कश्चित्कान्ताविरहगुरुणा स्वाधिकारात्प्रमत्तःशापेनास्तंगमितमहिमा वर्षभोग्येण भर्तुः।
यक्षश्चक्रे जनकतनयास्नानपुण्योदकेषुस्निग्धच्छायातरुषु वसतिं रामगिर्याश्रमेषु॥
In English
A yaksha, careless in his duty and stripped of his powers by his lord’s curse for a year, made his home in the hermitages of Ramagiri, among trees of deep shade, by waters made holy where Sita once bathed.
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MLA 9
Kalidasa. “मेघदूतम् — प्रथम श्लोक.” Mansarovar Sahitya, https://www.mansarovarsahitya.in/poems/poem-meghaduta/. Accessed 8 Aug. 2026.
Chicago 17
Kalidasa. “मेघदूतम् — प्रथम श्लोक.” Mansarovar Sahitya. Accessed August 8, 2026. https://www.mansarovarsahitya.in/poems/poem-meghaduta/.
Reference
कालिदासः। «मेघदूतम् — प्रथम श्लोक»। Mansarovar Sahitya, https://www.mansarovarsahitya.in/poems/poem-meghaduta/।
