[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) › 4 # Meghaduta 4 Meghadūta 4 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.duta.meghaduta.4) pratyāsanne nabhasi dayitājīvitālambanārthī jīmūtena svakuśalamayīṃ hārayiṣyan pravṛttim sa pratyagraiḥ kuṭajakusumaiḥ kalpitārghāya tasmai prītaḥ prītipramukhavacanaṃ svāgataṃ vyājahāra // > The month of Nabhas being near he desired to support his cherished wife’s life by transmitting news of his welfare by the Cloud; he, therefore, well pleased, uttered a welcome, preceded by a friendly address to the cloud, which had received (from him) an oblation of fresh Kutaja flowers. > — Henry Aimé Ouvry 1868, The Megha Dūta, or Cloud Messenger - [Previous: 3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.duta.meghaduta.3) - [Next: 5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.duta.meghaduta.5) ## Translations (1) - [The Megha Dūta, or Cloud Messenger](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.duta.meghaduta~en-ouvry.4) — Henry Aimé Ouvry 1868, English ## Other recensions (2) - [Kashmirian text as read by Vallabhadeva](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.duta.meghaduta*kashmir.4) — Sanskrit - [sPrin gyi pho nya (Tibetan translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.duta.meghaduta*bo.4) — Classical Tibetan ## Linked texts (1) - [Kāvyasaṅgraha](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.subhasita.subhasita.kavyasangraha.38.4) — Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.duta.meghaduta.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.duta.meghaduta.4) · Pramāṇa