[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) › 7.95 # The Birth of Kumāra 7.95 Kumārasaṃbhava 7.95 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [7.95](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.mahakavya.saiva.kumarasambhava.7.95) navapariṇayalajjābhūṣaṇāṃ tatra gaurīṃ vadanamapaharantīṃ tatkṛtotkṣepamīśaḥ | api śayanasakhībhyo dattavācaṃ kathañcitpramathamukhavikārairhāsayāmāsa gūḍham || > Now have they left the wedded Pair alone, > And Siva takes her hand within his own > To lead his darling to the bridal bower, > Decked with bright gold and all her sumptuous dower. > She blushes sweetly as her maidens there > Look with arch smiles and glances on the Pair, > And for one moment, while the damsels stay, > From him she loves turns her dear face away. > — Ralph T. H. Griffith 1853, The Birth of the War-God (cantos 1–7) ### [7.95.p1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.mahakavya.saiva.kumarasambhava.7.95.p1) iti śrīkālidāsakṛtau kumārasambhave mahākāvye umāpariṇayo nāma saptamaḥ sargaḥ sampūrṇaḥ || ## Translations (1) - [The Birth of the War-God (cantos 1–7)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.mahakavya.saiva.kumarasambhava~en-griffith.7.p20) — Ralph T. H. Griffith 1853, English --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.mahakavya.saiva.kumarasambhava.7.95](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.mahakavya.saiva.kumarasambhava.7.95) · Pramāṇa