[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) › 6.74 # The Birth of Kumāra 6.74 Kumārasaṃbhava 6.74 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [6.74](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.mahakavya.saiva.kumarasambhava.6.74) tadāgamanakāryaṃ naḥ śṛṇu kāryaṃ tavaiva tat | śreyasāmupadeśāttu vayamatrāṃśabhāginaḥ || > Not once he spake—his cavern mouths around > In hollow echoings gave again the sound. > Of all who speak beyond compare the best, > Angiras answered at the Saint's request:— > "This power hast thou, great King, and mightier far. > Thy mind is lofty as thy summits are; > Sages say truly, Vishnu is thy name, > His spirit breatheth in thy mountain frame; > Within the caverns of thy boundless breast > All things that move and all that move not rest. > How on his head so soft, so delicate. > Could the great Snake uphold the huge Earth's weight. > Did not thy roots, far-reaching down to Hell, > Bear up the burden and assist him well? > Thy streams of praise, thy pure rills' ceaseless flow > Make glad the nations wheresoe'r they go, > Till, shedding purity on every side. > They sink at length in boundless Ocean's tide. > Blest is fair Ganga, for her heavenly stream > Flows from the feet of him that sits supreme, > And blest once more, mighty Hill, is she > That her bright waters spring anew from thee! > Vast grew his body when the avenging God > In three huge strides o'er all Creation trod— > Above, below, his form increased, but thou > Wast ever glorious and as vast as now. > By thee is famed Sumeru forced to hide > His flashing rays and pinnacles of pride, > For thou hast won thy station in the Skies > Mid the great Gods who claim the Sacrifice. > Firm and unmoved remains thy lofty hill, > Yet thou canst bow before the Holy still; > Now—for the glorious work will fall on thee— > Hear thou the cause of this our embassy: > We also. Mountain Monarch, since we bear > To thee the message, in the labour share; > The Highest, Mightiest, Noblest One, adored > By the proud title of our Sovran Lord— > The Crescent Moon upon his brow bears he. > His all the wondrous powers of Deity— > He in this Earth and varied Forms displayed. > Bound each to other by exchange of aid. > Guides the great World and all the things that are, > As flying coursers whirl the glittering car. > Whom good men seek with holy Thought and Prayer, > Who fills their breast and makes his dwelling there; > When Saints, we read, his lofty sphere attain > They ne'er may fall to this base earth again— > His Messengers, great King, we crave the hand > Of thy fair davighter at the God's command; > At such blest union, as of Truth and Voice, > A father's heart should grieve not, but rejoice. > Her Lord is Father of the World, and she > Of all that liveth shall the Mother be; > Gods that adore him with the Neck of Blue > In homage bent shall hail the Lady too; > And give a glory to her feet with gems > That sparkle in their priceless diadems. > Hear what a roll shall blazon forth thy line,— > Maid, Father, Suitor, Messengers divine! > Give him the chosen Lady, and aspire > To call thy Son the Universe's Sire— > He laudeth none but all mankind shall raise > To Him through endless time the songs of praise." > — Ralph T. H. Griffith 1853, The Birth of the War-God (cantos 1–7) - [Previous: 6.73](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.mahakavya.saiva.kumarasambhava.6.73) - [Next: 6.75](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.mahakavya.saiva.kumarasambhava.6.75) - [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.p8) — Ralph T. H. Griffith 1853, English --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.mahakavya.saiva.kumarasambhava.6.74](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.mahakavya.saiva.kumarasambhava.6.74) · Pramāṇa