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# Arjuna and the Hunter 8.34

Kirātārjunīya 8.34

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [8.34](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.mahakavya.bharata.kiratarjuniya.8.34)

vipakṣacittonmathanā nakhavraṇās tirohitā vibhramamaṇḍanena ye  
hṛtasya śeṣān iva kuṅkumasya tān vikatthanīyān dadhur anyathā striyaḥ //

> The nail-marks, agitating the minds of rivals, / which had been concealed by playful adornment, / were displayed boastfully by the women under another guise, / as if they were remnants of saffron that had been washed away.  
> — 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.8.34) — English, machine translation

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