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# Arjuna and the Hunter 2.36

Kirātārjunīya 2.36

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [2.36](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.mahakavya.bharata.kiratarjuniya.2.36)

apaneyam udetum icchatā timiraṃ roṣamayaṃ dhiyā puraḥ  
avibhidya niśākṛtaṃ tamaḥ prabhayā nāṃśumatāpy udīyate //

> He who desires to rise must first dispel with his intellect the darkness of wrath; / not even the sun rises with brilliance without first breaking through the darkness wrought by the night.  
> — 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.2.36) — English, machine translation

## Commentaries (1)

- [Ghaṇṭāpatha](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.mahakavya.bharata.kiratarjuniya!mallinatha.2.36) — Mallinātha Sūri, Sanskrit

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