The protagonist of this poem has been exiled, and asks the title object, which is compared to an elephant "attack[ing] a bank of earth in play," to deliver a message to his wife in the Himalayas.
In this poem's eleventh stanza, the protagonist assures another figure that mushrooms and swans will be its companions. One stanza describe an ashoka-tree and a bakul-tree which "wait to feel the winning power of [one character's] persuasion, ere they blossom into flower." Several stanzas are devoted to a city described as a "radiant bit of heaven," the home of a "dread shrine" of Shiva; that city is the protagonist's hometown of Ujjain. The protagonist of this poem has been exiled, and asks the title object, which is compared to an elephant "attack[ing] a bank of earth in play," to deliver a message to his wife in the Himalayas. For 10 points, name this poem by Kalidasa.
In this poem's eleventh stanza, the protagonist assures another figure that mushrooms and swans will be its companions.
“The {Cloud Messenger}” [or “{Meghaduta}”]