[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) › [Meghadūta](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.duta.meghaduta) › [Critical edition (S. K. De)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.duta.meghaduta*crit) › 9 # Meghaduta 9 Critical edition (S. K. De) 9 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.duta.meghaduta*crit.9) mandaṃ mandaṃ nudati pavanaś cānukūlo yathā tvāṃ vāmaś cāyaṃ nadati madhuraṃ cātakas te sagandhaḥ garbhādhānakṣaṇaparicayān nūnam ābaddhamālāḥ seviṣyante nayanasubhagaṃ khe bhavantaṃ balākāḥ // > Softly, softly, as a favourable wind propels thee, and on thy left side the water-greedy Chataka exults sweetly with a pleasant song. Surely, as delighting the eye thou floatest in the sky, the cranes forming a row will pay thee homage, as they know by thy approach of the happy time of gestation. > — Henry Aimé Ouvry 1868, The Megha Dūta, or Cloud Messenger - [Previous: 8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.duta.meghaduta*crit.8) - [Next: 10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.duta.meghaduta*crit.10) ## Translations (1) - [The Megha Dūta, or Cloud Messenger](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.duta.meghaduta~en-ouvry.9) — Henry Aimé Ouvry 1868, English ## Other recensions (1) - [sPrin gyi pho nya (Tibetan translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.duta.meghaduta*bo.9) — Classical Tibetan ## Linked texts (1) - [Kāvyasaṅgraha](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.subhasita.subhasita.kavyasangraha.38.9) — Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.duta.meghaduta*crit.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.duta.meghaduta*crit.9) · Pramāṇa