Read the passage from the poem Meghaduta.

Āshādha's ending on the mountain found
him weakened, gold ring slipping from his wrist.
And mixed his pleasure as a cloud came down
so playfully to hug the summit mist. . . .

With now the rainy month stood close at hand,
to fresh Kutaja blooms he adds his plea,
and asks most courteously the cloud bring news
of welfare to his loved-one—words that she,
revived to hear of him, will understand.

–Meghaduta,
Kalidasa (translated by Colin John Holcombe)

What theme commonly found in Indian poetry is described in this passage?

everyday life
religious beliefs
a hero’s journey
the beauty of nature