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# Arjuna and the Hunter 2.23

Kirātārjunīya 2.23

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [2.23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.mahakavya.bharata.kiratarjuniya.2.23)

dviradān iva digvibhāvitāṃś caturas toyanidhīn ivāyataḥ  
prasaheta raṇe tavānujān dviṣatāṃ kaḥ śatamanyutejasaḥ //

> Like the guardian elephants of the quarters, / like the four vast oceans, / who among the enemies could withstand in battle / your younger brothers, possessing the fiery energy of Indra?  
> — 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.2.23) — English, machine translation

## Commentaries (1)

- [Ghaṇṭāpatha](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.mahakavya.bharata.kiratarjuniya!mallinatha.2.23) — Mallinātha Sūri, Sanskrit

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