इमे हि मे महाभाग पत्रिणस्तिग्मतेजसः। कार्तिकेयवनोद्भूताः शरा हेमविभूषिताः॥ कङ्कपत्रपरिच्छन्ना महेन्द्राशनिसंनिभाः। सुपर्वाणः सुतीक्ष्णाग्राः सरोषा भुजगा इव॥
ime hi me mahābhāga patriṇastigmatejasaḥ| kārtikeyavanodbhūtāḥ śarā hemavibhūṣitāḥ|| kaṅkapatraparicchannā mahendrāśanisaṃnibhāḥ| suparvāṇaḥ sutīkṣṇāgrāḥ saroṣā bhujagā iva||
English Meaning
O exalted one, these feathered shafts of exceeding energy, sprung from the Kārtikeya forest, decked with gold, furnished with the plumes of the Kanka, resembling the thunderbolt of the great Indra, having smooth knots, and sharp heads, are like enraged serpents.
— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)