Meghadūta-acc-Vallabhadeva · Verses 61-80
tatrāvaśyaṃ janitasalilodgāram antaḥpraveśān neṣyanti tvāṃ surayuvatayo yantradhārāgṛhatvam
tābhyo mokṣas tava yadi sakhe gharmalabdhasya na syāt krīḍālolāḥ śravaṇaparuṣair garjitair bhāyayes tāḥ //
hemāmbhojaprasavi salilaṃ mānasasyādadānaḥ kurvan kāmāt kṣaṇamukhapaṭaprītim airāvaṇasya
dhunvan vātaiḥ sajalapṛṣataiḥ kalpavṛkṣāṃśukāni cchāyābhinnaḥ sphaṭikaviśadaṃ nirviśeḥ paravataṃ tam //
tasyotsaṅge praṇayina iva srastagaṅgādugūlāṃ na tvaṃ dṛṣṭvā na punar alakāṃ jñāsyase kāmacārin
yā vaḥ kāle vahati salilodgāram uccairvimānā muktājālagrathitam alakaṃ kāminīvābhravṛndam //
vidyutvantaṃ lalitavanitāḥ sendracāpaṃ sacitrāḥ saṃgītāya prahatamurajāḥ snigdhagambhīraghoṣam
antastoyaṃ maṇimayabhuvas tuṅgam abhraṃlihāgrāḥ prāsādās tvāṃ tulayitum alaṃ yatra tais tair viśeṣaiḥ //
haste līlākamalam alakaṃ bālakundānuviddhaṃ nītā rodhraprasavarajasā pāṇḍutām ānanaśrīḥ
cūḍāpāśe navakuravakaṃ cāru karṇe śirīṣaṃ sīmante ca tvadupagamajaṃ yatra nīpaṃ vadhūnām //
yasyāṃ yakṣāḥ sitamaṇimayāny etya harmyasthalāni jyotiśchāyākusumaracanāny uttamastrīsahāyāḥ
āsevante madhu ratiphalaṃ kalpavṛkṣaprasūtaṃ tvadgambhīradhvaniṣu śanakaiḥ puṣkareṣv āhateṣu //
yatra strīṇāṃ priyatamabhujāliṅganocchvāsitānām aṅgaglāniṃ suratajanitāṃ tantujālāvalambāḥ
tvatsaṃrodhāpagamaviśadaiś cotitāś candrapādair vyālumpanti sphuṭajalalavasyandinaś candrakāntāḥ //
netrā nītāḥ satatagatinā yad vimānāgrabhūmīr ālekhyānāṃ navajalakaṇair doṣam utpādya sadyaḥ
śaṅkāspṛṣṭā iva jalamucas tvādṛśā yatra jālair dhūmodgārānukṛtinipuṇaṃ jarjarā niṣpatanti //
nīvībandhocchvasanaśithilaṃ yatra yakṣāṅganānāṃ vāsaḥ kāmād anibhṛtakareṣv ākṣipatsu priyeṣu
arcistuṅgān abhimukham api prāpya ratnapradīpān hrīmūḍhānāṃ bhavati viphalapreraṇaś cūrṇamuṣṭiḥ //
gatyutkampād alakapatitair yatra mandārapuṣpaiḥ kḷptacchedyaiḥ kanakakamalaiḥ karṇavibhraṃśibhiś ca
muktālagnastanaparimalaiś chinnasūtraiś ca hārair naiśo mārgaḥ savitur udaye sūcyate kāminīnām //
matvā devaṃ dhanapatisakhaṃ yatra sākṣād vasantaṃ prāyaś cāpaṃ na vahati bhayān manmathaḥ ṣaṭpadajyam
sabhrūbhaṅgaprahitanayanaiḥ kāmilakṣyeṣv amoghais tasyārambhaś caturavanitāvibhramair eva siddhaḥ //
tatrāgāraṃ dhanapatigṛhān uttareṇāsmadīyaṃ dūrāl lakṣyaṃ tad amaradhanuś cāruṇā toraṇena
yasyopānte kṛtakatanayaḥ kāntayā vardhito me hastaprāpyastavakanamito bālamandāravṛkṣaḥ //
vāpī cāsmin marakataśilābaddhasopānamārgā haimaiḥ syūtā kamalamukulaiḥ snigdhavaiḍūryanālaiḥ
yasyās toye kṛtavasatayo mānasaṃ saṃnikṛṣṭaṃ na dhyāsyanti vyapagataśucas tvām api prekṣya haṃsāḥ //
yasyās tīre nicitaśikharaḥ peśalair indranīlaiḥ krīḍāśailaḥ kanakakadalīveṣṭanaprekṣaṇīyaḥ
madgehinyāḥ priya iti sakhe cetasā kātareṇa prekṣyopāntasphuritataḍitaṃ tvāṃ tam eva smarāmi //
raktāśokaś calakisalayaḥ kesaraś cātra kāntaḥ pratyāsannau kuravakavṛter mādhavīmaṇḍapasya
ekaḥ sakhyās tava saha mayā vāmapādābhilāṣī kāṅkṣaty anyo vadanamadirāṃ dohadacchadmanāsyāḥ //
tanmadhye ca sphaṭikaphalakā kāñcanī vāsayaṣṭir mūle naddhā maṇibhir anatiprauḍhavaṃśaprakāśaiḥ
tālaiḥ śiñjadvalayasubhagair nartitaḥ kāntayā me yām adhyāste divasavigame nīlakaṇṭhaḥ suhṛd vaḥ //
ebhiḥ sādho hṛdayanihitair lakṣaṇair lakṣaṇīyaṃ dvāropānte likhitavapuṣau śaṅkhapadmau ca dṛṣṭvā
kṣāmacchāyaṃ bhavanam adhunā madviyogena nūnaṃ sūryāpāye na khalu kamalaṃ puṣyati svām abhikhyām //
gatvā sadyaḥ kalabhatanutāṃ śīghrasaṃpātahetoḥ krīḍāśaile prathamakathite ramyasānau niṣaṇṇaḥ
arhasy antarbhavanapatitāṃ kartum alpālpabhāsaṃ khadyotālīvilasitanibhāṃ vidyudunmeṣadṛṣṭim //
tanvī śyāmā śikharadaśanā pakvabimbādharauṣṭhī madhye kṣāmā cakitahariṇaprekṣaṇī nimnanābhiḥ
śroṇībhārād alasagamanā stokanamrā stanābhyāṃ yā tatra syād yuvativiṣaye sṛṣṭir ādyeva dhātuḥ //
tāṃ jānīyāḥ parimitakathāṃ jīvitaṃ me dvitīyaṃ dūrībhūte mayi sahacare cakravākīm ivaikām
gāḍhotkaṇṭhāguruṣu divaseṣv eṣu gacchatsu bālāṃ jātāṃ manye śiśiramathitāṃ padminīṃ vānyarūpām //
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