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# Arjuna and the Hunter 8.48

Kirātārjunīya 8.48

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [8.48](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.mahakavya.bharata.kiratarjuniya.8.48)

karau dhunānā navapallavākṛtī payasy agādhe kila jātasambhramā  
sakhīṣu nirvācyam adhārṣṭhyadūṣitaṃ priyāṅgasaṃśleṣam avāpa māninī //

> Warded off playfully by the hand-splashed water of their lovers, their breasts trembling with intensified sighs,  
> the sprout-like tips of their hands shaken with graceful agitation, the wanton women lived up to their name.  
> — 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.8.48) — English, machine translation

## Commentaries (1)

- [Ghaṇṭāpatha](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.mahakavya.bharata.kiratarjuniya!mallinatha.7.48) — Mallinātha Sūri, Sanskrit

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