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# Meghaduta 2: uttarameghaḥ

Vulgate (Mallinātha's text) 2

- **Language:** Sanskrit

## Contents

- [2.45](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.duta.meghaduta*vulgate.2.45) — 1 part

### uttarameghaḥ

### [2.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.duta.meghaduta*vulgate.2.1)

vidhunvantaṃ lalitavanitāḥ sendracāpaṃ sacitrāḥ $  
saṃgītāya prahatamurajāḥ snigdhagambhīraghoṣam &  
antastoyaṃ maṇimayabhuvas tuṅgam abhraṃlihāgrāḥ %  
prāsādās tvāṃ tulayitum alaṃ yatra tais tair viśeṣaiḥ

### [2.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.duta.meghaduta*vulgate.2.2)

haste līlākamalam alake bālakundānuviddhaṃ $  
nītā lodhraprasavarajasā pāṇḍutām ānane śrīḥ &  
cūḍāpāśe navakuravakaṃ cāru karṇe śirīṣaṃ %  
sīmante ca tvadupagamajaṃ yatra nīpaṃ vadhūnām

### [2.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.duta.meghaduta*vulgate.2.3)

yatronmattabhramaramukharāḥ pādapā nityapuṣpā $  
haṃsaśreṇīracitaraśanā nityapadmā nalinyaḥ &  
kekotkaṇṭhā bhuvanaśikhino nityabhāsvatkalāpā %  
nityajyotsnāḥ prahitatamovṛttiramyāḥ pradoṣāḥ

### [2.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.duta.meghaduta*vulgate.2.4)

ānandotthaṃ nayanasalilamyatra nānyair nimittair $  
nānyas tāpaṃ kusumaśarajād iṣṭasaṃyogasādhyāt &  
nāpy anyasmāt praṇayakalahād viprayogopapattir %  
vitteśānāṃ na ca khalu vayo yauvanād anyad asti

### [2.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.duta.meghaduta*vulgate.2.5)

yasyāṃ yakṣāḥ sitamaṇimayāny etya harmyasthalāni $  
jyotiśchāyākusumaracitāny uttamastrīsahāyāḥ &  
āsevante madhu ratiphalaṃ kalpavṛkṣaprasūtaṃ %  
tvadgambhīradhvaniṣu śanakaiḥ puṣkareṣv āhateṣu

### [2.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.duta.meghaduta*vulgate.2.6)

mandākinyāḥ salilaśiśiraiḥ sevyamānā marudbhir $  
mandārāṇām anutaṭaruhāṃ chāyayā vāritoṣṇāḥ &  
anveṣṭavyaiḥ kanakasikatāmuṣṭinikṣepagūḍhaiḥ %  
saṃkrīḍante maṇibhiramaraprārthitayā yatra kanyāḥ

### [2.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.duta.meghaduta*vulgate.2.7)

nīvībandhocchvāsitaśithilaṃ yatra bimbādharāṇāṃ $  
kṣaumaṃ rāgādanibhṛtakareṣv ākṣipatsu priyeṣu &  
arcistuṅgān abhimukham api prāpya ratnapradīpān %  
hrīmūḍhānāṃ bhavati viphalapreraṇā cūrṇamuṣṭiḥ

### [2.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.duta.meghaduta*vulgate.2.8)

netrā nītāḥ satatagatinā yadvimānāgrabhūmīr $  
ālekhyānāṃ salilakaṇikādoṣam utpādya sadyaḥ &  
śaṅkāspṛṣṭā iva jalamucas tvādṛśā jālamārgair %  
dhūmodgārānukṛtinipuṇā jarjarā niṣpatanti

### [2.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.duta.meghaduta*vulgate.2.9)

yatra strīṇāṃ priyatamabhujocchvāsitāliṅgitānām $  
aṅgaglāniṃ suratajanitāṃ tantujālāvalambāḥ &  
tvatsaṃrodhāpagamaviśadaś candrapādair niśīthe %  
vyālumpanti sphuṭajalalavasyandinaś candrakāntāḥ

### [2.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.duta.meghaduta*vulgate.2.10)

akṣayyāntarbhavananidhayaḥ pratyahaṃ raktakaṇṭhair $  
udgāyadbhir dhanapatiyaśaḥ kiṃnarair yatra sārdham &  
vaibhrājākhyaṃ vibudhavanitāvāramukhyasahāyā %  
baddhālāpā bahirupavanaṃ kāmino nirviśanti

### [2.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.duta.meghaduta*vulgate.2.11)

gatyutkampād alakapatitair yatra mandārapuṣpaiḥ $  
putracchedaiḥ kanakakamalaiḥ karṇavisraṃśibhiś ca &  
muktājālaiḥ stanaparisaracchinnasūtraiś ca hārair %  
naiśo mārgaḥ savitur udaye sūcyate kāminīnām

### [2.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.duta.meghaduta*vulgate.2.12)

vāsaś citraṃ madhu nayanayor vibhramādeśadakṣaṃ $  
puṣpodbhedaṃ saha kisalayair bhūṣaṇānāṃ vikalpam &  
lākṣārāgaṃ caraṇakamalanyāsayogyaṃ ca yasyām %  
ekaḥ sūte sakalam abalāmaṇḍanaṃ kalpavṛkṣaḥ

### [2.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.duta.meghaduta*vulgate.2.13)

patraśyāmā dinakarahayaspardhino yatra vāhāḥ $  
śailodagrās tvam iva kariṇo vṛṣṭimantaḥ prabhedāt &  
yodhāgraṇyaḥ pratidaśamukhaṃ saṃyuge tasthivāṃsaḥ %  
pratyādiṣṭābharaṇarucayaś candrahāsavraṇāṅkaiḥ

### [2.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.duta.meghaduta*vulgate.2.14)

matvā devaṃ dhanapatisakhaṃ yatra sākṣād vasantaṃ $  
prāyaś cāpaṃ na vahati bhayān manmathaḥ ṣaṭpadajyam &  
sabhrūbhaṅgaprahitanayanaiḥ kāmilakṣyeṣv amoghais %  
tasyārambhaś caturavanitāvibhramair eva siddhaḥ

### [2.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.duta.meghaduta*vulgate.2.15)

tatrāgāraṃ dhanapatigṛhān uttareṇāsmadīyaṃ $  
dūrāl lakṣyaṃ surapatidhanuścāruṇā toraṇena &  
yasyopānte kṛtakatanayaḥ kāntayā vardhito me %  
hastaprāpyastavakanamito bālamandāravṛkṣaḥ

### [2.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.duta.meghaduta*vulgate.2.16)

vāpī cāsmin marakataśilābaddhasopānamārgā $  
haimaiśchannā vikacakamalaiḥ snigdhavaidūryanālaiḥ &  
yasyās toye kṛtavasatayo mānasaṃ saṃnikṛṣṭaṃ %  
nādhyāsyanti vyapagataśucas tvām api prekṣya haṃsāḥ

### [2.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.duta.meghaduta*vulgate.2.17)

tasyās tīre racitaśikharaḥ peśalair indranīlaiḥ $  
krīḍāśailaḥ kanakakadalīveṣṭanaprekṣaṇīyaḥ &  
madgehinyāḥ priya iti sakhe cetasā kātareṇa %  
prekṣyopāntasphuritataḍitaṃ tvāṃ tam eva smarāmi

### [2.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.duta.meghaduta*vulgate.2.18)

raktāśokaś calakisalayaḥ kesaraś cātra kāntaḥ $  
pratyāsannau kuruvakavṛter mādhavīmaṇḍapasya &  
ekaḥ sakhyās tava saha mayā vāmapādābhilāṣī %  
kāṅkṣaty anyo vadanamadirāṃ dohadacchadmanāsyāḥ

### [2.19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.duta.meghaduta*vulgate.2.19)

tanmadhye ca sphaṭikaphalakā kāñcanī vāsayaṣṭir $  
mūle baddhā maṇibhir anatiprauḍhavaṃśaprakāśaiḥ &  
tālaiḥ śiñjāvalayasubhagair nartitaḥ kāntayā me %  
yām adhyāste divasavigame nīlakaṇṭhaḥ suhṛd vaḥ

### [2.20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.duta.meghaduta*vulgate.2.20)

ebhiḥ sādho hṛdayanihitair lakṣaṇair lakṣayethā $  
dvāropānte likhitavapuṣau śaṅkhapadmau ca dṛṣṭvā &  
kṣāmacchāyāṃ bhavanam adhunā madviyogena nūnaṃ %  
sūryāpāye na khalu kamalaṃ puṣyati svāmabhikhyām

### [2.21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.duta.meghaduta*vulgate.2.21)

gatvā sadyaḥ kalabhatanutāṃ śīghrasaṃpātahetoḥ $  
krīḍāśaile prathamakathite ramyasānau niṣaṇṇaḥ &  
arhasy antarbhavanapatitāṃ kartum alpālpabhāsaṃ %  
khadyotālīvilasitanibhāṃ vidyudunmeṣadṛṣṭim

### [2.22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.duta.meghaduta*vulgate.2.22)

tanvī śyāmā śikharīdaśanā pakvabimbādharauṣṭhī $  
madhye kṣāmā cakitahariṇīprekṣaṇā nimnanābhiḥ &  
śroṇībhārād alasagamanā stokanamrā stanābhyāṃ %  
yā tatra syād yuvatīviṣaye sṛṣṭir ādyaiva dhātuḥ

### [2.23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.duta.meghaduta*vulgate.2.23)

tāṃ jānīthāḥ parimitakathāṃ jīvitaṃ me dvitīyaṃ $  
dūrībhūte mayi sahacare cakravākīm ivaikām &  
gāḍhotkaṇṭhāṃ guruṣu divaseṣv eṣu gacchatsu bālāṃ %  
jātāṃ manye śiśiramathitāṃ padminīṃ vānyarūpām

### [2.24](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.duta.meghaduta*vulgate.2.24)

nūnaṃ tasyāḥ prabalaruditocchūnanetraṃ priyāyā $  
niḥśvāsānām aśiśiratayā bhinnavarṇādharoṣṭham &  
hastanyastaṃ mukham asakalavyakti lambālakatvād %  
indor dainyaṃ tvadanusaraṇakliṣṭakānter bibharti

### [2.25](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.duta.meghaduta*vulgate.2.25)

āloke te nipatati purā sā balivyākulā vā $  
matsādṛśyaṃ virahatanu vā bhāvagamyaṃ likhantī &  
pṛcchantī vā madhuravacanāṃ sārikāṃ pañjarasthāṃ %  
kaccid bhartuḥ smarasi rasike tvaṃ hi tasya priyeti

### [2.26](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.duta.meghaduta*vulgate.2.26)

utsaṅge vā malinavasane saumya nikṣipya vīṇāṃ $  
madgotrāṅkaṃ viracitapadaṃ geyam udgātukāmā &  
tantrīm ārdrāṃ nayanasalilaiḥ sārayitvā kathaṃcid %  
bhūyo bhūyaḥ svayam api kṛtāṃ mūrcchanāṃ vismarantī

### [2.27](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.duta.meghaduta*vulgate.2.27)

śeṣān māsān virahadivāsasthāpitasyāvadher vā $  
vinyasyantī bhuvi gaṇanayā dehalīdattapuṣpaiḥ &  
sambhogaṃ vā hṛdayanihitārambham āsvādayantī %  
prāyeṇaite ramaṇaviraheṣv aṅganānāṃ vinodāḥ

### [2.28](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.duta.meghaduta*vulgate.2.28)

savyāpāram ahani na tathā pīḍayed viprayogaḥ $  
śaṅke rātrau gurutaraśucaṃ nirvinodāṃ sakhīṃ te &  
matsandeśaḥ sukhayitum alaṃ paśya sādhvīṃ niśīthe %  
tām unnidrām avaniśayanāṃ saudhavātāyanasthaḥ

### [2.29](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.duta.meghaduta*vulgate.2.29)

ādhikṣāmāṃ virahaśayane saṃniṣaṇṇaikapārśvāṃ $  
prācīmūle tanum iva kalāmātraśeṣāṃ himāṃśoḥ &  
nītā rātriḥ kṣaṇa iva mayā sārdham icchāratair yā %  
tām evoṣṇair virahamahatīm aśrubhir yāpayantīm

### [2.30](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.duta.meghaduta*vulgate.2.30)

pādān indoramṛtaśiśirāñjalamārgapraviṣṭān $  
pūrvaprītyā gatamabhumukhaṃ saṃnivṛttaṃ tathaiva &  
cakṣuḥ khedāt salilagurubhiḥ pakṣmabhiśchādayantīṃ %  
sābhre.ahnīva sthalakamalinī na prabhuddhāṃ na suptām

### [2.31](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.duta.meghaduta*vulgate.2.31)

niḥśvāsenādharakisalayakleśinā vikṣipantīṃ $  
śuddhasnānāt paruṣamalakaṃ nūnamāgaṇṇdalambam &  
matsaṃbhogaḥ kathamupanamet svapnajo.apīti nidrām %  
ākāṅkṣantīṃ nayanasalilotpīḍaruddhāvakāśam

### [2.32](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.duta.meghaduta*vulgate.2.32)

ādye baddhā virahadivase yā śikhā dāma hitvā $  
śāpasyānte vigalitaśucā tāṃ mayodveṣṭanīyām &  
sparśakliṣṭām ayamitanakhenāsakṛtsārayantīṃ %  
gaṇḍābhogāt kaṭhinaviṣamām ekaveṇīṃ kareṇa

### [2.33](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.duta.meghaduta*vulgate.2.33)

sā saṃnyastābharaṇam abalā peśalaṃ dhārayantī $  
śayyotsaṅge nihitam asakṛd duḥkhaduḥkhena gātram &  
tvām apy asraṃ navajalamayaṃ mocayiṣyaty avaśyaṃ %  
prāyaḥ sarvo bhavati karuṇāvṛttir ārdrāntarātmā

### [2.34](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.duta.meghaduta*vulgate.2.34)

jāne sakhyās tava mayi manaḥ saṃbhṛtasnehamasmād $  
itthaṃbhūtāṃ prathamavirahe tām ahaṃ tarkayāmi &  
vācālaṃ māṃ na khalu subhagaṃmanyabhāvaḥ karoti %  
pratyakṣaṃ te nikhilam acirād bhrātar uktaṃ mayā yat

### [2.35](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.duta.meghaduta*vulgate.2.35)

ruddhāpāṅgaprasaram alakair añjanasnehaśūnyaṃ $  
pratyādeśād api ca madhuno vismṛtabhrūvilāsam &  
tvayy āsanne nayanam uparispandi śaṅke mṛgākṣyā %  
mīnakṣobhāc calakuvalayaśrītulām eṣyatīti

### [2.36](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.duta.meghaduta*vulgate.2.36)

vāmaś cāsyāḥ kararuhapadair mucyamāno madīyair $  
muktājālaṃ ciraparicitaṃ tyājito daivagatyā &  
saṃbhogānte mama samucito hastasaṃvāhamānāṃ %  
yāsyaty ūruḥ sarasakadalīstambhagauraś calatvam

### [2.37](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.duta.meghaduta*vulgate.2.37)

tasmin kāle jalada yadi sā labdhanidrāsukhā syād $  
anvāsyaināṃ stanitavimukho yāmamātraṃ sahasva &  
mā bhūd asyāḥ praṇayini mayi svapnalabdhe kathaṃcit %  
sadyaḥ kaṇṭhacyutabhujalatāgranthi gāḍhopagūḍham

### [2.38](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.duta.meghaduta*vulgate.2.38)

tām utthāpya svajalakaṇikāśītalenānilena $  
pratyāśvastāṃ samam abhinavair jālakair mālatīnām &  
vidyudgarbhaḥ stimitanayanāṃ tvatsanāthe gavākṣe %  
vaktuṃ dhīraḥ stanitavacanair māninīṃ prakramethāḥ

### [2.39](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.duta.meghaduta*vulgate.2.39)

bhartur mitraṃ priyam avidhave viddhi mām ambuvāhaṃ $  
tatsaṃdeśair hṛdayanihitair āgataṃ tvatsamīpam &  
yo vṛndāni tvarayati pathi śramyatāṃ proṣitānāṃ %  
mandrasnigdhair dhvanibhir abalāveṇimokṣotsukāni

### [2.40](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.duta.meghaduta*vulgate.2.40)

ity ākhyāte pavanatanayaṃ maithilīvonmukhī sā $  
tvām utkaṇṭhocchvasitahṛdayā vīkṣya sambhāvya caiva &  
śroṣyaty asmāt param avahitā saumya sīmantinīnāṃ %  
kāntodantaḥ suhṛdupanataḥ saṃgamāt kiṃcid ūnaḥ

### [2.41](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.duta.meghaduta*vulgate.2.41)

tām āyuṣman mama ca vacanād ātmanaś copakartuṃ $  
brūyā evaṃ tava sahacaro rāmagiryāśramasthaḥ &  
avyāpannaḥ kuśalam abale pṛcchati tvāṃ viyuktaḥ %  
pūrvābhāṣyaṃ sulabhavipadāṃ prāṇinām etad eva

### [2.42](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.duta.meghaduta*vulgate.2.42)

aṅgenāṅgaṃ pratanu tanunā gāḍhataptena taptaṃ $  
sāsreṇāśrudrutam aviratotkaṇṭham utkaṇṭhitena &  
uṣṇocchvāsaṃ samadhikatarocchvāsinā dūravartī %  
saṃkalpais tair viśati vidhinā vairiṇā ruddhamārgaḥ

### [2.43](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.duta.meghaduta*vulgate.2.43)

śabdākhyeyaṃ yadapi kila te yaḥ sakhīnāṃ purastāt $  
karṇe lolaḥ kathayitum abhūd ānanasparśalobhāt &  
so 'tikrāntaḥ śravaṇaviṣayaṃ locanābhyām adṛṣṭas %  
tvām utkaṇṭhāviracitapadaṃ manmukhenedam āha

### [2.44](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.duta.meghaduta*vulgate.2.44)

śyāmāsv aṅgaṃ cakitahariṇīprekṣaṇe dṛṣṭipātaṃ $  
vaktracchāyāṃ śaśini śikhināṃ barhabhāreṣu keśān &  
utpaśyāmi pratanuṣu nadīvīciṣu bhrūvilāsān %  
hantaikasmin kvacid api na te caṇḍi sādṛśyam asti

### [2.45](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.duta.meghaduta*vulgate.2.45)

tvām ālikhya praṇayakupitāṃ dhāturāgaiḥ śilāyām $  
ātmānaṃ te caraṇapatitaṃ yāvad icchāmi kartum &  
asrais tāvan muhur upacitair dṛṣṭir ālupyate me %  
krūras tasminn api na sahate saṃgamaṃ nau kṛtāntaḥ

### [2.45.p1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.duta.meghaduta*vulgate.2.45.p1)

dhārāsiktasthalasurabhiṇas tvanmukhasyāsya bāle $  
dūrībhūtaṃ pratanum api māṃ pañcabāṇaḥ kṣiṇoti &  
gharmānte 'smin vigaṇaya kathaṃ vāsarāṇi vrajeyur %  
diksaṃsaktapravitataghanavyastasūryātapāni // 2.45a //

### [2.46](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.duta.meghaduta*vulgate.2.46)

mām ākāśapraṇihitabhujaṃ nirdayāśleṣahetor $  
labdhāyās te katham api mayā svapnasandarśaneṣu &  
paśyantīnāṃ na khalu bahuśo na sthalīdevatānāṃ %  
muktāsthūlās tarukisalayeṣv aśruleśāḥ patanti

### [2.47](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.duta.meghaduta*vulgate.2.47)

bhittvā sadyaḥ kisalayapuṭān devadārudrumāṇāṃ $  
ye tatkṣīrasrutisurabhayo dakṣiṇena pravṛttāḥ &  
āliṅgyante guṇavati mayā te tuṣārādrivātāḥ %  
pūrvaṃ spṛṣṭaṃ yadi kila bhaved aṅgam ebhis taveti

### [2.48](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.duta.meghaduta*vulgate.2.48)

saṃkṣipyante kṣana iva kathaṃ dīrghayāmā triyāmā $  
sarvāvasthāsv ahar api kathaṃ mandamandātapaṃ syāt &  
itthaṃ cetaś caṭulanayane durlabhaprārthanaṃ me %  
gāḍhoṣmābhiḥ kṛtam aśaraṇaṃ tvadviyogavyathābhiḥ

### [2.49](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.duta.meghaduta*vulgate.2.49)

nanv ātmānaṃ bahu vigaṇayann ātmanaivāvalambe $  
tatkalyāṇi tvam api nitarāṃ mā gamaḥ kātaratvam &  
kasyātyantaṃ sukham upanataṃ duḥkham ekāntato vā %  
nīcair gacchaty upari ca daśā cakranemikrameṇa

### [2.50](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.duta.meghaduta*vulgate.2.50)

śāpānto me bhujagaśayanād utthite śārṅgapāṇau $  
śeṣān māsān gamaya caturo locane mīlayitvā &  
paścād āvāṃ virahaguṇitaṃ taṃ tam ātmābhilāṣaṃ %  
nirvekṣyāvaḥ pariṇataśaraccandrikāsu kṣapāsu

### [2.51](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.duta.meghaduta*vulgate.2.51)

bhūyaścāha tvam api śayane kaṇṭhalagnā purā me $  
nidrāṃ gatvā kim api rudatī sasvaraṃ viprabuddhā &  
sāntarhāsaṃ kathitam asakṛt pṛcchataś ca tvayā me %  
dṛṣṭaḥ svapne kitava ramayan kām api tvaṃ mayeti

### [2.52](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.duta.meghaduta*vulgate.2.52)

etasmān māṃ kuśalinam abhijñānadānād viditvā $  
mā kaulīnād asitanayane mayy aviśvāsinī bhūḥ &  
snehān āhuḥ kim api virahe dhvaṃsinas te tv abhogād %  
iṣṭe vastuny upacitarasāḥ premarāśībhavanti

### [2.53](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.duta.meghaduta*vulgate.2.53)

āśvāsyaivaṃ prathamavirahodagraśokāṃ sakhīṃ te $  
śailād āśu trinayanavṛṣotkhātakūṭān nivṛttaḥ &  
sābhijñānaprahitakuśalais tadvacobhir mamāpi %  
prātaḥ kundaprasavaśithilaṃ jīvitaṃ dhārayethāḥ

### [2.54](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.duta.meghaduta*vulgate.2.54)

kaccit saumya vyavasitam idaṃ bandhukṛtyaṃ tvayā me $  
pratyādeśān na khalu bhavato dhīratāṃ kalpayāmi &  
niḥśabdo 'pi pradiśasi jalaṃ yācitaś cātakebhyaḥ %  
pratyuktaṃ hi praṇayiṣu satām īpsitārthakriyaiva

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- [Sarasvatīkaṇṭhābharaṇa (alaṅkāra)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.art.alamkara.sahitya.sarasvatikanthabharana.4.1066.1) — Bhoja, Sanskrit
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- [Rasārṇavasudhākara](https://indike.org/pramana/in.art.natya.rasarnavasudhakara.2.179) — Siṃhabhūpāla, Sanskrit
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- [Śṛṅgāraprakāśa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.art.alamkara.rasa.srngaraprakasa.8.p1.1) — Bhoja, Sanskrit
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- [Śīladūtakāvya](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.duta.jaina.siladutakavya.2.77) — Cāritrasundara, Sanskrit
- [Tarkakaumudī](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darsana.nyaya_vaisesika.tarkakaumudi.5.77) — Laugākṣi Bhāskara 1600, Sanskrit
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- [Meghadūta (Vikrama) (ed. Mahopadhyaya Vinaysagar)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.jaina.post.kavya.laghu.meghaduta-vikrama*vinaysagar1958.3.73) — Sanskrit
- [Kavicintāmaṇi](https://indike.org/pramana/in.art.alamkara.sahitya.kavicintamani.19.30) — Gopīnātha Kavibhūṣaṇa, Sanskrit
- [Alaṅkāramahodadhi](https://indike.org/pramana/in.art.alamkara.sahitya.alankaramahodadhi.5.215) — Narendraprabha, Sanskrit
- [Kāvyānuśāsana](https://indike.org/pramana/in.art.alamkara.sahitya.kavyanusasana-vagbhata.2.p5) — Vāgbhaṭa (I), Sanskrit

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