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MADHURAVIJAYAM
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his preceptor, at the appointed time, on a scale befitting
his royal rank.
Slökās 14 to 42: The birth of Kampana, the hero of the
poem.
The birth of the other two sons of Bukka, Kampana
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 Subrahmanya.
15. The quarters then shone with spotless lustre
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 vṛksās 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
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his preceptor, at the appointed time, on a scale befitting
his royal rank.
Slökās 14 to 42: The birth of Kampana, the hero of the
poem.
The birth of the other two sons of Bukka, Kampana
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 Subrahmanya.
15. The quarters then shone with spotless lustre
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 vṛksās 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