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# Arjuna and the Hunter 2.11

Kirātārjunīya 2.11

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [2.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.mahakavya.bharata.kiratarjuniya.2.11)

kṣayayuktam api svabhāvajaṃ dadhataṃ dhāma śivaṃ samṛddhaye  
praṇamanty anapāyam utthitaṃ pratipaccandram iva prajā nṛpam //

> To a king who, even in decline, maintains the innate majesty / that is auspicious for prosperity, / and rises without downfall, the subjects bow down, / as to the crescent moon of the first day.  
> — 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.2.11) — English, machine translation

## Commentaries (2)

- [Ghaṇṭāpatha](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.mahakavya.bharata.kiratarjuniya!mallinatha.2.11) — Mallinātha Sūri, Sanskrit
- [Traisargika](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.mahakavya.bharata.kiratarjuniya!citrabhanu.2.11) — Citrabhānu, Sanskrit

## Linked texts (1)

- [Subhāṣitasudhānidhi](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.subhasita.subhasita.daksina.subhasitasudhanidhi.72.76) — Sāyaṇa, Sanskrit

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