[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) › 6.20 # The Birth of Kumāra 6.20 Kumārasaṃbhava 6.20 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [6.20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.mahakavya.saiva.kumarasambhava.6.20) tvatsambhāvitamātmānaṃ bahu manyāmahe vayam | prāyaḥ pratyayamādhatte svaguṇeṣūttamādaraḥ || > 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: 6.19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.mahakavya.saiva.kumarasambhava.6.19) - [Next: 6.21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.mahakavya.saiva.kumarasambhava.6.21) - [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 ## Commentaries (6) - [Śiśuhitaiṣiṇī](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.mahakavya.saiva.kumarasambhava!caritravardhana.6.20) — Cāritravardhana, Sanskrit - [Kumāratātparya](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.mahakavya.saiva.kumarasambhava!caritravardhanagani.6.20) — Cāritravardhanagaṇi, Sanskrit - [Sañjīvanī](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.mahakavya.saiva.kumarasambhava!mallinatha-sanjivani.6.20) — Mallinātha, Sanskrit - [Sañjīvinī](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.mahakavya.saiva.kumarasambhava!mallinatha) — Mallinātha Sūri, Sanskrit - [Vivaraṇa of Nārāyaṇa Paṇḍita](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.mahakavya.saiva.kumarasambhava!narayana-pandita) — Nārāyaṇa Paṇḍita, Sanskrit - [Kumārasambhavaṭīkā Saṃjīvanī](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.mahakavya.saiva.kumarasambhava!sitarama) — Sītārāma, Sanskrit ## Linked texts (1) - [Subhāṣitaratnabhāṇḍāgāra](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.subhasita.subhasita.adhunika.subhasitaratnabhandagara.8.971) — Kāśīnātha Pāṇḍuraṅga Paraba 1886, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.mahakavya.saiva.kumarasambhava.6.20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.mahakavya.saiva.kumarasambhava.6.20) · Pramāṇa