Meghadūta · Verses 21-40

nīpaṃ dṛṣṭvā haritakapiśaṃ kesarair ardharūḍhair āvirbhūtaprathamamukulāḥ kandalīś cānukaccham
dagdhāraṇyeṣv adhikasurabhiṃ gandham āghrāya corvyāḥ sāraṅgās te jalalavamucaḥ sūcayiṣyanti mārgam //

utpaśyāmi drutam api sakhe matpriyārthaṃ yiyāsoḥ kālakṣepaṃ kakubhasurabhau parvate parvate te
śuklāpāṅgaiḥ sajalanayanaiḥ svāgatīkṛtya kekāḥ pratyudyātaḥ katham api bhavān gantum āśu vyavasyet //

pāṇḍucchāyopavanavṛtayaḥ ketakaiḥ sūcibhinnair nīḍārambhair gṛhabalibhujām ākulagrāmacaityāḥ
tvayy āsanne pariṇataphalaśyāmajambūvanāntāḥ saṃpatsyante katipayadinasthāyihaṃsā daśārṇāḥ //

teṣāṃ dikṣu prathitavidiśālakṣaṇāṃ rājadhānīṃ gatvā sadyaḥ phalam api mahat kāmukatvasya labdhā
tīropāntastanitasubhagaṃ pāsyasi svādu yat tat sabhrūbhaṅgaṃ mukham iva payo vetravatyāś calormi //

nīcairākhyaṃ girim adhivases tatra viśrāmahetos tvatsamparkāt pulakitam iva prauḍhapuṣpaiḥ kadambaiḥ
yaḥ paṇyastrīratiparimalodgāribhir nāgarāṇām uddāmāni prathayati śilāveśmabhir yauvanāni //

viśrāntaḥ san vraja vananadītīrajātāni siñcann udyānānāṃ navajalakaṇair yūthikājālakāni
gaṇḍasvedāpanayanarujāklāntakarṇotpalānāṃ chāyādānāt kṣaṇaparicitaḥ puṣpalāvīmukhānām //

vakraḥ panthā yad api bhavataḥ prasthitasyottarāśāṃ saudhotsaṅgapraṇayavimukho mā sma bhūr ujjayinyāḥ
vidyuddāmasphuritacakitais tatra paurāṅganānāṃ lolāpāṅgair yadi na ramase locanair vañcito 'si //

vīcikṣobhastanitavihagaśreṇikāñcīguṇāyāḥ saṃsarpantyāḥ skhalitasubhagaṃ darśitāvartanābheḥ
nirvindhyāyāḥ pathi bhava rasābhyantaraḥ saṃnipatya strīṇām ādyaṃ praṇayavacanaṃ vibhramo hi priyeṣu //

veṇībhūtapratanusalilā tām atītasya sindhuḥ pāṇḍucchāyā taṭaruhatarubhraṃśibhir jīrṇaparṇaiḥ
saubhāgyaṃ te subhaga virahāvasthayā vyañjayantī kārśyaṃ yena tyajati vidhinā sa tvayaivopapādyaḥ //

prāpyāvantīn udayanakathākovidagrāmavṛddhān pūrvoddiṣṭām anusara purīṃ śrīviśālāṃ viśālām
svalpībhūte sucaritaphale svargiṇāṃ gāṃ gatānāṃ śeṣaiḥ puṇyair hṛtam iva divaḥ kāntimat khaṇḍam ekam //

dīrghīkurvan paṭu madakalaṃ kūjitaṃ sārasānāṃ pratyūṣeṣu sphuṭitakamalāmodamaitrīkaṣāyaḥ
yatra strīṇāṃ harati surataglānim aṅgānukūlaḥ siprāvātaḥ priyatama iva prārthanācāṭukāraḥ //

jālodgīrṇair upacitavapuḥ keśasaṃskāradhūpair bandhuprītyā bhavanaśikhibhir dattanṛttopahāraḥ
harmyeṣv asyāḥ kusumasurabhiṣv adhvakhinnāntarātmā nītvā rātriṃ lalitavanitāpādarāgāṅkiteṣu //

bhartuḥ kaṇṭhacchavir iti gaṇaiḥ sādaraṃ vīkṣyamāṇaḥ puṇyaṃ yāyās tribhuvanaguror dhāma caṇḍeśvarasya
dhūtodyānaṃ kuvalayarajogandhibhir gandhavatyās toyakrīḍāniratayuvatisnānatiktair marudbhiḥ //

apy anyasmiñ jaladhara mahākālam āsādya kāle sthātavyaṃ te nayanaviṣayaṃ yāvad atyeti bhānuḥ
kurvan saṃdhyābalipaṭahatāṃ śūlinaḥ ślāghanīyām āmandrāṇāṃ phalam avikalaṃ lapsyase garjitānām //

pādanyāsakvaṇitaraśanās tatra līlāvadhūtai ratnacchāyāracitavalibhiś cāmaraiḥ klāntahastāḥ
veśyās tvatto nakhapadasukhān prāpya varṣāgrabindūn āmokṣyante tvayi madhukaraśreṇidīrghān kaṭākṣān //

paścād uccairbhujataruvanaṃ maṇḍalenābhilīnaḥ sāṃdhyaṃ tejaḥ pratinavajapāpuṣparaktaṃ dadhānaḥ
nṛttārambhe hara paśupater ārdranāgājinecchāṃ śāntodvegastimitanayanaṃ dṛṣṭabhaktir bhavānyā //

gacchantīnāṃ ramaṇavasatiṃ yoṣitāṃ tatra naktaṃ ruddhāloke narapatipathe sūcibhedyais tamobhiḥ
saudāmanyā kanakanikaṣasnigdhayā darśayorvīṃ toyotsargastanitamukharo mā sma bhūr viklavās tāḥ //

tāṃ kasyāṃ cid bhavanavalabhau suptapārāvatāyāṃ nītvā rātriṃ ciravilasanāt khinnavidyutkalatraḥ
dṛṣṭe sūrye punar api bhavān vāhayed adhvaśeṣaṃ mandāyante na khalu suhṛdām abhyupetārthakṛtyāḥ //

tasmin kāle nayanasalilaṃ yoṣitāṃ khaṇḍitānāṃ śāntiṃ neyaṃ praṇayibhir ato vartma bhānos tyajāśu
prāleyāsraṃ kamalavadanāt so 'pi hartuṃ nalinyāḥ pratyāvṛttas tvayi kararudhi syād analpābhyasūyaḥ //

gambhīrāyāḥ payasi saritaś cetasīva prasanne chāyātmāpi prakṛtisubhago lapsyate te praveśam
tasmād asyāḥ kumudaviśadāny arhasi tvaṃ na dhairyān moghīkartuṃ caṭulaśapharodvartanaprekṣitāni //