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# Arjuna and the Hunter 8.44

Kirātārjunīya 8.44

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [8.44](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.mahakavya.bharata.kiratarjuniya.8.44)

śriyā hasadbhiḥ kalamāni sasmitair alaṃkṛtāmbuḥ pratimāgatair mukhaiḥ  
kṛtānukūlyā surarājayoṣitāṃ prasādasāphalyam avāpa jāhvanī //

> With their thighs struck by darting fish, their eyes trembling in terror,  
> and their sprout-like hands trembling, the heavenly women became worth seeing even to their female friends.  
> — 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.8.44) — English, machine translation

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