[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) › 7.8 # Arjuna and the Hunter 7.8 Kirātārjunīya 7.8 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [7.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.mahakavya.bharata.kiratarjuniya.7.8) sindūraiḥ kṛtarucayaḥ sahemakakṣyāḥ srotobhis tridaśagajā madaṃ kṣarantaḥ sādṛśyaṃ yayur aruṇāṃśurāgabhinnair varṣadbhiḥ sphuritaśatahradaiḥ payodaiḥ // > Beautified with red lead, girdled with gold, shedding rut in streams, / the divine elephants attained resemblance to rain-clouds parted by the glow of the sun's morning light and flashing with lightning while raining down. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 7.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.mahakavya.bharata.kiratarjuniya.7.7) - [Next: 7.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.mahakavya.bharata.kiratarjuniya.7.9) - [Up: 7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.mahakavya.bharata.kiratarjuniya.7) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.mahakavya.bharata.kiratarjuniya~en-mt.7.8) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.mahakavya.bharata.kiratarjuniya.7.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.mahakavya.bharata.kiratarjuniya.7.8) · Pramāṇa