[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) › 8 # Meghaduta 8 Meghadūta 8 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.duta.meghaduta.8) tvām ārūḍhaṃ pavanapadavīm udgṛhītālakāntāḥ prekṣiṣyante pathikavanitāḥ pratyayād āśvasantyaḥ kaḥ saṃnaddhe virahavidhurāṃ tvayy upekṣeta jāyāṃ na syād anyo 'py aham iva jano yaḥ parādhīnavṛttiḥ // > Thou being mounted in the road of the wind, the travellers’ wives will breathe out in full confidence with the points of their locks held up while beholding thee. Who would neglect a wife distressed by separation, when thou art at hand? Not even one like me, in a subservient condition. (would do so.) > — Henry Aimé Ouvry 1868, The Megha Dūta, or Cloud Messenger - [Previous: 7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.duta.meghaduta.7) - [Next: 9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.duta.meghaduta.9) ## Translations (1) - [The Megha Dūta, or Cloud Messenger](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.duta.meghaduta~en-ouvry.8) — Henry Aimé Ouvry 1868, English ## Other recensions (2) - [Kashmirian text as read by Vallabhadeva](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.duta.meghaduta*kashmir.8) — Sanskrit - [sPrin gyi pho nya (Tibetan translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.duta.meghaduta*bo.8) — Classical Tibetan ## Linked texts (1) - [Kāvyasaṅgraha](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.subhasita.subhasita.kavyasangraha.38.8) — Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.duta.meghaduta.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.duta.meghaduta.8) · Pramāṇa