Meghadūta-acc-Vallabhadeva · Verses 41-60
tasyāḥ kiṃ cit karadhṛtam iva prāptavānīraśākhaṃ hṛtvā nīlaṃ salilavasanaṃ muktarodhonitambam
prasthānaṃ te katham api sakhe lambamānasya bhāvi jñātāsvādaḥ pulinajaghanāṃ ko vihātuṃ samarthaḥ //
tvanniṣyandocchvasitavasudhāgandhasaṃparkapuṇyaḥ srotorandhradhvanitasubhagaṃ dantibhiḥ pīyamānaḥ
nīcair vāsyaty upajigamiṣor devapūrvaṃ giriṃ te śīto vāyuḥ pariṇamayitā kānanodumbarāṇām //
tatra skandaṃ niyatavasatiṃ puṣpameghīkṛtātmā puṣpāsāraiḥ snapayatu bhavān vyomagaṅgājalārdraiḥ
rakṣāhetor navaśaśibhṛtā vāsavīnāṃ camūnām atyādityaṃ hutavahamukhe saṃbhṛtaṃ tadd hi tejaḥ //
jyotirlekhāvalayi galitaṃ yasya barhaṃ bhavānī putraprītyā kuvalayapadaprāpi karṇe karoti
dhautāpāṅgaṃ haraśaśirucā pāvakes taṃ mayūraṃ paścād adrigrahaṇagurubhir garjitair nartayethāḥ //
ārādhyaivaṃ śaravaṇabhuvaṃ 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 somya sārasvatīnām antaḥsvacchas tvam api bhavitā varṇamātreṇa kṛṣṇaḥ //
tasmād gaccher anukanakhalaṃ śailarājāvatīrṇāṃ jahnoḥ kanyāṃ sagaratanayasvargasopānapaṅktim
gaurīvaktrabhrukuṭiracanāṃ yā vihasyeva phenaiḥ śambhoḥ keśagrahaṇam akarod indulagnormihastā //
tasyāḥ pātuṃ suragaja iva vyomni pūrvārdhalambī tvaṃ ced acchasphaṭikaviśadaṃ tarkayes tiryag ambhaḥ
saṃsarpantyā sapadi bhavataḥ srotasi cchāyayā sā syād asthānopanatayamunāsaṃgam evābhirāmā //
āsīnānāṃ surabhitaśilaṃ nābhigandhair mṛgāṇāṃ tasyā eva prabhavam acalaṃ prāpya gauraṃ tuṣāraiḥ
vakṣyasy adhvaśramavinayane tasya śṛṅge niṣaṇṇaḥ śobhāṃ ramyāṃ trinayanavṛṣotkhātapaṅkopameyām //
taṃ ced vāyau sarati saralaskandhasaṃghaṭṭajanmā bādhetolkākṣapitacamarīvālabhāro davāgniḥ
arhasy enaṃ śamayitum alaṃ vāridhārāsahasrair āpannārtipraśamanaphalāḥ saṃpado hy uttamānām //
ye tvāṃ muktadhvanim asahanāḥ kāyabhaṅgāya 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 kandarāsu dhvaniḥ syāt saṃgītārtho nanu paśupates tatra bhāvī samastaḥ //
prāleyādrer upataṭam atikramya tāṃs tān viśeṣān haṃsadvāraṃ bhṛgupatiyaśovartma yat krauñcarandhram
tenodīcīṃ diśam abhisares tiryagāyāmaśobhī śyāmaḥ pādo baliniyamanābhyudyatasyeva viṣṇoḥ //
gatvā cordhvaṃ daśamukhabhujocchvāsitaprasthasaṃdheḥ kailāsasya tridaśavanitādarpaṇasyātithiḥ syāḥ
śṛṅgocchrāyaiḥ kumudaviśadair yo vitatya sthitaḥ khaṃ rāśībhūtaḥ pratiniśam iva tryambakasyāṭṭahāsaḥ //
utpaśyāmi tvayi taṭagate snigdhabhinnāñjanābhe sadyaḥkṛttadviradadaśanacchedagaurasya tasya
līlām adreḥ stimitanayanaprekṣaṇīyāṃ bhavitrīm aṃsanyaste sati halabhṛto mecake vāsasīva //
hitvā nīlaṃ bhujagavalayaṃ śambhunā dattahastā krīḍāśaile yadi ca viharet pādacāreṇa gaurī
bhaṅgībhaktyā viracitavapuḥ stambhitāntarjalo 'syāḥ sopānatvaṃ kuru sukhapadasparśam ārohaṇeṣu //
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