[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) › 3.22 # The Birth of Kumāra 3.22 Kumārasaṃbhava 3.22 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [3.22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.mahakavya.saiva.kumarasambhava.3.22) tatheti śeṣāmiva bharturājñāmādāya mūrdhnā madanaḥ pratasthe | airāvatāsphālanakarkaśena hastena pasparśa tadaṅgamindraḥ || > He spake, and Kama bowed his bright head down, > And took his bidding like a flowery crown— > Above his wavy curls great Indra bent. > And fondly touched his soldier ere he went. > With that hard hand—but, O, how gentle now!— > That fell so heavy on his elephant's brow. > Then for that snow-crowned hill he turned away. > Where all alone the heavenly Hermit lay— > His fearful Reti and his comrade Spring > Followed the guidance of Love's mighty King— > There will he battle in unwonted strife. > Return a conqueror or be reft of life. > — Ralph T. H. Griffith 1853, The Birth of the War-God (cantos 1–7) - [Previous: 3.21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.mahakavya.saiva.kumarasambhava.3.21) - [Next: 3.23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.mahakavya.saiva.kumarasambhava.3.23) - [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.p5) — Ralph T. H. Griffith 1853, English --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.mahakavya.saiva.kumarasambhava.3.22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.mahakavya.saiva.kumarasambhava.3.22) · Pramāṇa