[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Indian literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in) › [Epic, Poetry, Drama & Narrative](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit) › [Poetry (mahākāvya, lyric, messenger poems, stotra, Prakrit kāvya)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya) › [Court epics (sargabandha)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.mahakavya) › [Śiva, Pārvatī, Skanda and Devī epics](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.mahakavya.saiva) › [The Birth of Kumāra](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.mahakavya.saiva.kumarasambhava) › 1.15 # The Birth of Kumāra 1.15 Kumārasaṃbhava 1.15 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [1.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.mahakavya.saiva.kumarasambhava.1.15) bhāgīrathīnirjharasikarāṇāṃ voḍhā muhamaḥ kampitadevadāruḥ | yadvāyuranviṣṭamṛgaiḥ kirātairāsevyate bhinnaśiśaṇḍibarhaḥ || > Why lingers yet the Heavenly Minstrel's bride > On the wild path that skirts Himálaya's side?— > Cold to her tender feet—oh, cold—the snow, > Why are her steps—her homeward steps—so slow? > 'Tis that her slender ancles scarce can bear > The weight of beauty that impedes her there; > Each rounded limb, and all her peerless charms, > That broad full bosom, those voluptuous arms. > E'en the wild kine that roam his forests bring > The royal symbols to the Mountain-king,— > With tails outspread, their bushy streaming hair > Flashes like moonlight through the parted air; > What monarch's fan more glorious might there be, > More meet to wave before such majesty? > There, when the Nymphs, within the cave's recess, > In modest fear their gentle limbs undress. > Descending clouds hang fondly round to shade > The blushing beauties of each mountain maid. > With pearly dew-drops Ganga loads the gale, > That waves the dark pines towering o'er the vale, > And breathes in welcome freshness o'er the face > Of wearied hunters when they quit the chase. > Spread on the tranquil pool so sweetly sleep > The Lotus-flowers upon Himálaya's steep, > That the bright Seven who star the northern sky > Cull each a blossom from their seats on high; > And when the Sun pours forth his morning glow > In streams of glory from his path below, > They gain new beauty as his kisses break > His darlings' slumber on the mountain lake. > — Ralph T. H. Griffith 1853, The Birth of the War-God (cantos 1–7) - [Previous: 1.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.mahakavya.saiva.kumarasambhava.1.14) - [Next: 1.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.mahakavya.saiva.kumarasambhava.1.16) - [Up: 1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.mahakavya.saiva.kumarasambhava.1) ## Translations (1) - [The Birth of the War-God (cantos 1–7)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.mahakavya.saiva.kumarasambhava~en-griffith.1.p3) — Ralph T. H. Griffith 1853, English ## Commentaries (6) - [Śiśuhitaiṣiṇī](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.mahakavya.saiva.kumarasambhava!caritravardhana.1.15) — Cāritravardhana, Sanskrit - [Kumāratātparya](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.mahakavya.saiva.kumarasambhava!caritravardhanagani.1.15) — Cāritravardhanagaṇi, Sanskrit - [Sañjīvanī](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.mahakavya.saiva.kumarasambhava!mallinatha-sanjivani.1.15) — Mallinātha, Sanskrit - [Sañjīvinī](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.mahakavya.saiva.kumarasambhava!mallinatha) — Mallinātha Sūri, Sanskrit - [Vivaraṇa of Nārāyaṇa Paṇḍita](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.mahakavya.saiva.kumarasambhava!narayana-pandita) — Nārāyaṇa Paṇḍita, Sanskrit - [Kumārasambhavaṭīkā Saṃjīvanī](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.mahakavya.saiva.kumarasambhava!sitarama) — Sītārāma, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.mahakavya.saiva.kumarasambhava.1.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.mahakavya.saiva.kumarasambhava.1.15) · Pramāṇa