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# Arjuna and the Hunter 8.7

Kirātārjunīya 8.7

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [8.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.mahakavya.bharata.kiratarjuniya.8.7)

karau dhunānā navapallavākṛtī vṛthā kṛthā mānini mā pariśramam  
upeyuṣī kalpalatābhiśaṅkayā kathaṃ nv itas trasyati ṣaṭpadāvaliḥ //

> “Waving your hands that look like fresh sprouts, / proud girl, do not labor in vain! / Having approached you with suspicion that you are a wish-fulfilling vine, / how could that swarm of bees take fright?”  
> — 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.8.7) — English, machine translation

## Commentaries (1)

- [Ghaṇṭāpatha](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.mahakavya.bharata.kiratarjuniya!mallinatha.7.7) — Mallinātha Sūri, Sanskrit

## Linked texts (1)

- [Śṛṅgāraprakāśa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.art.alamkara.rasa.srngaraprakasa.3.p1.16) — Bhoja, Sanskrit

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