[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) › 8.4 # Arjuna and the Hunter 8.4 Kirātārjunīya 8.4 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [8.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.mahakavya.bharata.kiratarjuniya.8.4) ghanāni kāmaṃ kusumāni bibhrataḥ karapraceyāny apahāya śākhinaḥ puro 'bhisasre surasundarījanair yathottarecchā hi guṇeṣu kāminaḥ // > Leaving behind the trees that bore dense blossoms, / readily gathered by hand, the heavenly beauties strode ahead; / for those who possess desire long for ever-greater virtues. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 8.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.mahakavya.bharata.kiratarjuniya.8.3) - [Next: 8.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.mahakavya.bharata.kiratarjuniya.8.5) - [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.8.4) — English, machine translation ## Commentaries (1) - [Ghaṇṭāpatha](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.mahakavya.bharata.kiratarjuniya!mallinatha.7.4) — Mallinātha Sūri, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.mahakavya.bharata.kiratarjuniya.8.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.mahakavya.bharata.kiratarjuniya.8.4) · Pramāṇa