[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) › 4.3 # The Birth of Kumāra 4.3 Kumārasaṃbhava 4.3 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [4.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.mahakavya.saiva.kumarasambhava.4.3) ayi jīvitanātha jīvasītyabhidhāyotthitayā tayā puraḥ | dadṛśe puruṣākṛti kṣitau harakopānalabhasma kevalam || > "Speak to me Káma! why so silent? give > One word in answer—doth my Káma live? " > There on the turf his dumb cold ashes lay. > That fiery flash has scorched the soul away. > She clasped the dank earth in her wild despair. > Her bosom stained, and rent her long bright hair, > Till hill and valley caught the mourner's cry. > And pitying breezes echoed sigh for sigh. > — Ralph T. H. Griffith 1853, The Birth of the War-God (cantos 1–7) - [Previous: 4.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.mahakavya.saiva.kumarasambhava.4.2) - [Next: 4.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.mahakavya.saiva.kumarasambhava.4.4) - [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.p2) — Ralph T. H. Griffith 1853, English --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.mahakavya.saiva.kumarasambhava.4.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.mahakavya.saiva.kumarasambhava.4.3) · Pramāṇa