Meghadūta-acc-Vallabhadeva · Verses 101-111
śyāmāsv aṅgaṃ cakitahariṇaprekṣite dṛṣṭipātaṃ gaṇḍacchāyāṃ śaśini śikhināṃ varhabhāreṣu keśān
utpaśyāmi pratanuṣu nadīvīciṣu bhrūvilāsān hantaikasthaṃ kva cid api na te bhīru sādṛśyam asti //
tvām ālikhya praṇayakupitāṃ dhāturāgaiḥ śilāyām ātmānaṃ te caraṇapatitaṃ yāvad icchāmi kartum
asrais tāvan muhur upacitair dṛṣṭir ālipyate me krūras tasminn api na sahate saṃgamaṃ nau kṛtāntaḥ //
mām ākāśapraṇihitabhujaṃ nirdayāśleṣahetor labdhāyās te katham api sati svapnasaṃdarśaneṣu
paśyantīnāṃ na khalu bahuśo na sthalīdevatānāṃ muktāsthūlās tarukisalayeṣv asruleśāḥ patanti //
bhittvā sadyaḥ kisalayapuṭān devadārudrumāṇāṃ ye tatkṣīrasrutisurabhayo dakṣiṇena pravṛttāḥ
āliṅgyante guṇavati mayā te tuṣārādrivātāḥ pūrvaspṛṣṭaṃ yadi kila bhaved aṅgam ebhis taveti //
saṃkṣipyeran kṣaṇa iva kathaṃ dīrghayāmās triyāmāḥ sarvāvasthāsv ahar api kathaṃ mandamandātapaṃ syāt
itthaṃ cetaś caṭulanayane durlabhaprārthanaṃ me gāḍhoṣmābhiḥ kṛtam aśaraṇaṃ tvadviyogavyathābhiḥ //
nanv ātmānaṃ bahu vigaṇayann ātmanā nāvalambe tat kalyāṇi tvam api sutarāṃ mā gamaḥ kātaratvam
kasyātyantaṃ sukham upanataṃ duḥkham ekāntato vā nīcair gacchaty upari ca daśā cakranemikrameṇa //
śāpānto me bhujagaśayanād utthite śārṅgapāṇau māsān anyān gamaya caturo locane mīlayitvā
paścād āvāṃ virahaguṇitaṃ taṃ tam ātmābhilāṣaṃ nirvekṣyāvaḥ pariṇataśaraccandrikāsu kṣapāsu //
bhūyaś cāha tvam api śayane kaṇṭhalagnā purā me nidrāṃ gatvā kim api rudatī sasvanaṃ viprabuddhā
sāntarhāsaṃ kathitam asakṛt pṛcchataś ca tvayā me dṛṣṭaḥ svapne kitava ramayan kām api tvaṃ mayeti //
etasmān māṃ kuśalinam abhijñānadānād viditvā mā kaulīnād asitanayane mayy aviśvāsinī bhūḥ
snehān āhuḥ kim api virahahrāsinas te hy abhogād iṣṭe vastuny upacitarasāḥ premarāśībhavanti //
kac cit somya vyavasitam idaṃ bandhukṛtyaṃ tvayā me pratyākhyātuṃ na khalu bhavato dhīratāṃ tarkayāmi
niḥśabdo 'pi pradiśasi jalaṃ yācitaś cātakebhyaḥ pratyuktaṃ hi praṇayiṣu satām īpsitārthakriyaiva //
etat kṛtvā priyam anucitaprārthanāvartmano me sauhārdād vā vidhura iti vā mayy anukrośabuddhyā
iṣṭān deśān vicara jalada prāvṛṣā saṃbhṛtaśrīr mā bhūd evaṃ kṣaṇam api ca te vidyutā viprayogaḥ //
Original text: Meghadūta-acc-Vallabhadeva · Edition: Eugen Hultzsch: Kalidasa's Meghaduta, ed. from Manuscripts with the commentary of Vallabhadeva. London: Royal Asiatic Society 1911 (Prize Publication Fund ; 4) · Data entry Asko Parpola · GRETIL (Göttingen) · CC BY-NC-SA 4.0