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# Arjuna and the Hunter 1.6

Kirātārjunīya 1.6

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [1.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.mahakavya.bharata.kiratarjuniya.1.6)

nisargadurbodham abodhaviklavāḥ kva bhūpatīnāṃ caritaṃ kva jantavaḥ  
tavānubhāvo 'yam abodhi yan mayā nigūḍhatattvaṃ nayavartma vidviṣām //

> Where is the conduct of kings, naturally hard to fathom, and where are creatures bewildered by ignorance? / It is by your majesty alone that I have understood / the hidden truth of the path of statecraft followed by your foes.  
> — 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.1.6) — English, machine translation

## Commentaries (5)

- [Commentary of Jonarāja](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.mahakavya.bharata.kiratarjuniya!jonaraja.1.p20) — Jonarāja, Sanskrit
- [Ghaṇṭāpatha](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.mahakavya.bharata.kiratarjuniya!mallinatha.1.6) — Mallinātha Sūri, Sanskrit
- [Kirātārjunīyaṭīkā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.mahakavya.bharata.kiratarjuniya!mallinatha-kiratarjuniyatika.1.6) — Mallinātha, Sanskrit
- [Traisargika](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.mahakavya.bharata.kiratarjuniya!citrabhanu.1.6) — Citrabhānu, Sanskrit
- [Śabdārthadīpikā Rasabodhinī](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.mahakavya.bharata.kiratarjuniya!sabdarthadipikarasabodhini.1.6) — Sanskrit

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