Bhrngadutam
Bhṛṅgadūtam (Sanskrit: भृङ्गदूतम्) (2004), literally The bumblebee messenger, is a Sanskrit minor poem (Khaṇḍakāvya) of the Dūtakāvya (messenger-poem) genre composed by Jagadguru Rambhadracharya (1950–). The poem consists of 501 verses in the Mandākrāntā metre divided in two parts. Set in the context of the Kiṣkindhākāṇḍa of Rāmāyaṇa, the poem describes the message sent via a bumblebee by Rāma, spending the four months of the rainy season on the Pravarṣaṇa mountain in Kiṣkindhā, to Sītā, held captive by Rāvaṇa in Laṅkā.
Cover page of Bhṛṅgadūtam, first edition | |
| Author | Jagadguru Rambhadracharya |
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| Original title | Bhṛṅgadūtam |
| Country | India |
| Language | Sanskrit |
| Genre | Dūtakāvya (Messenger Poetry) |
| Publisher | Jagadguru Rambhadracharya Handicapped University |
Publication date | 30 August 2004 |
| Media type | Print (Paperback) |
| Pages | 197 pp (first edition) |
| This article is part of a series on Rambhadracharya |
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A copy of the poem, with the Guñjana Hindi commentary by the poet himself, was published by the Jagadguru Rambhadracharya Handicapped University, Chitrakuta, Uttar Pradesh. The book was released on 30 August 2004.
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