1-2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.duta.gauda.meghadautya.22.1-2) viśeṣakam saṃsthitādyo sudṛr̤hamanasā divyamādhvonisevyaṃ kātyāyanyāḥ vratamranupamaṃ svāmipūjāparantat patyurmūrtiṃ ghana śivamayīṃ pūjayāmi prayatnaiḥ paśyāmu tvaṃ tava paricitāṃ sādhavātāyanasthaḥ ||96 ### [22.66](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.duta.gauda.meghadautya.22.66) unnidrāntat nayanasali tātpīr̤aruddhāvakāśāṃ gār̤hotkaṇṭhā-vyathita-hṛdayonmuktāvātāyanāṃ hi niḥsandehaṃ dharaṇimayanāṃ kātaroktāprabhāvāṃ bhrāturjāyāṃ svajanaśaraṇāṃ viddhi māmambuvāha ### [23.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.duta.gauda.meghadautya.23.1) 2 yugmakam niḥśaṅkaḥ san vada tadadhunā śrotrapeyaṃ hi tasmāt sandeśantaṃ ghana dhanapati-krodha-viśleṣitasya utkarṇāhaṃ pati-vivaraṇaṃ śrotumutkaṇṭhitāsmi vegonmukta-praṇayaghaṭita-kṣobhavitdvṛtkavāṭā ||67 ### [23.67](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.duta.gauda.meghadautya.23.67) kṛtvā vā me kaṭhinahṛdayaṃ toyadāgrre chidīrṇa paśyāśu tvaṃ hṛdayanihitāṃ kasya mūrttiṃ mamājñāma prītyā vā kaṃ jaladharapate jīviteśaṃ bhajāmi mā bhetavyaṃ nahi virahiṇī jīvanatyāgabhītā ### [24.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.duta.gauda.meghadautya.24.1) 2 yugmakam aśrūṇi tvaṃ na ghana virahāttaptumarhasyatho no vajrāghāta-praśamitarujāṃ karttumāśu kṣamo mām dautyena tvaṃ śamayitumalaṃ kruddha-yakṣeśaśāpaṃ śoko vaidho nahi samucitopāyamandhānaśaktyām || 98 ### [24.98](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.duta.gauda.meghadautya.24.98) ghorāvrāva' sajalamahahā kiṃ śṛṇomi tvadīyaṃ vaktuṃ vārttāṃ svapati-kathitāṃ krandasi tvaṃ madartham śrotuṃ vārttāṃ dravata hṛdayaṃ me sphuṭatyāśu marma śānto bhūtvā ghana tadadhunā jīvanaṃ datta datta ### [24.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.duta.gauda.meghadautya.24.3) = 2 vācaṃ śrutvā hṛdayagalanajñāśrusaṃvardhukante tatsandeśaṃ sukaruṇarasā daśamīmāgatantām vaktuntanmāṃ virahivacanaṃ nārhasi śrotrapīr̤aṃ khaḍ‌gāghāto nahi samucita ścāvalāyāṃ mṛtāyām ||98 ### [24.1-2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.duta.gauda.meghadautya.24.1-2) viśeṣakam niṣyantāmba kurū paṭahatāṃ mandirasyāṅgane me vyādānotkauścakitavadanai rnirdiśanta stadā tvām gandharvvāsta staruṇavanitā stāstanodbhinnavastrāḥ āmokṣyante tvayi surapate ścāparamyāna kaṭākṣān ||99 ### [24.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.duta.gauda.meghadautya.24.2) neṣyanti tvāṃ hṛdayanihita-prārthanodgīrṇatoyaṃ keliklāntā stridaśavanitā yantradhārā-gṛhatvam garbhādhāna-kṣaṇaparicayānnūnamāvaddhamālāḥ seviṣyante nayanasubhagaṃ khe'pica tvāṃ balākāḥ ||99 ### [24.100](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.duta.gauda.meghadautya.24.100) yugmakam sadyo'haṃkiṃ dharaṇiluṭhitā nāśriyatā vallarīva sthāsyāmyasmin tvayi tu jalade bāndhave vidyamāne vā nāmrātā kusuma-racitā saurabhāḍhyā sudṛśyā yāsyāmyasmin sragiva ghana kiṃ śuṣkatāṃ śocanīyām ### [24.101](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.duta.gauda.meghadautya.24.101) aiśvaryārthaṃ dhanijanagaṇaśreya-yakṣāccanaṃ hi kṛtvā lokā vahuvidha dhanaṃ prārthitaṃ saṃlabhante kṛtvā prītyā divasarajanīṃ yakṣarājārcanaṃ tat prāpsyāmīṣṭaṃ ghana patidhanaṃ yakṣarūpaṃ na kiṃ me ### [25.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.duta.gauda.meghadautya.25.1) kāntañcā nayāsi yadi he cālakakāyā gṛhe-me dātu ṃ śaktā tadahamalakā cāsmi tubhyantu me-gha ādau tatte ghana madalakaṃ mājjiyāmīha pā-dau dāsye tubhyaṃ kanaka-padakān me'tha sarvvānatī-tya ||102 ### [25.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.duta.gauda.meghadautya.25.2) santaptānāṃ tvamasi śaraṇaṃ he sudhīrātidhī-ra divyācāraḥ saramahṛdayo vajrahastastathā-ca tvaṃ śrāntānāṃ kṛṣikarūnaṛṛ svaṃ pipāsātidā-yi tṛṣṇā-pīr̤ā-prasamana-karaḥ kātaraṃ toyadā-tā ||102 ### [25.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.duta.gauda.meghadautya.25.3) trailokyasyā vamathavasatā mmohanā mohana-śrī dhārī havyā hutimadanala-dyotibhiḥ kāvyasa-tte utphullāsya-skhalitavacanāsphoṭitaistaiḥ salī-lo dṛṣṭo'si tvaṃ ghana dhanapate ścālakāṃ vāvalo-kya ||102 ### [25.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.duta.gauda.meghadautya.25.4) vidyāratna-pravalavibudhotsāhitaḥ siddhakā-mo labdhopādhiḥ kaviriva bhave bhāsi samyak sade-ha citraṃ kāvyaṃ likhasi gagane te kareṇa priye-na snigdhāmūlyaṃ madhumaya-rasaṃ varṣasi tyaktaśo-ka ||102 ### [25.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.duta.gauda.meghadautya.25.5) haṃsaśreṇī tava sahacarī garjjanaṃ śrotrase-vi ākāraste nayana-subhagaḥ kāmarūpaḥ pinā-ki yogābhyāsā cchlatanunibha svaṃ hi saundaryadhā-rī sāndhyapraraktacchaviravikaviśreṇimadhye kirī-ṭī ||102 ### [25.103](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.duta.gauda.meghadautya.25.103) labdhvā nityaṃ lavaṇajaladheḥ peyamiṣṭaṃ sutoyaṃ kāle kāle kaṣiphalakaraṃ durlrabhanta nmahārgham bhūyaḥ premnā jalada bahulaṃ varṣasi tvaṃ dharaṇyāṃ ke tvattulyā janagaṇaguṇagrāhinaḥ sādhavaḥ ke ### [25.104](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.duta.gauda.meghadautya.25.104) svārthatyāgī prakṛtakuśalī acayānandabhogī svārthatyāga vrata maghaharaṃ ślāghya-divyā marutvam svārthatyāgī sahi mama pati rdeśasevāvratāya svārthatyāgī tvamapi kurutat sārthakaṃ meghadautyam ### [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 ### [27.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.duta.gauda.meghadautya.27.2) pañcabhiḥ kulakam prītyā cālyā sarasarasanā nīravajraprayuktā prītirnīti rjayati bhuvane yā bhavet dharmavṛttiḥ śreyaḥ kalpaḥ prathamasamaye kauśalasya prayogaḥ kāryāsiddhe rupacitabhaye śaktireva prayojyā ||107,1 rājatvaṃ kiṃ kalarava-pikaiḥ kiñca kasmai pradattaṃ kākaiḥ kasmāt hṛtamiha kadā kasya kiṃ karkaśeostat kākāstajyāḥ kalaravapikāḥ prītipūjyā hi śabdāt bhāṣā miṣṭā harati hṛdayaṃ karkaśā sā bhinatti ||107 ### [27.108](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.duta.gauda.meghadautya.27.108) yugmakam dhīraṃ dhīraṃ vada dhanapatiṃ tvaṃ hi rājādhirājaḥ lokavyāptaṃ nirupamamatho dīptiyuktaṃ yaśaste candro mlāna stvayi yaśasā bhāskarastāpataptaḥ dhīraṃ bhītyā vahati pavano vīra-bhogyā dharitrī ### [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 ### [29.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.duta.gauda.meghadautya.29.2) ṣaḍbhiḥkulakam niḥśaṅkaḥsan vada dhanapatiṃ svārtha-mattāḥ sadā ye dhiktān dhiktān prahata muraje ninditān dhiktu dhiktān ye nirbbodhā anagha manuje rāja-daṇḍa-prahārāḥ dhiktān dhiktān murajagaditān dhiktu bhūyo'pi dhiktān ||112'1 ye samrājaḥ paśukkatiparā ye prajārañjakā na dhiktān dhiktān murajagaditān pakṣapāta-prannimān ye durlakṣyāḥ śakuni sadṛgā stuṅgagā nimnalakṣyāḥ dhiktān dhiktān murajagaditān dhiktu bhūyo'pi dhiktān ||112 ### [29.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.duta.gauda.meghadautya.29.3) ye pāpātmāḥ stavanavadhirāḥ svīyapādāmbupānāḥ dhiktān dhiktān murajagaditān hiṃsukān nindukātān ye darpāndhā viṣamakkṛpaṇā vañcitānāṃ variṣṭhāḥ dhiktān dhiktān murajagaditān dhiktu bhūyo'pi dhiktān||112 ### [29.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.duta.gauda.meghadautya.29.4) māyā-mugdhā viṣaya-jar̤itā ye gavāṃ garddabhā vā ye pāṣaṇḍā virasa-vadanāḥ ṣaṇr̤a-kusmāṇḍa-kalpāḥ mithyā-vākyā bahvadapavṛtā vābhiśāpānuraktāḥ dhiktān dhiktān murajagaditān dhiktu bhūyo'pi dhiktān ||112 _First 200 of 299 passages. 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