[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) › [Kirātārjunīya](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.mahakavya.bharata.kiratarjuniya) › [Ghantapatha](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.mahakavya.bharata.kiratarjuniya!mallinatha) › 7.2 # Arjuna and the Hunter 7.2 Ghaṇṭāpatha 7.2 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [7.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.mahakavya.bharata.kiratarjuniya!mallinatha.7.2) yathāyathamiti || yathāyathaṃ yathāsvam | svakīyamanatikramyetyarthaḥ | 'yathāsvaṃ tu yathāyatham' ityamaraḥ | napuṃsakanipātanaṃ tu hrasvārtham | nabhaścarairgandharvairmathaiśca sahitāḥ prabhābhiḥ svadīptibhirudbhāsitāḥ śailavīrudho yābhistāḥ pūrvoktā vanajāyatekṣaṇāḥ padmalocanāḥ striyo vanaṃ viśantyaḥ kṣaṇaṃ dyutiryāsāṃ tāsāṃ kṣaṇadyutīnāṃ vidyutāmekarūpatāṃ samānarūpatāṃ dadhuḥ | muhurmuhurmāntarāle tāsāṃ sphuraṇasya kṣaṇikatvāditi bhāvaḥ| śleṣānupraṇiteyamupamā | śleṣatvamiti kecit | ubhayathāpyanuprāsena saṃsargaḥ || - [Previous: 7.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.mahakavya.bharata.kiratarjuniya!mallinatha.7.1) - [Next: 7.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.mahakavya.bharata.kiratarjuniya!mallinatha.7.3) - [Up: 7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.mahakavya.bharata.kiratarjuniya!mallinatha.7) ## Linked texts (1) - [Kirātārjunīya](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.mahakavya.bharata.kiratarjuniya.8.2) — Bhāravi, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.mahakavya.bharata.kiratarjuniya!mallinatha.7.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.mahakavya.bharata.kiratarjuniya!mallinatha.7.2) · Pramāṇa