The Birth of Kumāra 3.2

3.2

sa vāsavenāsanasannikṛṣṭamito niṣīdeti visṛṣṭabhūmiḥ |
bhartuḥ prasādaṃ pratinandya mūrdhnā vaktuṃ mithaḥ prākramataivamenam ||

In eager gaze the Sovereign of the Skies
Looked full on Káma with his thousand eyes—
E'en such a gaze as trembling suppliants bend,
When danger threatens, on a mighty friend.
Close by his side, where Indra bade him rest,
The Love-God sate, and thus his Lord addressed:
"All-knowing Indra, deign, my prince, to tell
Thy heart's desire in Earth, or Heaven, or Hell:
Double the favour, mighty sovereign, thou
Hast thought on Káma, O, command him now!
Who angers thee by toiling for the prize,
By penance, prayer, or holy sacrifice?
What mortal being dost thou count thy foe?
Speak, I will tame him with my darts and bow.
Has some one feared the endless change of birth.
And sought the path that leads the soul from earth?
Slave to a glancing eye thy foe shall bow.
And own the witchery of a woman's brow;
E'en though the object of thine envious rage
Were taught high wisdom by the Immortal Sage,
With billowy passions will I whelm his soul,
Like rushing waves that spurn the bank's control.
Or has the ripe full beauty of a spouse,
Too fondly faithful to her bridal vows.
Ravished thy spirit from thee?—thine, all thine
Around thy neck her loving arms shall twine;
Thy dearest, jealous of another's charms,
Spurned thee in wrath when flying to her arms?
I'll rack her yielding bosom with such pain,
Soon shall she be all love and warmth again,
And wildly fly in fevered haste to rest
Her aching heart close, close to thy dear breast.