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# Arjuna and the Hunter 2.1

Kirātārjunīya 2.1

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [2.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.mahakavya.bharata.kiratarjuniya.2.1)

vihitāṃ priyayā manaḥpriyām atha niścitya giraṃ garīyasīm  
upapattimad ūrjitāśrayaṃ nṛpam ūce vacanaṃ vṛkodaraḥ //

> Then Vṛkodara, having judged the weight / of the words spoken by his beloved, pleasing to the mind, / spoke to the king words / based on reasoning and grounded in strength:  
> — 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.2.1) — English, machine translation

## Commentaries (2)

- [Ghaṇṭāpatha](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.mahakavya.bharata.kiratarjuniya!mallinatha.2.1) — Mallinātha Sūri, Sanskrit
- [Traisargika](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.mahakavya.bharata.kiratarjuniya!citrabhanu.2.1) — Citrabhānu, Sanskrit

## Linked texts (1)

- [Sarasvatīkaṇṭhābharaṇa (alaṅkāra)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.art.alamkara.sahitya.sarasvatikanthabharana.2.133.1) — Bhoja, Sanskrit

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