[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) › [Meghaduta](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.duta.meghaduta) › 10 # Meghaduta 10 Meghadūta 10 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.duta.meghaduta.10) tāṃ cāvaśyaṃ divasagaṇanātatparām ekapatnīm avyāpannām avihatagatir drakṣyasi bhrātṛjāyām āśābandhaḥ kusumasadṛśaṃ prāyaśo hy aṅganānāṃ sadyaḥpāti praṇayi hṛdayaṃ viprayoge ruṇaddhi // > O thou, whose march nothing can oppose, surely thou wilt see the faithful wife, thy sister-in-law, diligently counting the days, not yet dead. Though usually hope, as a tie, supports the affectionate hearts of women, which during separation, readily droop like a flower. > — Henry Aimé Ouvry 1868, The Megha Dūta, or Cloud Messenger - [Previous: 9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.duta.meghaduta.9) - [Next: 11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.duta.meghaduta.11) ## Translations (1) - [The Megha Dūta, or Cloud Messenger](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.duta.meghaduta~en-ouvry.10) — Henry Aimé Ouvry 1868, English ## Other recensions (2) - [Kashmirian text as read by Vallabhadeva](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.duta.meghaduta*kashmir.11) — Sanskrit - [sPrin gyi pho nya (Tibetan translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.duta.meghaduta*bo.10) — Classical Tibetan ## Linked texts (1) - [Kāvyasaṅgraha](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.subhasita.subhasita.kavyasangraha.38.10) — Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.duta.meghaduta.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.duta.meghaduta.10) · Pramāṇa