[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) › 17 # Meghaduta 17 Meghadūta 17 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.duta.meghaduta.17) tvām āsārapraśamitavanopaplavaṃ sādhu mūrdhnā vakṣyaty adhvaśramaparigataṃ sānumān āmrakūṭaḥ na kṣudro 'pi prathamasukṛtāpekṣayā saṃśrayāya prāpte mitre bhavati vimukhaḥ kiṃ punar yas tathoccaiḥ // > O thou, who by hard showers extinguishest the calamity of the woods, the mountain Amrakūta will bear thee travel-tired, worthily on its top. Even the vile turn not away the face from a friend if he should take refuge by them, having in view former benefits, how much less one so noble? (as Amrakūta.) > — Henry Aimé Ouvry 1868, The Megha Dūta, or Cloud Messenger - [Previous: 16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.duta.meghaduta.16) - [Next: 18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.duta.meghaduta.18) ## Translations (1) - [The Megha Dūta, or Cloud Messenger](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.duta.meghaduta~en-ouvry.17) — Henry Aimé Ouvry 1868, English ## Other recensions (2) - [Kashmirian text as read by Vallabhadeva](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.duta.meghaduta*kashmir.17) — Sanskrit - [sPrin gyi pho nya (Tibetan translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.duta.meghaduta*bo.17) — Classical Tibetan ## Linked texts (4) - [Meghadūta (Vikrama)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.jaina.post.kavya.laghu.meghaduta-vikrama.17) — Vikrama, Sanskrit - [Kāvyasaṅgraha](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.subhasita.subhasita.kavyasangraha.38.18) — Sanskrit - [Tarkakaumudī](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darsana.nyaya_vaisesika.tarkakaumudi.5.17) — Laugākṣi Bhāskara 1600, Sanskrit - [Śīladūtakāvya](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.duta.jaina.siladutakavya.2.17) — Cāritrasundara, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.duta.meghaduta.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.duta.meghaduta.17) · Pramāṇa