[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) › 2.12 # Arjuna and the Hunter 2.12 Kirātārjunīya 2.12 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [2.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.mahakavya.bharata.kiratarjuniya.2.12) prabhavaḥ khalu kośadaṇḍayoḥ kṛtapañcāṅgavinirṇayo nayaḥ sa vidheyapadeṣu dakṣatāṃ niyatiṃ loka ivānurudhyate // > Statecraft, which decides the five elements of counsel, / is indeed the source of treasury and army; / it attains skill in matters that must be executed, / just as people conform to destiny. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 2.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.mahakavya.bharata.kiratarjuniya.2.11) - [Next: 2.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.mahakavya.bharata.kiratarjuniya.2.13) - [Up: 2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.mahakavya.bharata.kiratarjuniya.2) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.mahakavya.bharata.kiratarjuniya~en-mt.2.12) — English, machine translation ## Commentaries (2) - [Ghaṇṭāpatha](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.mahakavya.bharata.kiratarjuniya!mallinatha.2.12) — Mallinātha Sūri, Sanskrit - [Traisargika](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.mahakavya.bharata.kiratarjuniya!citrabhanu.2.12) — Citrabhānu, Sanskrit ## Linked texts (1) - [Subhāṣitasudhānidhi](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.subhasita.subhasita.daksina.subhasitasudhanidhi.72.77) — Sāyaṇa, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.mahakavya.bharata.kiratarjuniya.2.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.mahakavya.bharata.kiratarjuniya.2.12) · Pramāṇa