[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) › 8.36 # Arjuna and the Hunter 8.36 Kirātārjunīya 8.36 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [8.36](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.mahakavya.bharata.kiratarjuniya.8.36) agūḍhahāsasphuṭadantakesaraṃ mukhaṃ svid etad vikasan nu paṅkajam iti pralīnāṃ nalinīvane sakhīṃ vidāṃbabhūvuḥ sucireṇa yoṣitaḥ // > “Is this a face revealing teeth-filaments in an open smile, / or is this an unfolding lotus?” / Thus did the women, only after a long time, recognize / their companion hiding in the lotus bed. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 8.35](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.mahakavya.bharata.kiratarjuniya.8.35) - [Next: 8.37](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.mahakavya.bharata.kiratarjuniya.8.37) - [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.8.36) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (1) - [Sarasvatīkaṇṭhābharaṇa (alaṅkāra)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.art.alamkara.sahitya.sarasvatikanthabharana.4.403.1) — Bhoja, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.mahakavya.bharata.kiratarjuniya.8.36](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.mahakavya.bharata.kiratarjuniya.8.36) · Pramāṇa