[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) › 2.17 # Arjuna and the Hunter 2.17 Kirātārjunīya 2.17 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [2.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.mahakavya.bharata.kiratarjuniya.2.17) dviṣatā vihitaṃ tvayāthavā yadi labdhā punar ātmanaḥ padam jananātha tavānujanmanāṃ kṛtam āviṣkṛtapauruṣair bhujaiḥ // > Or if your own station must be regained / only by what the enemy grants, / O lord of men, what purpose is served by the arms of your younger brothers, / who have manifested manly effort? > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 2.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.mahakavya.bharata.kiratarjuniya.2.16) - [Next: 2.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.mahakavya.bharata.kiratarjuniya.2.18) - [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.2.17) — English, machine translation ## Commentaries (5) - [Ghaṇṭāpatha](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.mahakavya.bharata.kiratarjuniya!mallinatha.2.17) — Mallinātha Sūri, Sanskrit - [Kirātārjunīyaṭīkā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.mahakavya.bharata.kiratarjuniya!mallinatha-kiratarjuniyatika.2.17) — Mallinātha, Sanskrit - [Traisargika](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.mahakavya.bharata.kiratarjuniya!citrabhanu.2.17) — Citrabhānu, Sanskrit - [Śabdārthadīpikā Rasabodhinī](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.mahakavya.bharata.kiratarjuniya!sabdarthadipikarasabodhini.2.17) — Sanskrit - [Commentary of Jonarāja](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.mahakavya.bharata.kiratarjuniya!jonaraja) — Jonarāja, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.mahakavya.bharata.kiratarjuniya.2.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.mahakavya.bharata.kiratarjuniya.2.17) · Pramāṇa