[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) › 3.56 # Arjuna and the Hunter 3.56 Kirātārjunīya 3.56 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [3.56](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.mahakavya.bharata.kiratarjuniya.3.56) athābhipaśyann iva vidviṣaḥ puraḥ purodhasāropitahetisaṃhatiḥ babhāra ramyo 'pi vapuḥ sa bhīṣaṇaṃ gataḥ kriyāṃ mantra ivābhicārikīm // > Then, as if seeing his enemies before him, / with the host of weapons strapped on by the family priest, / though handsome, he assumed a terrifying form, / like a mantra that has turned into a destructive rite. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 3.55](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.mahakavya.bharata.kiratarjuniya.3.55) - [Next: 3.57](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.mahakavya.bharata.kiratarjuniya.3.57) - [Up: 3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.mahakavya.bharata.kiratarjuniya.3) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.mahakavya.bharata.kiratarjuniya~en-mt.3.56) — English, machine translation ## Commentaries (1) - [Traisargika](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.mahakavya.bharata.kiratarjuniya!citrabhanu.3.56) — Citrabhānu, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.mahakavya.bharata.kiratarjuniya.3.56](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.mahakavya.bharata.kiratarjuniya.3.56) · Pramāṇa