[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) › 9.73 # Arjuna and the Hunter 9.73 Kirātārjunīya 9.73 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [9.73](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.mahakavya.bharata.kiratarjuniya.9.73) śīdhupānavidhureṣu vadhūnāṃ vighnatām upagateṣu vapuḥṣu īhitaṃ ratirasāhitabhāvaṃ vītalakṣyam api kāmiṣu reje // > When the bodies of the young women were helpless from drinking liquor / and had reached a state of inertness, / their pursuit, infused with the essence of love-play, / shone forth among lovers even though its aim was lost. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 9.72](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.mahakavya.bharata.kiratarjuniya.9.72) - [Next: 9.74](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.mahakavya.bharata.kiratarjuniya.9.74) - [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.9.73) — English, machine translation ## Commentaries (1) - [Ghaṇṭāpatha](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.mahakavya.bharata.kiratarjuniya!mallinatha.8.73) — Mallinātha Sūri, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.mahakavya.bharata.kiratarjuniya.9.73](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.mahakavya.bharata.kiratarjuniya.9.73) · Pramāṇa