Madhurāvijayam of Gaṅgādevī /109

MADHURAVIJAYAM
 
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his preceptor, at the appointed time, on a scale befitting

his royal rank.
 

 
Slöōkās 14 to 42: The birth of Kampanṇa, the hero of the

poem.
The birth of the other two sons of Bukka, Kampana
ṇa
and Sangama, is also mentioned.
 

 
14. Then on an auspicious day, at the hour pro-

nounced most auspicious by astrologers, the queen

presented her lord with a boy, as Goddess Pārvati bore

to Śiva the child Subrahmanṇya.
 

 
15. The quarters then shone with spotless lustre
as if they had been newly washed by royal fame which

as if they had been newly washed by royal fame which
was fit to be likened to the whiteness of milk that filled

the milky ocean.
 

 
16. Cool breeze scented with the flower-dusts

from heavenly trees began to blow gently as if afraid of

the new-born infant who was soon to attain the mastery

of his earth.
 

 
17. The god of fire seemed to dance with joy,

describing auspicious circles with his bright ends; and

this betokened that fruitful sacrifices would soon be

performed all over the southern countries in abundance.
 

 
18. The kalpa vṛksṣās by showering down flowers

through clouds looked as if courting in advance the

friendship of the royal child who was soon to excel them

in the glory of giving.
 

 
19. The wild elephants, with ichor flowing down

their cheeks, trumpeted in joy, as if in contemplation of

the destruction that awaited their enemies, the lions, at