[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) › 9.40 # Arjuna and the Hunter 9.40 Kirātārjunīya 9.40 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [9.40](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.mahakavya.bharata.kiratarjuniya.9.40) kiṃ gatena na hi yuktam upaituṃ kaḥ priye subhagamānini mānaḥ yoṣitām iti kathāsu sametaiḥ kāmibhir bahurasā dhṛtir ūhe // > "What is the use of going? It is indeed not proper to approach him! What pride can there be toward a lover, O proud girl?" > In such conversations of women, lovers who had gathered experienced steadfastness fraught with many emotions. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 9.39](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.mahakavya.bharata.kiratarjuniya.9.39) - [Next: 9.41](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.mahakavya.bharata.kiratarjuniya.9.41) - [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.9.40) — English, machine translation ## Commentaries (5) - [Commentary of Jonarāja](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.mahakavya.bharata.kiratarjuniya!jonaraja.3.p343) — Jonarāja, Sanskrit - [Ghaṇṭāpatha](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.mahakavya.bharata.kiratarjuniya!mallinatha.8.40) — Mallinātha Sūri, Sanskrit - [Kirātārjunīyaṭīkā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.mahakavya.bharata.kiratarjuniya!mallinatha-kiratarjuniyatika.8.40) — Mallinātha, Sanskrit - [Traisargika](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.mahakavya.bharata.kiratarjuniya!citrabhanu) — Citrabhānu, Sanskrit - [Śabdārthadīpikā Rasabodhinī](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.mahakavya.bharata.kiratarjuniya!sabdarthadipikarasabodhini) — Sanskrit ## Linked texts (1) - [Vakroktijīvita](https://indike.org/pramana/in.art.alamkara.dhvani.vakroktijivita.114.6) — Kuntaka, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.mahakavya.bharata.kiratarjuniya.9.40](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.mahakavya.bharata.kiratarjuniya.9.40) · Pramāṇa