Meghaduta 18
Critical edition (S. K. De) 18
- Language
- Sanskrit
18
channopāntaḥ pariṇataphaladyotibhiḥ kānanāmrais tvayy ārūḍhe śikharam acalaḥ snigdhaveṇīsavarṇe
nūnaṃ yāsyaty amaramithunaprekṣaṇīyām avasthāṃ madhye śyāmaḥ stana iva bhuvaḥ śeṣavistārapāṇḍuḥ //
Surely the mountain whose sides are shaded with Mango trees, which shine brilliant with ripe fruit, will attain a condition when thou hast climbed to its top (thy colour like a shining lock of hair) worthy to be contemplated by the god-pair; like a breast of the earth, dark in the middle, and white in its remaining expansion.
Translations (1)
- The Megha Dūta, or Cloud Messenger — Henry Aimé Ouvry 1868, English
Other recensions (2)
- Kashmirian text as read by Vallabhadeva — Sanskrit
- sPrin gyi pho nya (Tibetan translation) — Classical Tibetan
Linked texts (1)
- Kāvyasaṅgraha — Sanskrit