[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) › 8.55 # Arjuna and the Hunter 8.55 Kirātārjunīya 8.55 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [8.55](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.mahakavya.bharata.kiratarjuniya.8.55) itthaṃ vihṛtya vanitābhir udasyamānaṃ pīnastanorujaghanasthalaśālinībhiḥ utsarpitormicayalaṅghitatīradeśam autsuky anunnam iva vāri puraḥ pratasthe // > Having driven pairs of cakravāka birds to other shores, and having shaken the beauty of the lotus clusters, > those women, their pearl necklaces washed by the water of the heavenly river, shone like nights trembling with canopies of stars. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 8.54](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.mahakavya.bharata.kiratarjuniya.8.54) - [Next: 8.56](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.mahakavya.bharata.kiratarjuniya.8.56) - [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.8.55) — English, machine translation ## Commentaries (1) - [Ghaṇṭāpatha](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.mahakavya.bharata.kiratarjuniya!mallinatha.7.55) — Mallinātha Sūri, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.mahakavya.bharata.kiratarjuniya.8.55](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.mahakavya.bharata.kiratarjuniya.8.55) · Pramāṇa