[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) › 18 # Meghaduta 18 Meghadūta 18 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.duta.meghaduta.18) channopāntaḥ pariṇataphaladyotibhiḥ kānanāmrais tvayy ārūḍhe śikharam acalaḥ snigdhaveṇīsavarṇe nūnaṃ yāsyaty amaramithunaprekṣaṇīyām avasthāṃ madhye śyāmaḥ stana iva bhuvaḥ śeṣavistārapāṇḍuḥ // > Surely the mountain whose sides are shaded with Mango trees, which shine brilliant with ripe fruit, will attain a condition when thou hast climbed to its top (thy colour like a shining lock of hair) worthy to be contemplated by the god-pair; like a breast of the earth, dark in the middle, and white in its remaining expansion. > — Henry Aimé Ouvry 1868, The Megha Dūta, or Cloud Messenger - [Previous: 17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.duta.meghaduta.17) - [Next: 19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.duta.meghaduta.19) ## Translations (1) - [The Megha Dūta, or Cloud Messenger](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.duta.meghaduta~en-ouvry.18) — Henry Aimé Ouvry 1868, English ## Other recensions (2) - [Kashmirian text as read by Vallabhadeva](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.duta.meghaduta*kashmir.18) — Sanskrit - [sPrin gyi pho nya (Tibetan translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.duta.meghaduta*bo.18) — Classical Tibetan ## Linked texts (1) - [Kāvyasaṅgraha](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.subhasita.subhasita.kavyasangraha.38.18-2) — Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.duta.meghaduta.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.duta.meghaduta.18) · Pramāṇa