[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) › 4.46 # The Birth of Kumāra 4.46 Kumārasaṃbhava 4.46 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [4.46](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.mahakavya.saiva.kumarasambhava.4.46) atha madanavadhūrupaplavāntaṃ vyasanakṛśā paripālayāṃ babhūva | śaśina iva divātanasya lekhā kiraṇaparikṣayadhūsarā pradoṣam || > A heavenly voice breathed round her from above > As Reti thus complained in faithful love. > Falling in pity like the gentle rain > That brings the dying herbs to life again:— > "Bride of the flower-armed God, thy lord shall be > Not ever distant, ever deaf to thee; > Give me thine ear, sad lady, I will tell > Why perished Káma, whom thou lovedst well— > The Lord of Life in every troubled sense > Too warmly felt his fair child's influence; > He quenched the fire, but mighty vengeance came > On Káma, fanner of the unholy flame; > When Siva by her penance won has led > Himálaya's daughter to her bridal bed, > His bliss to Káma shall the God repay > And give again the form he snatched away. > Thus did the gracious God, at Justice' prayer, > The term of Love's sad punishment declare— > The High, like clouds, are fierce and gentle too. > Now hurl the bolt, now drop sweet heavenly dew. > Live, widowed lady, for thy lover's arms > Shall clasp again—oh, fondly clasp—thy charms; > In summer-heat the streamlet dies away > Beneath the fury of the God of Day; > Then, in due season, comes the pleasant rain, > And all is fresh, and fair, and full again." > Thus breathed the spirit from the viewless air, > And stilled the raging of her wild despair; > While Spring consoled with every soothing art, > Cheered by that voice from heaven, the mourner's heart, > Who watched away the hours, so sad and slow, > That brought the limit of her weary woe, > As the pale Moon, quenched by the conquering light > Of garish day, longs for its own dear night. > — Ralph T. H. Griffith 1853, The Birth of the War-God (cantos 1–7) ### [4.46.p1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.mahakavya.saiva.kumarasambhava.4.46.p1) iti śrīkālidāsakṛtau kumārasambhave mahākāvye rativilāpo nāma caturthaḥ sargaḥ sampūrṇaḥ || ## Translations (1) - [The Birth of the War-God (cantos 1–7)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.mahakavya.saiva.kumarasambhava~en-griffith.4.p8) — Ralph T. H. Griffith 1853, English ## Commentaries (6) - [Vivaraṇa of Nārāyaṇa Paṇḍita](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.mahakavya.saiva.kumarasambhava!narayana-pandita.2.46) — Nārāyaṇa Paṇḍita, Sanskrit - [Sañjīvinī](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.mahakavya.saiva.kumarasambhava!mallinatha) — Mallinātha Sūri, Sanskrit - [Kumāratātparya](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.mahakavya.saiva.kumarasambhava!caritravardhanagani) — Cāritravardhanagaṇi, Sanskrit - [Śiśuhitaiṣiṇī](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.mahakavya.saiva.kumarasambhava!caritravardhana) — Cāritravardhana, Sanskrit - [Kumārasambhavaṭīkā Saṃjīvanī](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.mahakavya.saiva.kumarasambhava!sitarama) — Sītārāma, Sanskrit - [Sañjīvanī](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.mahakavya.saiva.kumarasambhava!mallinatha-sanjivani) — Mallinātha, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.mahakavya.saiva.kumarasambhava.4.46](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.mahakavya.saiva.kumarasambhava.4.46) · Pramāṇa