[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) › 8.21 # Arjuna and the Hunter 8.21 Kirātārjunīya 8.21 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [8.21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.mahakavya.bharata.kiratarjuniya.8.21) pravālabhaṅgāruṇapāṇipallavaḥ parāgapāṇḍūkṛtapīvarastanaḥ mahīruhaḥ puṣpasugandhir ādade vapurguṇocchrāyam ivāṅganājanaḥ // > The women seemed to take on the exalted bodily qualities / of the trees: the fresh sprout of hands red as broken coral, / plump breasts whitened by pollen, / fragrant with the scent of flowers. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 8.20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.mahakavya.bharata.kiratarjuniya.8.20) - [Next: 8.22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.mahakavya.bharata.kiratarjuniya.8.22) - [Up: 8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.mahakavya.bharata.kiratarjuniya.8) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.mahakavya.bharata.kiratarjuniya~en-mt.8.21) — English, machine translation ## Commentaries (1) - [Ghaṇṭāpatha](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.mahakavya.bharata.kiratarjuniya!mallinatha.7.21) — Mallinātha Sūri, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.mahakavya.bharata.kiratarjuniya.8.21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.mahakavya.bharata.kiratarjuniya.8.21) · Pramāṇa