[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) › 6.18 # The Birth of Kumāra 6.18 Kumārasaṃbhava 6.18 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [6.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.mahakavya.saiva.kumarasambhava.6.18) yasya cetasi vartethāḥ sa tāvatkṛtināṃ varaḥ | kiṃ punarbrahmayoneryastava cetasi vartate || > The ancient Sages reverently adored > The World's great Father and its Sovran Lord, > And while a soft ecstatic thrilling ran > O'er their celestial frames, they thus began:— > "Glorious the fruit our Holy Studies bear, > Our constant Penance, Sacrifice and Prayer, > For that high place within thy thoughts we gain > Which fancy strives to reach, but longs in vain! > How blest is he, the glory of the Wise, > Deep in whose thoughtful breast thy Godhead lies! > But who may tell his joy who rests enshrined, > O Brahma's great Creator, in thy mind! > We dwell on high above the cold Moon's ray, > Beneath our mansion glows the God of Day, > But now thy favour lends us brighter beams. > Blest with thy love our Star unchanging gleams. > How should we tell what soul-entrancing bliss > Enthrals our spirit at an hour like this? > Great Lord of All, thou Soul of Life indwelling > We crave one word thy wondrous nature telling— > Though to our eyes thy outward form be shown. > How can we know thee as thou shouldst be known? > In this thy present shape, we pray thee, say > Dost thou create? dost thou preserve or slay? > But speak thy wish; called from our starry rest > We wait, O Siva, for our Lord's behest." > — Ralph T. H. Griffith 1853, The Birth of the War-God (cantos 1–7) - [Previous: 6.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.mahakavya.saiva.kumarasambhava.6.17) - [Next: 6.19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.mahakavya.saiva.kumarasambhava.6.19) - [Up: 6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.mahakavya.saiva.kumarasambhava.6) ## Translations (1) - [The Birth of the War-God (cantos 1–7)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.mahakavya.saiva.kumarasambhava~en-griffith.6.p3) — Ralph T. H. Griffith 1853, English --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.mahakavya.saiva.kumarasambhava.6.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.mahakavya.saiva.kumarasambhava.6.18) · Pramāṇa