[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Indian literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in) › [Epic, Poetry, Drama & Narrative](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit) › [Poetry (mahākāvya, lyric, messenger poems, stotra, Prakrit kāvya)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya) › [Court epics (sargabandha)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.mahakavya) › [Mahābhārata and Nala epics](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.mahakavya.bharata) › [Arjuna and the Hunter](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.mahakavya.bharata.kiratarjuniya) › 16.2 # Arjuna and the Hunter 16.2 Kirātārjunīya 16.2 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [16.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.mahakavya.bharata.kiratarjuniya.16.2) madasrutiśyāmitagaṇḍalekhāḥ krāmanti vikrāntanarādhirūḍhāḥ sahiṣṇavo neha yudhām abhijñā nāgā nagocchrāyam ivākṣipantaḥ // > ‘Elephants with cheek-planes blackened by trickling rut, mounted by valiant men, / patient and skilled in war, do not march here as if defying the height of mountains. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 16.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.mahakavya.bharata.kiratarjuniya.16.1) - [Next: 16.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.mahakavya.bharata.kiratarjuniya.16.3) - [Up: 16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.mahakavya.bharata.kiratarjuniya.16) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.mahakavya.bharata.kiratarjuniya~en-mt.16.2) — English, machine translation ## Commentaries (1) - [Ghaṇṭāpatha](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.mahakavya.bharata.kiratarjuniya!mallinatha.15.2) — Mallinātha Sūri, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.mahakavya.bharata.kiratarjuniya.16.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.mahakavya.bharata.kiratarjuniya.16.2) · Pramāṇa