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# Arjuna and the Hunter 9.24

Kirātārjunīya 9.24

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [9.24](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.mahakavya.bharata.kiratarjuniya.9.24)

udgatendum avibhinnatamisrāṃ paśyati sma rajanīm avitṛptaḥ  
vyaṃśukasphuṭamukhīm atijihmāṃ vrīḍayā navavadhūm iva lokaḥ //

> People gazed insatiably upon the night, whose moon had risen yet whose darkness was not completely broken,  
> like a new bride whose garment has slipped to reveal her face, very shy with bashfulness.  
> — 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.9.24) — English, machine translation

## Commentaries (1)

- [Ghaṇṭāpatha](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.mahakavya.bharata.kiratarjuniya!mallinatha.8.24) — Mallinātha Sūri, Sanskrit

## Linked texts (1)

- [Mahāsubhāṣitasaṃgraha](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.subhasita.subhasita.mahasubhasitasangraha.6780) — Sanskrit

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