Meghaduta (literally meaning “cloud messenger”) is a lyric poem written by Kalidasa, considered to be one of the greatest Sanskrit poets in India. A short poem of only 111 stanzas, it is one of Kalidasa`s most illustrious works.
Meghaduta is separated into two parts – Purvamegha (Previous cloud) and Uttaramegha (Consequent cloud). According to the story, Kubera, treasurer to the Gods, possesses a band of celestial attendees working for him, named the Yakshas. One of these Yakshas was so besotted and preoccupied with his wife that he absolutely disregarded his duties. As a consequence, he was cursed and banished into the thickness of earthly woods. Wholly demoralised, he kept thinking about his wife and felt her absence terribly. His wife also kept reminiscing about him all day and all night.
Then one day, monsoons started to splash upon earth. The Yaksha saw a rain cloud pass by and requested it to carry a message to his wife, then languishing on Mount Kailash in the Himalayas. The Yaksha then commences to describe the route the cloud should be taking in the northward direction. The description is so enamouring and so pictorial, that one can actually experience the scenes are flashing in front of the eyes in a vision. The Yaksha makes the route seem as bewitching as possible, so that the cloud takes his message to his wife, in the city of Alaka (according to Hindu mythology, Alaka sometimes also referred to as Alakapuri, is a mythical city in the Himalayas.).
The emotions portrayed by Kalidasa in his lyric poem Meghaduta are extremely exquisite, giving rise to the poem first being translated into English by Horace Hayman Wilson in 1813.
DOWNLOAD LINKS
Meghasandesa with Dakshinavartanatha’s Tika – TG Sastri, 1919
Meghaduta with Sanjivani Vyakhya Skt 1894
Kalidasa’s Meghaduta with Skt Commentary & English Translation – KB Pathak, 1916
Meghasandesha with Vallabhadeva’s Commentary, 1911
The Meghaduta or Cloud messenger – English Translation by HH Wilson, 1814
The Meghaduta or Cloud messenger – English Translation by Col. HA Ouvry, 1868
Very nice, thank you! Minor comment: despite the filename, the first link contains actually not the commentary of Mallinatha but that of Dakshinavartanatha. It seems a PDF of this one: http://www.archive.org/details/MeghadutaWithTheCommentaryOfDaksinavartanatha
(In the preface, MM T. Ganapati Shastri says that this text has more beautiful readings that that used by Mallinatha.)
Shreevatsa,
I happened to see your comment just today. Hence the delay in reply.
Thanks for pointing out this error. I have corrected the error. I have a pdf of Mallinatha’s commentary on Meghasandesa. I will upload it today itself.
Sir,
I was searching for mallinath’s commentary of meghadootam for sometime.I was happy to see that you have it,but i couldn’t find it in this site.Kindly provide the link here,if you can.Thank you.
Gayatri
Gayantri, Thanks for pointing out the broken link. I have rectified the link. You can download Sanjivani Vyakhya on Meghaduta from https://archive.org/details/exhaustivenotes00mallgoog
Sir,
Thank you
Gayatri
Thank you very much for this wonderful e-book source.
[…] pieces of classical Indian poetry: Meghdoot (Meghaduta) by Kalidasa. Here is a plot summary from Sanskrit e-books: Meghaduta is separated into two parts โ Purvamegha (Previous cloud) and Uttaramegha (Consequent […]
thank you .aap ki jai ho .
sir
it is excellent book to read .meghasandeash.nicely discribed the cloudes of the sky .carrying few ran drops.beautiful explanation .
Realy I don’t have word to say the excellent job done by u by providing e book “meghdoot” can we hope e-book meghdoot in hindi version
Sinhaji,
Several editions of Meghaduta with Hindi translation and commentary are aavailable at Digital Library of India. Giving the links below:
Meghadut (1954)., 99999990822086. Agrwal Vasudevsharn.. 1954. hindi. . 261 pgs.
meghaduta., 5990010116955. . 1922. hindi. Literature. 92 pgs.
Meghdoot Ka hindi gadya., 5990010115459. Mahabeer Prasad. 1924. hindi. literature. 63 pgs.
Meghdoot Kalidas ., 99999990028286. Mishra Keshvprasad. 0. Hindi. Philosophy. 95 pgs.
Meghdoot Raja laxman Singh Anubadit., 5990010115460. Syamsunder Dass. 1925. hindi. literature. 102 pgs.
You can download the books in PDF format, using DLI Downloader which is available at http://dli-downloader.blogspot.in/2013/04/fast-dli-downloader-tool-to-download.html
sir when i try to download swapnavasavadatta or meghaduta I always get a message saying “this will harm your computer”.so,i am not able to download them. please send me the kumarasambhava’s next part(from 8th canto)if possible .
thanks
Meghana,
There are 6 download links for Meghaduta in this post. So, please be specific in your comment, regarding which link causes problem. I can help you only if I know which edition you are looking for. Regarding Kumarasambhavam, if you had meant M R Kale’s edition, I am not sure if the remaining sargas were published. I could not find it anywhere on the internet or catalogue sites.
Plj tell the meghaduta as a social commentary
‘Megh-doot’ paath in a famous Bengali film (‘Satyanweshi’) brought me here.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sM8prAK-kGI
Was looking for the original Sanskrit shloka of ‘Meghdoot’!
I am a beginner pursuant of these great works. Please guide me through this journey & suggest works i should read.
there are any book in sanskrit that tell about science in simple way?
awsome poem…….the most romantic poem …
I want to up load meghadoot in oriya.can I?
Pandaji,
If you have got a soft copy of Meghaduta in Oriya and wish to upload it to the internet, I would recommend that you upload it to archive.org. It is not a commercial site. Anyone will be able to download it from there and the file will remain there always. Only condition is that the file should not be copyrighted.
Thank you
Class 10th Sanskrit book download Bengali language
We Indian are forgating such rich and beautiful language
it realy a beauty full poet i compelty read it
I am impressed with the e books available on the net. Thank you for the needful.
I’m impressed with the e books available on the net.Thank you so much.
nice book …excelent
Can you find meghdoot written by C d Deshmukh.
Please forward the link of it.
Please give a short note on poet Kalidasa in sanskrit
Refer to the article on Kalidasa at https://sa.wikipedia.org/wiki/เคเคพเคฒเคฟเคฆเคพเคธเค
l am interested to know about the philosophical concept of Meghadutam of kalidasa
You may post your query at Bharatiya Vidvat Parishat Google group โ https://groups.google.com/forum/#!forum/bvparishat
Learned members of this group will be able to help you.
It is my fortune that I have come across such an excellent source of sanskrit books
Pleadse post Chandra Rajan’s work on Kalidasa. The bbok name is ‘The Loom of Time’.
This is a recent publication and is not in open domain. You can either access it from a library or buy a copy from the publishers.
Many books are in Malayalam Tamil Telugu …etc of rare Ayurveda books … please help to get pdf downloads which are translated to English.. Hindi Kannada etc
Hi,
First of all a big hatsoff to the team.Thank you for the great collection.
I am not able to download the documents, as the mediafire link says the item is deleted. Please help here.
Krishna, I have replaced mediafire links of Meghaduta with archive.org links. You can download the ebooks now.
sir,kripa karke Dr.Jyotsana Mohan ji ka edited kavyaprakash ka Download link dijiye na sir.
Megha Sandesha with translation by C. Shankara Rama Sastri. Please share this book if available. Thanks
This a wonderful book the students who are studing require these kind of sources plz be publishing such kind of sources ….l loved it very much it was very beautifully described …..
But i have a doubt from where did you get these informations?By reading it…or….
I need shlokas of meghdootam purvamegh explained in Sanskrit
Dear Sir,
I am searching for Hindi translation of Meghdoot in poetry form. Last I read it around 40 years ago in my father’s collection. Perhaps it was translated by Raja Laxaman Das. You have given details and links of these books in one of the early responses in this post but with time it seems these links aren’t functional any more.
May I request you to please provide link again.
Thanks a lot
Link to Meghaduta with Hindi verse translations of Raja Lakshman Singh and Purna.
https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.327475/page/n165
Sir,
Thank you very much for the link.
Thank you so much for sharing this link ๐
Is there a source with line by line transliteration+translation to English of Meghadutam. Please share if found.
I need the sanskrit/Malayalam varnan of Ujjain in Meghadoot of Kalidasa
What is the purpose?
I want the ujjain varnan in meghdoot in sanskrit in the form of prosemesa
I want the ujjain varnan in meghdoot in sanskrit in the form of prose
A very good English Translation. I was preparing for an assignment on Purvamegha of Meghduta and this translation helpled me a lot.
Thanks and warm regards…
Sunil Kumar
Somaiya Vidya vihar University Sanksrit Vidya Peetham, Mumbai, India
This is a very romantic poem it encourages the youths
Where can I find Meghaduta translated by Devadhar, C.R.?
Meghadootham translated to Malayalam by parameswar Kavi
Is it available in printe? Please share publication details.
It was printed I was told. But could not be located.
Is it the following book?
https://grandham.in/language/ml/books/dbe64da041813ce0
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Publishers
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Pages 108
Year 1966
Chetta, nee patthu varshangal sesham ippolum ivide vannu? This shows your dedication for Kalidasa
What is the name of the heroine that is the wife of yaksha??
I want to have a copy if the book .Please let me know where I can order
If you understand Hindi you can order the Hindi version from Amazon. It is rated 4.3 out of 5
By the way, Happy Indipendence Day
I want to read english version of uttara megha