[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) › 9.49 # Arjuna and the Hunter 9.49 Kirātārjunīya 9.49 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [9.49](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.mahakavya.bharata.kiratarjuniya.9.49) ādṛtā nakhapadaiḥ parirambhāś cumbitāni ghanadantanipātaiḥ saukumāryaguṇasambhṛtakīrtir vāma eva surateṣv api kāmaḥ // > Embraces were honored with nail-marks, kisses with the dense imprint of teeth: > though Love's fame is built upon the quality of gentleness, he is perverse even in acts of love. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 9.48](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.mahakavya.bharata.kiratarjuniya.9.48) - [Next: 9.50](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.mahakavya.bharata.kiratarjuniya.9.50) - [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.9.49) — English, machine translation ## Commentaries (5) - [Commentary of Jonarāja](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.mahakavya.bharata.kiratarjuniya!jonaraja.3.p361) — Jonarāja, Sanskrit - [Ghaṇṭāpatha](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.mahakavya.bharata.kiratarjuniya!mallinatha.8.49) — Mallinātha Sūri, Sanskrit - [Kirātārjunīyaṭīkā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.mahakavya.bharata.kiratarjuniya!mallinatha-kiratarjuniyatika.8.49) — 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 (2) - [Subhāṣitaratnabhāṇḍāgāra](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.subhasita.subhasita.adhunika.subhasitaratnabhandagara.6.49.13) — Kāśīnātha Pāṇḍuraṅga Paraba 1886, Sanskrit - [Indische Sprüche](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.subhasita.subhasita.adhunika.indische-spruche.936) — Otto von Böhtlingk 1863, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.mahakavya.bharata.kiratarjuniya.9.49](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.mahakavya.bharata.kiratarjuniya.9.49) · Pramāṇa