[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) › 1.2 # Arjuna and the Hunter 1.2 Kirātārjunīya 1.2 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [1.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.mahakavya.bharata.kiratarjuniya.1.2) kṛtapraṇāmasya mahīṃ mahībhuje jitāṃ sapatnena nivedayiṣyataḥ na vivyathe tasya mano na hi priyaṃ pravaktum icchanti mṛṣā hitaiṣiṇaḥ // > Having bowed, he who was about to report to the king / the earth won by his rival felt no distress in his mind; / for those who wish well do not desire to speak falsehood \[merely to be\] pleasing. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 1.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.mahakavya.bharata.kiratarjuniya.1.1) - [Next: 1.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.mahakavya.bharata.kiratarjuniya.1.3) - [Up: 1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.mahakavya.bharata.kiratarjuniya.1) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.mahakavya.bharata.kiratarjuniya~en-mt.1.2) — English, machine translation ## Commentaries (1) - [Traisargika](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.mahakavya.bharata.kiratarjuniya!citrabhanu.1.1.9) — Citrabhānu, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.mahakavya.bharata.kiratarjuniya.1.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.mahakavya.bharata.kiratarjuniya.1.2) · Pramāṇa