An Illustrated
Meghaduta by Mahakavi Kalidasa, (In
English) Translated
By Jaffor
Ullah and Joanna Kirkpatrick
Introduction
– The
Flight path of Megh Purva-Megh
Verse
1 through 4 Verse
5 through 8 Verse
9 through 12 Verse
13 through 16 Verse
17 through 20 Verse
21 through 24 Verse
25 through 28 Verse
29 through 32 Verse
33 through 36 Verse
37 through 40 Verse
41 through 44 Verse
45 through 48 Verse
49 through 52 Verse
53 through 56 Verse
57 through 60 Verse
61 through 64
Uttar-Megh
Verse
1 through 4 Verse
5 through 8 Verse
9 through 12 Verse
13 through 16 Verse
17 through 20 Verse
21 through 24 Verse
25 through 28 Verse
29 through 32 Verse
33 through 36 Verse
37 through 40 Verse
41 through 44 Verse
45 through 48 Verse
49 through 54 The
End
Acknowledgements:
We used Prof. Kanai Lal Roy's Bengali book
entitled "Mahakavi Kalidasa Pranito Meghadutam" (Bangla Academy,
Dhaka, Bangladesh; 1994; ISBN 784-07-30-70-8) to translate the Sanskrit verses
into English.
All the poems in Bengali were taken from "Meghaduta"
by Narendra Deb (Dey's Publishing, Calcutta, India; 1998; ISBN 81-7612-145-2)
for scholarly use.
McComas Taylor's The Meghaduta in English at
http://members.ozemail.com.au/~mooncharts/kalidasa/meghaduta-eng.pdf
A summary of the poem by Chandra Holm. We
are including Ms. Holm's site so that readers who are unfamiliar with the plot
and context could obtain the necessary information by browsing the site.
http://www.ch.8.com/megh.htm
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Published at: Mukto-mona.
Comments could be directed to: Jaffor
Ullah and Joanna Kirkpatrick
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