[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) › 2.28 # Arjuna and the Hunter 2.28 Kirātārjunīya 2.28 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [2.28](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.mahakavya.bharata.kiratarjuniya.2.28) upapattir udāhṛtā balād anumānena na cāgamaḥ kṣataḥ idam īdṛg anīdṛgāśayaḥ prasabhaṃ vaktum upakrameta kaḥ // > Reasoning was adduced with force, nor was sacred tradition violated by inference; / who, with a mind unlike yours, would dare to speak with such compelling power? > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 2.27](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.mahakavya.bharata.kiratarjuniya.2.27) - [Next: 2.29](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.mahakavya.bharata.kiratarjuniya.2.29) - [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.2.28) — English, machine translation ## Commentaries (1) - [Ghaṇṭāpatha](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.mahakavya.bharata.kiratarjuniya!mallinatha.2.28) — Mallinātha Sūri, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.mahakavya.bharata.kiratarjuniya.2.28](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.mahakavya.bharata.kiratarjuniya.2.28) · Pramāṇa