[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) › 2.30 # Arjuna and the Hunter 2.30 Kirātārjunīya 2.30 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [2.30](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.mahakavya.bharata.kiratarjuniya.2.30) sahasā vidadhīta na kriyām avivekaḥ param āpadāṃ padam vṛṇate hi vimṛśyakāriṇaṃ guṇalubdhāḥ svayam eva sampadaḥ // > One should not perform an action rashly; lack of discrimination is the ultimate seat of calamities. / For fortunes, greedy for virtues, choose of their own accord the one who acts with circumspection. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 2.29](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.mahakavya.bharata.kiratarjuniya.2.29) - [Next: 2.31](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.mahakavya.bharata.kiratarjuniya.2.31) - [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.2.30) — English, machine translation ## Commentaries (1) - [Ghaṇṭāpatha](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.mahakavya.bharata.kiratarjuniya!mallinatha.2.30) — Mallinātha Sūri, Sanskrit ## Linked texts (2) - [Śabdakalpadruma](https://indike.org/pramana/in.art.kosa.sabdakalpadruma.510.1) — Rājā Sir Rādhākānta Deb, Sanskrit - [Subhāṣitasudhānidhi](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.subhasita.subhasita.daksina.subhasitasudhanidhi.107.19) — Sāyaṇa, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.mahakavya.bharata.kiratarjuniya.2.30](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.mahakavya.bharata.kiratarjuniya.2.30) · Pramāṇa