[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) › 8.38 # Arjuna and the Hunter 8.38 Kirātārjunīya 8.38 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [8.38](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.mahakavya.bharata.kiratarjuniya.8.38) asaṃśayaṃ nyastam upāntaraktatāṃ yad eva roddhuṃ ramaṇībhir añjanam hṛte 'pi tasmin salilena śuklatāṃ nirāsa rāgo nayaneṣu na śriyam // > The collyrium that was applied by the lovely women / undoubtedly to check the redness at the corners \[of their eyes\]— / even when that was washed away by the water, / the reddish tinge did not banish the whiteness nor the charm of their eyes. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 8.37](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.mahakavya.bharata.kiratarjuniya.8.37) - [Next: 8.39](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.mahakavya.bharata.kiratarjuniya.8.39) - [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.8.38) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.mahakavya.bharata.kiratarjuniya.8.38](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.mahakavya.bharata.kiratarjuniya.8.38) · Pramāṇa