[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) › 12 # Meghaduta 12 Meghadūta 12 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.duta.meghaduta.12) āpṛcchasva priyasakham amuṃ tuṅgam āliṅgya śailaṃ vandyaiḥ puṃsāṃ raghupatipadair aṅkitaṃ mekhalāsu kāle kāle bhavati bhavatā yasya saṃyogam etya snehavyaktiś ciravirahajaṃ muñcato bāṣpam uṣṇam // > Take leave, after having embraced him, of thy dear friend, the lofty mountain impressed with the adorable footsteps of the Lord of Raghu on its edge—venerated by men. To which when, from season to season, you having come into intimate contact, your Highness’s affection is manifested by shedding hot tears caused by the long separation. > — Henry Aimé Ouvry 1868, The Megha Dūta, or Cloud Messenger - [Previous: 11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.duta.meghaduta.11) - [Next: 13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.duta.meghaduta.13) ## Translations (1) - [The Megha Dūta, or Cloud Messenger](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.duta.meghaduta~en-ouvry.12) — Henry Aimé Ouvry 1868, English ## Other recensions (2) - [Kashmirian text as read by Vallabhadeva](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.duta.meghaduta*kashmir.9) — Sanskrit - [sPrin gyi pho nya (Tibetan translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.duta.meghaduta*bo.12) — Classical Tibetan ## Linked texts (4) - [Meghadūta (Vikrama)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.jaina.post.kavya.laghu.meghaduta-vikrama.12) — Vikrama, Sanskrit - [Kāvyasaṅgraha](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.subhasita.subhasita.kavyasangraha.38.12) — Sanskrit - [Tarkakaumudī](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darsana.nyaya_vaisesika.tarkakaumudi.5.12) — Laugākṣi Bhāskara 1600, Sanskrit - [Śīladūtakāvya](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.duta.jaina.siladutakavya.2.12) — Cāritrasundara, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.duta.meghaduta.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.duta.meghaduta.12) · Pramāṇa