[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) › 11 # Meghaduta 11 Meghadūta 11 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.duta.meghaduta.11) kartuṃ yac ca prabhavati mahīm ucchilīndhrām avandhyāṃ tac chrutvā te śravaṇasubhagaṃ garjitaṃ mānasotkāḥ ā kailāsād bisakisalayacchedapātheyavantaḥ saṃpatsyante nabhasi bhavato rājahaṃsāḥ sahāyāḥ // > The Rajhansas, hearing thy ear-pleasing thunder, that has the power to make the earth (in a state) cropping up with mushroom parasols, and longing to go to the Lake Mānasa, will become thy companions in the sky as far as Kailāsa, as soon as they have made provision for the journey of the fresh cuttings of the Lotus plant. > — Henry Aimé Ouvry 1868, The Megha Dūta, or Cloud Messenger - [Previous: 10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.duta.meghaduta.10) - [Next: 12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.duta.meghaduta.12) ## Translations (1) - [The Megha Dūta, or Cloud Messenger](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.duta.meghaduta~en-ouvry.11) — Henry Aimé Ouvry 1868, English ## Other recensions (2) - [Kashmirian text as read by Vallabhadeva](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.duta.meghaduta*kashmir.12) — Sanskrit - [sPrin gyi pho nya (Tibetan translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.duta.meghaduta*bo.11) — Classical Tibetan ## Linked texts (4) - [Meghadūta (Vikrama)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.jaina.post.kavya.laghu.meghaduta-vikrama.11) — Vikrama, Sanskrit - [Kāvyasaṅgraha](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.subhasita.subhasita.kavyasangraha.38.11) — Sanskrit - [Tarkakaumudī](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darsana.nyaya_vaisesika.tarkakaumudi.5.11) — Laugākṣi Bhāskara 1600, Sanskrit - [Śīladūtakāvya](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.duta.jaina.siladutakavya.2.11) — Cāritrasundara, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.duta.meghaduta.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.duta.meghaduta.11) · Pramāṇa