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H. Griffith 1853, The Birth of the War-God (cantos 1–7) > He bears the offering to his master's feet. > The Serpents, led by Vásuki, their king, > Across his nightly path their lustre fling; > Bright as a torch, their flashing jewels blaze. > Nor wind, nor rain, can dim their dazzling rays. > E'en Indra, sovereign of the blissful skies, > To gain his love by flattering homage tries, > And sends him oft those flowers of wondrous hue > That on the Heavenly Tree in beauty grew; > Yet all these offerings brought from day to day— > This flattery—fail his ruthless hand to stay; > Earth, Hell, and Heaven, beneath his rage must groan, > Till force can hurl him from his evil throne. > Alas! where glowed the bright celestial bowers, > And gentle Fair Ones nursed the opening flowers,— > Where heavenly trees a heavenly odour shed, > O'er a sad desert ruin reigns instead. > He roots up Meru's sacred peaks, where stray > The fiery coursers of the God of Day, > To form bright slopes, and glittering mounds of ease, > In the broad gardens of his palaces. > There, on his couch, the mighty Lord is fanned > Into sweet slumber by a heavenly band— > Poor captive Nymphs, who stand in anguish by, > Drop the big tear, and heave the ceaseless sigh. > And now have Indra's elephants defiled > The sparkling stream where heavenly Ganga smiled, > And her gold Lotuses the Fiend has taken > To deck his pools, and left her all forsaken. > The Gods of Heaven no more delight to roam > O'er all the world, far from their glorious home; > They dread the Demon's impious might, nor dare > — Ralph T. H. Griffith 1853, The Birth of the War-God (cantos 1–7) - [Previous: 2.36](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.mahakavya.saiva.kumarasambhava.2.36) - [Next: 2.38](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.mahakavya.saiva.kumarasambhava.2.38) - [Up: 2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.mahakavya.saiva.kumarasambhava.2) ## Translations (1) - [The Birth of the War-God (cantos 1–7)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.mahakavya.saiva.kumarasambhava~en-griffith.2.p3.p1) — Ralph T. H. Griffith 1853, English ## Commentaries (6) - [Śiśuhitaiṣiṇī](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.mahakavya.saiva.kumarasambhava!caritravardhana.2.37) — Cāritravardhana, Sanskrit - [Kumāratātparya](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.mahakavya.saiva.kumarasambhava!caritravardhanagani.2.37) — Cāritravardhanagaṇi, Sanskrit - [Sañjīvanī](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.mahakavya.saiva.kumarasambhava!mallinatha-sanjivani.2.37) — 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.2.37](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.mahakavya.saiva.kumarasambhava.2.37) · Pramāṇa