[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) › 6.63 # The Birth of Kumāra 6.63 Kumārasaṃbhava 6.63 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [6.63](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.mahakavya.saiva.kumarasambhava.6.63) ete vayamamī dārāḥ kanyeyaṃ kulajīvitam | brūta yenātra vaḥ kāryamanāsthā bāhyavastuṣu || > Ah! why should mortals fondly strive to gain > Heaven and its joys by ceaseless toil and pain? > E'en the Saints envied as their steps drew near, > And owned a brighter Heaven was opened here. > They lighted down; braided was each long tress, > Bright as the pictured flame, as motionless; > Himálaya's palace- warders in amaze > On the Seven Sages turned their eager gaze, > A noble company of celestial race > Where each in order of his years had place,— > Glorious, as when the Sun, his head inclining. > Sees his own image mid the waters shining. > To greet them with a gift Himalaya sped, > Earth to her centre shaking at his tread; > By his dark lips with mountain metals dyed, > His arms like pines that clothe his lofty side— > By his proud stature, by his stony breast, > Lord of the Snowy Hills he stood confest. > On to his Council-hall he led the way. > Nor failed due honour to the Saints to pay: > On couch of reed the Monarch bade them rest, > And thus with uplift hands those Heavenly Lords addressed: > "Like soft rain falling from a cloudless sky. > Or fruit, when bloom has failed to glad the eye, > So are ye welcome, Sages; thus I feel > Ecstatic thrilling o'er my spirit steal, > Changed, like dull senseless iron to burning gold, > Or some rapt creature, when the Heavens unfold, > To eyes yet dim with tears of earthly care. > The rest, the pleasures, and the glory there. > Long pilgrim bands from this auspicious day > To my pure hill shall bend their constant way; > Famed shall it be o'er all the lands around. > For where the Good have been is holy ground. > Now am I doubly pure, for Ganga's tide > Falls on my head from Heaven and laves my side; > Henceforth I boast a second stream as sweet, > The water, Sages, that has touched your feet. > Twice by your favour is Himálaya blest,— > This towery mountain that your feet have prest, > And this my moving form is happier still > To wait your bidding, to perform your will. > These mighty limbs that fill the Heaven's expanse > Sink down, o'erpowered, in a blissful trance; > So bright your presence—at the glorious sight > My brooding shades of darkness turn to light, > The gloom that haunts my mountain caverns flies, > And cloudy passion in the spirit dies. > O say, if here your arrowy course ye sped > To throw fresh glory round my towering head? > Surely your wish, ye Mighty Ones, can crave > No aid, no service from your willing slave, > Yet deem me worthy of some high behest. > The Lord commandeth, and the slave is blest. > Declare your pleasure, then, bright Heavenly Band, > We crave no guerdon but your sole command; > Yours are we all, Himálaya and his bride. > And this dear maiden child our hope and pride." > — Ralph T. H. Griffith 1853, The Birth of the War-God (cantos 1–7) - [Previous: 6.62](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.mahakavya.saiva.kumarasambhava.6.62) - [Next: 6.64](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.mahakavya.saiva.kumarasambhava.6.64) - [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.p7) — Ralph T. H. Griffith 1853, English ## Linked texts (1) - [Rasārṇavasudhākara](https://indike.org/pramana/in.art.natya.rasarnavasudhakara.1.410) — Siṃhabhūpāla, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.mahakavya.saiva.kumarasambhava.6.63](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.mahakavya.saiva.kumarasambhava.6.63) · Pramāṇa