[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) › 1.4 # Arjuna and the Hunter 1.4 Kirātārjunīya 1.4 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [1.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.mahakavya.bharata.kiratarjuniya.1.4) kriyāsu yuktair nṛpa cāracakṣuṣo na vañcanīyāḥ prabhavo 'nujīvibhiḥ ato 'rhasi kṣantum asādhu sādhu vā hitaṃ manohāri ca durlabhaṃ vacaḥ // > "O king, masters whose eyes are their spies must not be deceived / by their dependents employed in their affairs; / therefore you ought to forgive what is unpleasing or pleasing, / for words that are both beneficial and agreeable are hard to find. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 1.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.mahakavya.bharata.kiratarjuniya.1.3) - [Next: 1.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.mahakavya.bharata.kiratarjuniya.1.5) - [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.1.4) — English, machine translation ## Commentaries (2) - [Ghaṇṭāpatha](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.mahakavya.bharata.kiratarjuniya!mallinatha.1.4) — Mallinātha Sūri, Sanskrit - [Traisargika](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.mahakavya.bharata.kiratarjuniya!citrabhanu.1.4) — Citrabhānu, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.mahakavya.bharata.kiratarjuniya.1.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.mahakavya.bharata.kiratarjuniya.1.4) · Pramāṇa