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# Arjuna and the Hunter 2.15

Kirātārjunīya 2.15

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [2.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.mahakavya.bharata.kiratarjuniya.2.15)

tad alaṃ pratipakṣam unnater avalambya vyavasāyavandhyatām  
nivasanti parākramāśrayā na viṣādena samaṃ samṛddhayaḥ //

> Therefore, enough of clinging to the sterility of resolve, / which is the enemy of elevation! / Prosperities dependent on prowess / do not dwell together with despondency.  
> — 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.2.15) — English, machine translation

## Commentaries (2)

- [Ghaṇṭāpatha](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.mahakavya.bharata.kiratarjuniya!mallinatha.2.15) — Mallinātha Sūri, Sanskrit
- [Traisargika](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.mahakavya.bharata.kiratarjuniya!citrabhanu.2.15) — Citrabhānu, Sanskrit

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