Meghadutam by Kalidas - lyrics and meaning

saawariya · Post by **saawariya** » 10 Sep 2008, 14:39

Hi rasikas,

I have been trying to find a proper version of the Meghadutam by Kalidas and the meaning for the same.
I came across a few versions....but all of them did not match the number of verses in Poorvamegh and Uttarmegh part of the epic poem.
Anyone here is an expert on sanskrit who is able to shed some light on the right versions?
I will post the version separately..hopefully someone can help out?

saawariya · Post by **saawariya** » 10 Sep 2008, 14:53

Please download the files of the different versions I have found at the following links...

http://www.4shared.com/file/62447203/69 ... dutam.html
http://www.4shared.com/file/62447227/5c ... rsion.html
http://www.4shared.com/file/62447236/32 ... cript.html

There is in fact one more version which I found, it is in devanagari script...and it is 17MB file...and a *.djvu file. If anyone has a Djvu reader I will send that across too...

cmlover · Post by **cmlover** » 11 Sep 2008, 02:11

MeghadUtam of Kalidasa with the commentary of Mallinatha and English tranlation and notes by MR Kale is published by
Motilal Banarasidass Delhi

mohan · Post by **mohan** » 11 Sep 2008, 07:21

A number of translations of Sanskrit texts are being published by a project called the Clay Sanskrit Library. I have Kalidasa's KumArasambhava and it has been very nicely done. MEghadUtam is also available in this series.

See http://www.claysanskritlibrary.org/
Most of the books are also available through Amazon

arasi · Post by **arasi** » 11 Sep 2008, 08:07

Thank you, Mohan!

cmlover · Post by **cmlover** » 11 Sep 2008, 21:16

I second!

saawariya · Post by **saawariya** » 15 Sep 2008, 19:55

thanks mohan and cmlover.
I tried searching online for the soft version of the book by motilal...but could not find...
therefore looking for some online resource....or help...
thanks everyone again...!

Rigapada · Post by **Rigapada** » 15 Sep 2008, 20:14

Copies in Nagari and Roman are available at:
http://www.ignca.nic.in/sanskrit.htm under Kavya - Other. Only the original text.

cmlover · Post by **cmlover** » 16 Sep 2008, 00:47

I know meghaduta was translated in English verse (German too!) in the 19th century and it received raving reviews. That must be available in some old documents site.

saawariya · Post by **saawariya** » 02 Jan 2009, 01:28

Just to revive this topic.. i did manage to find an online translation...as uploaded as below:
http://www.4shared.com/file/78490220/cf ... rsion.html

but now i find discrepencies in some of the verses frm the sanskrit version i found and the corresponding meaning in the pdf file above...

anyone to rescue?

keerthi · Post by **keerthi** » 02 Jan 2009, 10:07

There is a book on the meghadutam published by the Sahitya Academy(Central) which lists the varous manuscripts and editions available. It includes the verses which are believed to be later interpolations. It is quite easy to study the pedigree of the Meghasandesham, as there have been several poets and commentators who have written about it, or taking inspiration from it. It compounded a whole new genre of poetry called Sandesha-kAvya.
There is a jaina rescension, where the poet Nemichandra has composed a verse each beginning with each line of the megha. Creating a poem four times as big as the original kavya. The kAle translation is the critical edition. Sanskritdocuments.org will have a critical edition of the text alone.