Meghaduta 11

The Megha Dūta, or Cloud Messenger 11

Language: English

11

The Rajhansas, hearing thy ear-pleasing thunder, that has the power to make the earth (in a state) cropping up with mushroom parasols, and longing to go to the Lake Mānasa, will become thy companions in the sky as far as Kailāsa, as soon as they have made provision for the journey of the fresh cuttings of the Lotus plant.

11.n1

The mushroom buttons spring up during the early rains,—thus the Indians have a superstition that their growth is caused by the thunder.

11.n2

At the approach of the rainy season, the geese, or Rajhansas, delight in going to the large lakes; hearing the thunder they thus know that their time of flight has arrived.

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Meghadūta — Kālidāsa, Sanskrit