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# Arjuna and the Hunter 8.41

Kirātārjunīya 8.41

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [8.41](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.mahakavya.bharata.kiratarjuniya.8.41)

tathā na pūrvaṃ kṛtabhūṣaṇādaraḥ priyānurāgeṇa vilāsinījanaḥ  
yathā jalārdro nakhamaṇḍanaśriyā dadāha dṛṣṭīś ca vipakṣayoṣitām //

> Fair-faced and timid among the lotuses, their trembling pearl necklaces \[lost\] amid the tossing rows of foam,  
> exceedingly fair with saffron washed away, they could not attain superiority against the waves.  
> — 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.8.41) — English, machine translation

## Commentaries (1)

- [Ghaṇṭāpatha](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.mahakavya.bharata.kiratarjuniya!mallinatha.7.41) — Mallinātha Sūri, Sanskrit

## Linked texts (1)

- [Śārṅgadharapaddhati](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.subhasita.subhasita.kosa.sarngadharapaddhati.156.19) — Śārṅgadhara, Sanskrit

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