न कठोरं न वा तीक्ष्णमायुधं पुष्पधन्वनः ।
तथापि जितमेवासीदमुना भुवनत्रयम् ॥
na kaṭhoraṁ na vā tīkṣṇam āyudhaṁ puṣpadhanvanaḥ |
tathāpi jitam evāsīd amunā bhuvana-trayam ||
(Kāvyādarśa: 2.324)
“The weapon of he of flower bow [i.e., Kāmadeva] is neither hard nor sharp, yet the three worlds have indeed been conquered with it.”