[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) › 1.8 # Arjuna and the Hunter 1.8 Kirātārjunīya 1.8 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [1.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.mahakavya.bharata.kiratarjuniya.1.8) tathāpi jihmaḥ sa bhavajjigīṣayā tanoti śubhraṃ guṇasampadā yaśaḥ samunnayan bhūtim anāryasaṃgamād varaṃ virodho 'pi samaṃ mahātmabhiḥ // > Even so, crook though he is, out of a desire to overcome you / he spreads bright fame by a wealth of virtues, / elevating his fortune; for even hostility with the great / is better than association with the base. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 1.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.mahakavya.bharata.kiratarjuniya.1.7) - [Next: 1.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.mahakavya.bharata.kiratarjuniya.1.9) - [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.1.8) — English, machine translation ## Commentaries (5) - [Commentary of Jonarāja](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.mahakavya.bharata.kiratarjuniya!jonaraja.1.p26) — Jonarāja, Sanskrit - [Ghaṇṭāpatha](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.mahakavya.bharata.kiratarjuniya!mallinatha.1.8) — Mallinātha Sūri, Sanskrit - [Kirātārjunīyaṭīkā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.mahakavya.bharata.kiratarjuniya!mallinatha-kiratarjuniyatika.1.8) — Mallinātha, Sanskrit - [Traisargika](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.mahakavya.bharata.kiratarjuniya!citrabhanu.1.8) — Citrabhānu, Sanskrit - [Śabdārthadīpikā Rasabodhinī](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.mahakavya.bharata.kiratarjuniya!sabdarthadipikarasabodhini.1.8) — Sanskrit ## Linked texts (1) - [Subhāṣitaratnabhāṇḍāgāra](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.subhasita.subhasita.adhunika.subhasitaratnabhandagara.8.44) — Kāśīnātha Pāṇḍuraṅga Paraba 1886, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.mahakavya.bharata.kiratarjuniya.1.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.mahakavya.bharata.kiratarjuniya.1.8) · Pramāṇa