Meghadūta · Verses 1-20

kaś cit kāntāvirahaguruṇā svādhikārapramattaḥ śāpenāstaṅgamitamahimā varṣabhogyeṇa bhartuḥ
yakṣaś cakre janakatanayāsnānapuṇyodakeṣu snigdhacchāyātaruṣu vasatiṃ rāmagiryāśrameṣu //

tasminn adrau kati cid abalāviprayuktaḥ sa kāmī nītvā māsān kanakavalayabhraṃśariktaprakoṣṭhaḥ
āṣāḍhasya prathamadivase megham āśliṣṭasānuṃ vaprakrīḍāpariṇatagajaprekṣaṇīyaṃ dadarśa //

tasya sthitvā katham api puraḥ ketakādhānahetor antarbāṣpaś ciram anucaro rājarājasya dadhyau
meghāloke bhavati sukhino 'py anyathāvṛtti cetaḥ kaṇṭhāśleṣapraṇayini jane kiṃ punar dūrasaṃsthe //

pratyāsanne nabhasi dayitājīvitālambanārthī jīmūtena svakuśalamayīṃ hārayiṣyan pravṛttim
sa pratyagraiḥ kuṭajakusumaiḥ kalpitārghāya tasmai prītaḥ prītipramukhavacanaṃ svāgataṃ vyājahāra //

dhūmajyotiḥsalilamarutāṃ saṃnipātaḥ kva meghaḥ saṃdeśārthāḥ kva paṭukaraṇaiḥ prāṇibhiḥ prāpaṇīyāḥ
ity autsukyād aparigaṇayan guhyakas taṃ yayāce kāmārtā hi prakṛtikṛpaṇāś cetanācetaneṣu //

jātaṃ vaṃśe bhuvanavidite puṣkarāvartakānāṃ jānāmi tvāṃ prakṛtipuruṣaṃ kāmarūpaṃ maghonaḥ
tenārthitvaṃ tvayi vidhivaśād dūrabandhur gato 'haṃ yācñā moghā varam adhiguṇe nādhame labdhakāmā //

saṃtaptānāṃ tvam asi śaraṇaṃ tat payoda priyāyāḥ saṃdeśaṃ me hara dhanapatikrodhaviśleṣitasya
gantavyā te vasatir alakā nāma yakṣeśvarāṇāṃ bāhyodyānasthitaharaśiraścandrikādhautaharmyā //

tvām ārūḍhaṃ pavanapadavīm udgṛhītālakāntāḥ prekṣiṣyante pathikavanitāḥ pratyayād āśvasantyaḥ
kaḥ saṃnaddhe virahavidhurāṃ tvayy upekṣeta jāyāṃ na syād anyo 'py aham iva jano yaḥ parādhīnavṛttiḥ //

mandaṃ mandaṃ nudati pavanaś cānukūlo yathā tvāṃ vāmaś cāyaṃ nadati madhuraṃ cātakas te sagandhaḥ
garbhādhānakṣaṇaparicayān nūnam ābaddhamālāḥ seviṣyante nayanasubhagaṃ khe bhavantaṃ balākāḥ //

tāṃ cāvaśyaṃ divasagaṇanātatparām ekapatnīm avyāpannām avihatagatir drakṣyasi bhrātṛjāyām
āśābandhaḥ kusumasadṛśaṃ prāyaśo hy aṅganānāṃ sadyaḥpāti praṇayi hṛdayaṃ viprayoge ruṇaddhi //

kartuṃ yac ca prabhavati mahīm ucchilīndhrām avandhyāṃ tac chrutvā te śravaṇasubhagaṃ garjitaṃ mānasotkāḥ
ā kailāsād bisakisalayacchedapātheyavantaḥ saṃpatsyante nabhasi bhavato rājahaṃsāḥ sahāyāḥ //

āpṛcchasva priyasakham amuṃ tuṅgam āliṅgya śailaṃ vandyaiḥ puṃsāṃ raghupatipadair aṅkitaṃ mekhalāsu
kāle kāle bhavati bhavatā yasya saṃyogam etya snehavyaktiś ciravirahajaṃ muñcato bāṣpam uṣṇam //

mārgaṃ tāvac chṛṇu kathayatas tvatprayāṇānurūpaṃ saṃdeśaṃ me tadanu jalada śroṣyasi śrotrapeyam
khinnaḥ khinnaḥ śikhariṣu padaṃ nyasya gantāsi yatra kṣīṇaḥ kṣīṇaḥ parilaghu payaḥ srotasāṃ copabhujya //

adreḥ śṛṅgaṃ harati pavanaḥ kiṃ svid ity unmukhībhir dṛṣṭotsāhaś cakitacakitaṃ mugdhasiddhāṅganābhiḥ
sthānād asmāt sarasaniculād utpatodaṅmukhaḥ khaṃ diṅnāgānāṃ pathi pariharan sthūlahastāvalepān //

ratnacchāyāvyatikara iva prekṣyam etat purastād valmīkāgrāt prabhavati dhanuḥkhaṇḍam ākhaṇḍalasya
yena śyāmaṃ vapur atitarāṃ kāntim āpatsyate te barheṇeva sphuritarucinā gopaveṣasya viṣṇoḥ //

tvayy āyattaṃ kṛṣiphalam iti bhrūvikārānabhijñaiḥ prītisnigdhair janapadavadhūlocanaiḥ pīyamānaḥ
sadyaḥsīrotkaṣaṇasurabhikṣetram āruhya mālaṃ kiṃ cit paścād vraja laghugatir bhūya evottareṇa //

tvām āsārapraśamitavanopaplavaṃ sādhu mūrdhnā vakṣyaty adhvaśramaparigataṃ sānumān āmrakūṭaḥ
na kṣudro 'pi prathamasukṛtāpekṣayā saṃśrayāya prāpte mitre bhavati vimukhaḥ kiṃ punar yas tathoccaiḥ //

channopāntaḥ pariṇataphaladyotibhiḥ kānanāmrais tvayy ārūḍhe śikharam acalaḥ snigdhaveṇīsavarṇe
nūnaṃ yāsyaty amaramithunaprekṣaṇīyām avasthāṃ madhye śyāmaḥ stana iva bhuvaḥ śeṣavistārapāṇḍuḥ //

sthitvā tasmin vanacaravadhūbhuktakuñje muhūrtaṃ toyotsargadrutataragatis tatparaṃ vartma tīrṇaḥ
revāṃ drakṣyasy upalaviṣame vindhyapāde viśīrṇāṃ bhakticchedair iva viracitāṃ bhūtim aṅge gajasya //

tasyās tiktair vanagajamadair vāsitaṃ vāntavṛṣṭir jambūkuñjapratihatarayaṃ toyam ādāya gaccheḥ
antaḥsāraṃ ghana tulayituṃ nānilaḥ śakṣyati tvāṃ riktaḥ sarvo bhavati hi laghuḥ pūrṇatā gauravāya //