[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) › 7.26 # The Birth of Kumāra 7.26 Kumārasaṃbhava 7.26 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [7.26](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.mahakavya.saiva.kumarasambhava.7.26) kṣīrodaveleva saphenapuñjā paryāptacandreva śarattriyāmā | navaṃ navakṣaumanivāsinī sā bhūyo babhau darpaṇamādadhānā || > The happy Mother took the golden dye > And raised to hers young Uma's beaming eye— > Then swelled her bosom with maternal pride > As thus she decked her darling for a bride— > Oh, she had longed to trace on that fair brow > The nuptial line, yet scarce could mark it now! > On Uma's rounded arm the woollen band > Was fixt securely by the Nurse's hand— > Blind with the tears that filled her swimming eye, > In vain the Mother strove that band to tie. > Spotless as curling foam-flakes stood she there, > As yielding soft, as graceful and as fair— > Or like the glory of an autumn night > Robed by the full Moon in a veil of light. > Then at her Mother's hest, the Maid adored > The spirit of each high ancestral Lord, > Nor failed she next the noble Dames to greet, > And give due honour to their reverend feet. > They raised the Maiden as she bowed her head— > "Thine be the fulness of his love!"—they said; > Half of his being, blessing high as this > Can add no rapture to her perfect bliss. > Well-pleased Himálaya viewed the pomp and pride > Meet for his daughter, meet for Siva's bride. > Then sought the Hall with all his friends to wait > The bridegroom's coming with a Monarch's state. > — Ralph T. H. Griffith 1853, The Birth of the War-God (cantos 1–7) - [Previous: 7.25](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.mahakavya.saiva.kumarasambhava.7.25) - [Next: 7.27](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.mahakavya.saiva.kumarasambhava.7.27) - [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.p5) — Ralph T. H. Griffith 1853, English ## Linked texts (1) - [Rasasudhākara](https://indike.org/pramana/in.art.alamkara.rasa.rasasudhakara.2.187) — Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.mahakavya.saiva.kumarasambhava.7.26](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.mahakavya.saiva.kumarasambhava.7.26) · Pramāṇa