[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) › 1.3 # Arjuna and the Hunter 1.3 Kirātārjunīya 1.3 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [1.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.mahakavya.bharata.kiratarjuniya.1.3) dviṣāṃ vighātāya vidhātum icchato rahasy anujñām adhigamya bhūbhṛtaḥ sa sauṣṭhavaudāryaviśeṣaśālinīṃ viniścitārthām iti vācam ādadhe // > Receiving permission in secret from the king, / who wished to act toward the destruction of his enemies, / he uttered speech distinguished by propriety and elegance, / with its meaning well ascertained: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 1.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.mahakavya.bharata.kiratarjuniya.1.2) - [Next: 1.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.mahakavya.bharata.kiratarjuniya.1.4) - [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.1.3) — English, machine translation ## Commentaries (2) - [Ghaṇṭāpatha](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.mahakavya.bharata.kiratarjuniya!mallinatha.1.3) — Mallinātha Sūri, Sanskrit - [Traisargika](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.mahakavya.bharata.kiratarjuniya!citrabhanu.1.3) — Citrabhānu, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.mahakavya.bharata.kiratarjuniya.1.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.mahakavya.bharata.kiratarjuniya.1.3) · Pramāṇa