[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) › 5.3 # The Birth of Kumāra 5.3 Kumārasaṃbhava 5.3 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [5.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.mahakavya.saiva.kumarasambhava.5.3) niśamya caināṃ tapase kṛtodyamāṃ sutāṃ girīśapratisaktamānasām | uvāca menā parirabhya vakṣasā nivārayantī mahato munivratāt || > But, ah! how troubled was her mother's brow > At the sad tidings of the mourner's vow! > She threw her arms around her own dear Maid, > Kissed, fondly kissed her, sighed, and wept, and prayed:— > "Are there no Gods, my child, to love thee here? > Frail is thy body, yet thy vow severe; > The lily, by the wild bee scarcely stirred, > Bends, breaks, and dies beneath the weary bird." > Thick were her tears, her prayer was strong, but still > That prayer was weaker than her daughter's will; > Who can recall the torrent's headlong force, > Or the bold spirit in its destined course? > She sent a maiden to her sire, and prayed > He for her sake would grant some bosky shade, > That she might dwell in solitude, and there > Give all her soul to Penance and to Prayer; > In gracious love the great Himálaya smiled, > And did the bidding of his darling child, > Then to that hill which peacocks love she came, > Known to all ages by the Lady's name. > — Ralph T. H. Griffith 1853, The Birth of the War-God (cantos 1–7) - [Previous: 5.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.mahakavya.saiva.kumarasambhava.5.2) - [Next: 5.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.mahakavya.saiva.kumarasambhava.5.4) - [Up: 5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.mahakavya.saiva.kumarasambhava.5) ## Translations (1) - [The Birth of the War-God (cantos 1–7)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.mahakavya.saiva.kumarasambhava~en-griffith.5.p2) — Ralph T. H. Griffith 1853, English --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.mahakavya.saiva.kumarasambhava.5.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.mahakavya.saiva.kumarasambhava.5.3) · Pramāṇa