[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) › 9.23 # Arjuna and the Hunter 9.23 Kirātārjunīya 9.23 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [9.23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.mahakavya.bharata.kiratarjuniya.9.23) dīpayann atha nabhaḥ kiraṇaughaiḥ kuṅkumāruṇapayodharagauraḥ hemakumbha iva pūrvapayodher unmamajja śanakais tuhināṃśuḥ // > Then, illuminating the sky with floods of rays, pale as breasts smeared with red saffron, > the cool-rayed \[moon\] slowly emerged from the eastern ocean like a golden jar. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 9.22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.mahakavya.bharata.kiratarjuniya.9.22) - [Next: 9.24](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.mahakavya.bharata.kiratarjuniya.9.24) - [Up: 9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.mahakavya.bharata.kiratarjuniya.9) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.mahakavya.bharata.kiratarjuniya~en-mt.9.23) — English, machine translation ## Commentaries (1) - [Ghaṇṭāpatha](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.mahakavya.bharata.kiratarjuniya!mallinatha.8.23) — Mallinātha Sūri, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.mahakavya.bharata.kiratarjuniya.9.23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.mahakavya.bharata.kiratarjuniya.9.23) · Pramāṇa