[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) › 1 # Meghaduta 1 Meghadūta 1 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.duta.meghaduta.1) kaś cit kāntāvirahaguruṇā svādhikārapramattaḥ śāpenāstaṅgamitamahimā varṣabhogyeṇa bhartuḥ yakṣaś cakre janakatanayāsnānapuṇyodakeṣu snigdhacchāyātaruṣu vasatiṃ rāmagiryāśrameṣu // > A certain Yaksha having been negligent of his charge, and having had his greatness set to decay by a curse of his master, to be endured for one year, which was heavy on account of its separating him from his wife, he took up his abode at the Hermitages of Ramagiri, where the waters had been sanctified by the baths of Janaka’s daughter, where there were lovely shadow trees. > — Henry Aimé Ouvry 1868, The Megha Dūta, or Cloud Messenger - [Next: 2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.duta.meghaduta.2) ## Translations (1) - [The Megha Dūta, or Cloud Messenger](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.duta.meghaduta~en-ouvry.1) — Henry Aimé Ouvry 1868, English ## Other recensions (2) - [Kashmirian text as read by Vallabhadeva](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.duta.meghaduta*kashmir.1) — Sanskrit - [sPrin gyi pho nya (Tibetan translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.duta.meghaduta*bo.1) — Classical Tibetan ## Linked texts (1) - [Kāvyasaṅgraha](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.subhasita.subhasita.kavyasangraha.38.1) — Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.duta.meghaduta.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.duta.meghaduta.1) · Pramāṇa