Meghaduta 2
Critical edition (S. K. De) 2
- Language
- Sanskrit
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tasminn adrau kati cid abalāviprayuktaḥ sa kāmī nītvā māsān kanakavalayabhraṃśariktaprakoṣṭhaḥ
āṣāḍhasya prathamadivase megham āśliṣṭasānuṃ vaprakrīḍāpariṇatagajaprekṣaṇīyaṃ dadarśa //
Separated from his wife, having passed several months on these hills pining with desire, his arm having become bare by the slipping off of the golden bracelet; on the first day of Āshāda he saw a mountain-top-embracing cloud, to all appearance, like a butting elephant preparing to thrust against a wall.
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 (4)
- Meghadūta (Vikrama) — Vikrama, Sanskrit
- Kāvyasaṅgraha — Sanskrit
- Tarkakaumudī — Laugākṣi Bhāskara 1600, Sanskrit
- Śīladūtakāvya — Cāritrasundara, Sanskrit