Meghaduta 3
Critical edition (S. K. De) 3
- Language
- Sanskrit
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tasya sthitvā katham api puraḥ ketakādhānahetor antarbāṣpaś ciram anucaro rājarājasya dadhyau
meghāloke bhavati sukhino 'py anyathāvṛtti cetaḥ kaṇṭhāśleṣapraṇayini jane kiṃ punar dūrasaṃsthe //
Having stood awhile before it, this sweet padanus fructifying cause, with suppressed tears, this servant of the King of Kings fell into a long meditation. “At the view of a Cloud the condition of a happy one becomes changed to a strong emotion; how much more that of a banished man longing to embrace the neck?”
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 (2)
- Meghadūta (Vikrama) — Vikrama, Sanskrit
- Kāvyasaṅgraha — Sanskrit