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# Arjuna and the Hunter 1.13

Kirātārjunīya 1.13

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [1.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.mahakavya.bharata.kiratarjuniya.1.13)

vasūni vāñchan na vaśī na manyunā svadharma ity eva nivṛttakāraṇaḥ  
gurūpadiṣṭena ripau sute 'pi vā nihanti daṇḍena sa dharmaviplavam //

> Self-controlled, not desiring wealth, free from righteous wrath, / with motives set aside out of the conviction that it is merely his own righteousness, / he averts transgression of righteousness toward enemy or son alike / by punishment taught by his elders.  
> — 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.1.13) — English, machine translation

## Commentaries (2)

- [Ghaṇṭāpatha](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.mahakavya.bharata.kiratarjuniya!mallinatha.1.13) — Mallinātha Sūri, Sanskrit
- [Traisargika](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.mahakavya.bharata.kiratarjuniya!citrabhanu.1.13.1) — Citrabhānu, Sanskrit

## Linked texts (1)

- [Subhāṣitasudhānidhi](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.subhasita.subhasita.daksina.subhasitasudhanidhi.71.68) — Sāyaṇa, Sanskrit

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