Meghadūta · Verses 41-60

tasyāḥ kiṃ cit karadhṛtam iva prāptavānīraśākhaṃ hṛtvā nīlaṃ salilavasanaṃ muktarodhonitambam
prasthānaṃ te katham api sakhe lambamānasya bhāvi jñātāsvādo vivṛtajaghanāṃ ko vihātuṃ samarthaḥ //

tvanniṣyandocchvasitavasudhāgandhasaṃparkaramyaḥ srotorandhradhvanitasubhagaṃ dantibhiḥ pīyamānaḥ
nīcair vāsyaty upajigamiṣor devapūrvaṃ giriṃ te śīto vāyuḥ pariṇamayitā kānanodumbarāṇām //

tatra skandaṃ niyatavasatiṃ puṣpameghīkṛtātmā puṣpāsāraiḥ snapayatu bhavān vyomagaṅgājalādreḥ
rakṣāhetor navaśaśibhṛtā vāsavīnāṃ camūnām atyādityaṃ hutavahamukhe saṃbhṛtaṃ tadd hi tejaḥ //

jyotirlekhāvalayi galitaṃ yasya barhaṃ bhavānī putrapremṇā kuvalayadalaprāpi karṇe karoti
dhautāpāṅgaṃ haraśaśirucā pāvakes taṃ mayūraṃ paścād adrigrahaṇagurubhir garjitair nartayethāḥ //

ārādhyainaṃ śaravaṇabhavaṃ devam ullaṅghitādhvā siddhadvandvair jalakaṇabhayād vīṇibhir muktamārgaḥ
vyālambethāḥ surabhitanayālambhajāṃ mānayiṣyan srotomūrtyā bhuvi pariṇatāṃ rantidevasya kīrtim //

tvayy ādātuṃ jalam avanate śārṅgiṇo varṇacaure tasyāḥ sindhoḥ pṛthum api tanuṃ dūrabhāvāt pravāham
prekṣiṣyante gaganagatayo dūram āvarjya dṛṣṭīr ekaṃ muktāguṇam iva bhuvaḥ sthūlamadhyendranīlam //

tām uttīrya vraja paricitabhrūlatāvibhramāṇāṃ pakṣmotkṣepād uparivilasatkṛṣṇaśāraprabhāṇām
kundakṣepānugamadhukaraśrīmuṣām ātmabimbaṃ pātrīkurvan daśapuravadhūnetrakautūhalānām //

brahmāvartaṃ janapadam adhaśchāyayā gāhamānaḥ kṣetraṃ kṣatrapradhanapiśunaṃ kauravaṃ tad bhajethāḥ
rājanyānāṃ śitaśaraśatair yatra gāṇḍīvadhanvā dhārāpātais tvam iva kamalāny abhyavarṣan mukhāni //

hitvā hālām abhimatarasāṃ revatīlocanāṅkāṃ bandhuprītyā samaravimukho lāṅgalī yāḥ siṣeve
kṛtvā tāsām abhigamam apāṃ saumya sārasvatīnām antaḥśuddhas tvam asi bhavitā varṇamātreṇa kṛṣṇaḥ //

tasmād gaccher anukanakhalaṃ śailarājāvatīrṇāṃ jahnoḥ kanyāṃ sagaratanayasvargasopānapaṅktim
gaurīvaktrabhrukuṭiracanāṃ yā vihasyeva phenaiḥ śambhoḥ keśagrahaṇam akarod indulagnormihastā //

tasyāḥ pātuṃ suragaja iva vyomni paścārdhalambī tvaṃ ced acchasphaṭikaviśadaṃ tarkayes tiryag ambhaḥ
saṃsarpantyā sapadi bhavataḥ srotasi cchāyayā sā syād asthānopagatayamunāsaṃgam evābhirāmā //

āsīnānāṃ surabhitaśilaṃ nābhigandhair mṛgāṇāṃ tasyā eva prabhavam acalaṃ prāpya gauraṃ tuṣāraiḥ
vakṣyasy adhvaśramavinayane tasya śṛṅge niṣaṇṇaḥ śobhāṃ śubhratrinayanavṛṣotkhātapaṅkopameyām //

taṃ ced vāyau sarati saralaskandhasaṃghaṭṭajanmā bādhetolkākṣapitacamarībālabhāro davāgniḥ
arhasy enaṃ śamayitum alaṃ vāridhārāsahasrair āpannārtipraśamanaphalāḥ saṃpado hy uttamānām //

ye tvāṃ muktadhvanim asahanāḥ svāṅgabhaṅgāya tasmin darpotsekād upari śarabhā laṅghayiṣyanty alaṅghyam
tān kurvīthās tumulakarakāvṛṣṭihāsāvakīrṇān ke vā na syuḥ paribhavapadaṃ niṣphalārambhayatnāḥ //

tatra vyaktaṃ dṛṣadi caraṇanyāsam ardhendumauleḥ śaśvat siddhair upahṛtabaliṃ bhaktinamraḥ parīyāḥ
yasmin dṛṣṭe karaṇavigamād ūrdhvam uddhūtapāpāḥ kalpante 'sya sthiragaṇapadaprāptaye śraddadhānāḥ //

śabdāyante madhuram anilaiḥ kīcakāḥ pūryamāṇāḥ saṃraktābhis tripuravijayo gīyate kiṃnarībhiḥ
nirhrādī te muraja iva cet kandareṣu dhvaniḥ syāt saṃgītārtho nanu paśupates tatra bhāvī samastaḥ //

prāleyādrer upataṭam atikramya tāṃs tān viśeṣān haṃsadvāraṃ bhṛgupatiyaśovartma yat krauñcarandhram
tenodīcīṃ diśam anusares tiryagāyāmaśobhī śyāmaḥ pādo baliniyamanābhyudyatasyeva viṣṇoḥ //

gatvā cordhvaṃ daśamukhabhujocchvāsitaprasthasaṃdheḥ kailāsasya tridaśavanitādarpaṇasyātithiḥ syāḥ
śṛṅgocchrāyaiḥ kumudaviśadair yo vitatya sthitaḥ khaṃ rāśībhūtaḥ pratidiśam iva tryambakasyāṭṭahāsaḥ //

utpaśyāmi tvayi taṭagate snigdhabhinnāñjanābhe sadyaḥkṛttadviradadaśanacchedagaurasya tasya
līlām adreḥ stimitanayanaprekṣaṇīyāṃ bhavitrīm aṃsanyaste sati halabhṛto mecake vāsasīva //

hitvā tasmin bhujagavalayaṃ śambhunā dattahastā krīḍāśaile yadi ca viharet pādacāreṇa gaurī
bhaṅgībhaktyā viracitavapuḥ stambhitāntarjalaughaḥ sopānatvaṃ kuru padasukhasparśam ārohaṇeṣu //