[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) › 7.21 # The Birth of Kumāra 7.21 Kumārasaṃbhava 7.21 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [7.21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.mahakavya.saiva.kumarasambhava.7.21) sā sambhavadbhiḥ kusumairlateva jyotirbhirudyadbhiriva triyāmā | saridvihaṅgairiva līyamānairāmucyamānābharaṇā cakāse || > "Lay this dear foot upun thy lover's head > Crowned with the Moon!"—the laughing maiden said. > Who dyed her Lady's feet—no word spake she, > But beat her with her flower-wreath playfully. > Then tiring-women took the jetty dye > To guard, not deck, the beauty of her eye > Whose languid half-shut glances might compare > With Lotus leaves just opening to the air; > And as fresh gems adorned her neck and arms, > So quickly changing grew the Maiden's charms. > Like some fair plant where bud succeeding bud > Unfolds new beauty; or a silver flood > Where gay birds follow quickly; or like Night, > When crowding stars come forth in all their light. > Oft as the mirror would her glance beguile > She longed to meet her Lord's approving smile— > Her tasteful skill the timid maid essays > To win one smile of love, one word of praise. > — Ralph T. H. Griffith 1853, The Birth of the War-God (cantos 1–7) - [Previous: 7.20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.mahakavya.saiva.kumarasambhava.7.20) - [Next: 7.22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.mahakavya.saiva.kumarasambhava.7.22) - [Up: 7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.mahakavya.saiva.kumarasambhava.7) ## Translations (1) - [The Birth of the War-God (cantos 1–7)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.mahakavya.saiva.kumarasambhava~en-griffith.7.p4) — Ralph T. H. Griffith 1853, English --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.mahakavya.saiva.kumarasambhava.7.21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.mahakavya.saiva.kumarasambhava.7.21) · Pramāṇa