[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) › 4.2 # The Birth of Kumāra 4.2 Kumārasaṃbhava 4.2 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [4.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.mahakavya.saiva.kumarasambhava.4.2) avadhānapare cakāra sā pralayāntonmiṣite vilocane | na viveda tayoratṛptayoḥ priyamatyantaviluptadarśanam || > Sad, solitary, helpless, faint, forlorn, > Woke Káma's darling from her swoon to mourn; > Too soon her gentle soul returned to know > The pangs of widowhood—that word of woe! > Scarce could she raise her, trembling, from the ground, > Scarce dared to bend her anxious gaze around, > Unconscious yet those greedy eyes should never > Feed on his beauty more—gone, gone for ever. > — Ralph T. H. Griffith 1853, The Birth of the War-God (cantos 1–7) - [Previous: 4.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.mahakavya.saiva.kumarasambhava.4.1) - [Next: 4.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.mahakavya.saiva.kumarasambhava.4.3) - [Up: 4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.mahakavya.saiva.kumarasambhava.4) ## Translations (1) - [The Birth of the War-God (cantos 1–7)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.mahakavya.saiva.kumarasambhava~en-griffith.4.p1) — Ralph T. H. Griffith 1853, English --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.mahakavya.saiva.kumarasambhava.4.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.mahakavya.saiva.kumarasambhava.4.2) · Pramāṇa