[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) › 6 # Meghaduta 6 Meghadūta 6 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.duta.meghaduta.6) jātaṃ vaṃśe bhuvanavidite puṣkarāvartakānāṃ jānāmi tvāṃ prakṛtipuruṣaṃ kāmarūpaṃ maghonaḥ tenārthitvaṃ tvayi vidhivaśād dūrabandhur gato 'haṃ yācñā moghā varam adhiguṇe nādhame labdhakāmā // > I know thee as born in the world renowned race of the Pushkarāvartas; you, the changer of shape at will, prime minister of Indra, therefore I pray thee, since, by the power of fate I am separated from my relation; for a fruitless petition to the good is better than obtaining your wish from the worthless. > — Henry Aimé Ouvry 1868, The Megha Dūta, or Cloud Messenger - [Previous: 5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.duta.meghaduta.5) - [Next: 7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.duta.meghaduta.7) ## Translations (1) - [The Megha Dūta, or Cloud Messenger](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.duta.meghaduta~en-ouvry.6) — Henry Aimé Ouvry 1868, English ## Other recensions (2) - [Kashmirian text as read by Vallabhadeva](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.duta.meghaduta*kashmir.6) — Sanskrit - [sPrin gyi pho nya (Tibetan translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.duta.meghaduta*bo.6) — Classical Tibetan ## Linked texts (1) - [Kāvyasaṅgraha](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.subhasita.subhasita.kavyasangraha.38.6) — Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.duta.meghaduta.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.duta.meghaduta.6) · Pramāṇa