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# Arjuna and the Hunter 7.34

Kirātārjunīya 7.34

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [7.34](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.mahakavya.bharata.kiratarjuniya.7.34)

āghrāya kṣaṇam atitṛṣyatāpi roṣād uttīraṃ nihitavivṛttalocanena  
sampṛktaṃ vanakarināṃ madāmbusekair nāceme himam api vāri vāraṇena //

> Sniffing it for an instant, an elephant, though intensely thirsty,  
> rose angrily to the bank, casting sidelong glances,  
> and would not drink the cold water  
> because it was mixed with the rut of wild bulls.  
> — 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.7.34) — English, machine translation

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