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# The Birth of Kumāra 3.19

Kumārasaṃbhava 3.19

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [3.19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.mahakavya.saiva.kumarasambhava.3.19)

tasminsurāṇāṃ vijayābhyupāye tavaiva nāmāstragatiḥ kṛtī tvam |  
apyaprasiddhaṃ yaśase hi puṃsāmananyasādhāraṇameva karma ||

> E'en now my bands of Heavenly Maids have spied  
> Fair Uma dwelling by the Hermit's side—  
> There by her father's bidding rests she still,  
> Sweet minister, upon the cold bleak hill.  
> Go, Káma, go! perform this great emprise,  
> And free from fear the Rulers of the Skies;  
> We need thy favour, as the new-sown grain  
> Calls for the influence of the gentle rain.  
> Go, Káma, go I thy flowery darts shall be  
> Crowned with success o'er this great Deity;  
> Yea, and thy task is e'en already done.  
> For praise and glory are that instant won  
> When a bold heart dares manfully essay  
> The deed which others shrink from in dismay,  
> Gods are thy suppliants, Kama, and on thee  
> Depends the triple World's security;  
> No cruel deed will stain thy flowery bow,  
> With all thy gentlest, mightiest valour, go!  
> And now. Disturber of the Spirit, see  
> Spring, thy beloved, will thy comrade be.  
> And gladly aid thee Siva's heart to tame—  
> None bids the whispering Wind, and yet he fans the flame."  
> — Ralph T. H. Griffith 1853, The Birth of the War-God (cantos 1–7)

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## Translations (1)

- [The Birth of the War-God (cantos 1–7)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.mahakavya.saiva.kumarasambhava~en-griffith.3.p4) — Ralph T. H. Griffith 1853, English

## Commentaries (6)

- [Śiśuhitaiṣiṇī](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.mahakavya.saiva.kumarasambhava!caritravardhana.3.19) — Cāritravardhana, Sanskrit
- [Kumāratātparya](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.mahakavya.saiva.kumarasambhava!caritravardhanagani.3.19) — Cāritravardhanagaṇi, Sanskrit
- [Sañjīvanī](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.mahakavya.saiva.kumarasambhava!mallinatha-sanjivani.3.19) — Mallinātha, Sanskrit
- [Vivaraṇa of Nārāyaṇa Paṇḍita](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.mahakavya.saiva.kumarasambhava!narayana-pandita.1.19) — Nārāyaṇa Paṇḍita, Sanskrit
- [Sañjīvinī](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.mahakavya.saiva.kumarasambhava!mallinatha) — Mallinātha Sūri, Sanskrit
- [Kumārasambhavaṭīkā Saṃjīvanī](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.mahakavya.saiva.kumarasambhava!sitarama) — Sītārāma, Sanskrit

## Linked texts (1)

- [Subhāṣitaratnabhāṇḍāgāra](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.subhasita.subhasita.adhunika.subhasitaratnabhandagara.8.77) — Kāśīnātha Pāṇḍuraṅga Paraba 1886, Sanskrit

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