Meghaduta 5

5

dhūmajyotiḥsalilamarutāṃ saṃnipātaḥ kva meghaḥ saṃdeśārthāḥ kva paṭukaraṇaiḥ prāṇibhiḥ prāpaṇīyāḥ
ity autsukyād aparigaṇayan guhyakas taṃ yayāce kāmārtā hi praṇayakṛpaṇāś cetanācetaneṣu //

How can a cloud, a conglomeration of watery air and radiant smoke, carry a message, such as is taken by one with intellectual organs? Not taking this into consideration, on account of his anxiety, the Guhyaka made his request, for those afflicted by love are naturally abject to inanimate as well as to animate nature.