[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) › 3.20 # The Birth of Kumāra 3.20 Kumārasaṃbhava 3.20 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [3.20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.mahakavya.saiva.kumarasambhava.3.20) surāḥ samabhyarthayitāra ete, kāryaṃ trayāṇāmapi viṣṭapānām | cāpena te karma na cātihiṃsramaho batāsi spṛhaṇīyavīryaḥ || > 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) - [Previous: 3.19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.mahakavya.saiva.kumarasambhava.3.19) - [Next: 3.21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.mahakavya.saiva.kumarasambhava.3.21) - [Up: 3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.mahakavya.saiva.kumarasambhava.3) ## 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.3.20) — Cāritravardhana, Sanskrit - [Kumāratātparya](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.mahakavya.saiva.kumarasambhava!caritravardhanagani.3.20) — Cāritravardhanagaṇi, Sanskrit - [Sañjīvanī](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.mahakavya.saiva.kumarasambhava!mallinatha-sanjivani.3.20) — Mallinātha, Sanskrit - [Vivaraṇa of Nārāyaṇa Paṇḍita](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.mahakavya.saiva.kumarasambhava!narayana-pandita.1.20) — 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 --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.mahakavya.saiva.kumarasambhava.3.20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.mahakavya.saiva.kumarasambhava.3.20) · Pramāṇa