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# Arjuna and the Hunter 13.3

Kirātārjunīya 13.3

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [13.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.mahakavya.bharata.kiratarjuniya.13.3)

ghanapotravidīrṇaśālamūlo nibiḍaskandhanikāṣarugṇavapraḥ  
ayam ekacaro 'bhivartate māṃ samarāyeva samājuhūṣamāṇaḥ //

> "Roots of śāla trees torn up by its thick snout, earthworks shattered by the rubbing of its massive shoulders, / this solitary beast advances towards me, as if challenging me to battle!  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

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## Translations (1)

- [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.mahakavya.bharata.kiratarjuniya~en-mt.13.3) — English, machine translation

## Commentaries (1)

- [Ghaṇṭāpatha](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.mahakavya.bharata.kiratarjuniya!mallinatha.12.3) — Mallinātha Sūri, Sanskrit

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