[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) › 1.29 # The Birth of Kumāra 1.29 Kumārasaṃbhava 1.29 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [1.29](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.mahakavya.saiva.kumarasambhava.1.29) mandākinīsaikatavedikābhiḥ sā kandukaiḥ kṛtrimaputrakaiśca | reme muhirmadhyagatā sakhīnāṃ krīḍārasaṃ nirviśatīva bālye || > As yet the maiden was unknown to fame, > And Mountain-lady was her only name; > But when her mother, filled with anxious care > At her stern penance, cried Forbear! Forbear! > To a new title was the warning; turned, > And Uma was the name the maiden earned. > Loveliest was she of all his lovely race, > And dearest to her father;—on her face > Looking with love he ne'er could satisfy > The thirsty glances of a parent's eye; > When spring-tide bids a thousand flowrets bloom > Loading the breezes with their rich perfume, > Though here and there the wandering bee may rest, > He loves his own—his darling Mango—best. > The Gods' bright river bathes with gold the skies, > And pure sweet eloquence adorns the wise; > The flambeau's glory is the shining fire.— > She was the pride, the glory of her sire. > Shedding new lustre on his old descent, > His loveliest child, his richest ornament. > The sparkling Ganga laved her heavenly home, > And o'er her islets would the maiden roam > Amid the dear companions of her play > With ball and doll to while the hours away. > As swans in autumn in assembling bands > Fly back to Ganga's well-remembered sands: > As herbs beneath the darksome shades of night > Collect again their scattered rays of light: > So dawned upon the maiden's waking mind > The far-off memory of her life resigned, > And all her former learning in its train, > Feelings, and thoughts, and knowledge came again. > Now beauty's prime, that craves from art no aid. > Ripened the loveliness of that young maid— > — Ralph T. H. Griffith 1853, The Birth of the War-God (cantos 1–7) - [Previous: 1.28](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.mahakavya.saiva.kumarasambhava.1.28) - [Next: 1.30](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.mahakavya.saiva.kumarasambhava.1.30) - [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.p6.p1) — Ralph T. H. Griffith 1853, English ## Commentaries (6) - [Śiśuhitaiṣiṇī](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.mahakavya.saiva.kumarasambhava!caritravardhana.1.29) — Cāritravardhana, Sanskrit - [Kumāratātparya](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.mahakavya.saiva.kumarasambhava!caritravardhanagani.1.29) — Cāritravardhanagaṇi, Sanskrit - [Sañjīvanī](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.mahakavya.saiva.kumarasambhava!mallinatha-sanjivani.1.29) — 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 ## Linked texts (2) - [Śabdakalpadruma](https://indike.org/pramana/in.art.kosa.sabdakalpadruma.804.2) — Rājā Sir Rādhākānta Deb, Sanskrit - [Studies in Indian Art](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.agrawala-1965-studies.c12.s6.26) — V. S. Agrawala, English --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.mahakavya.saiva.kumarasambhava.1.29](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.mahakavya.saiva.kumarasambhava.1.29) · Pramāṇa