[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) › 2.37 # Arjuna and the Hunter 2.37 Kirātārjunīya 2.37 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [2.37](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.mahakavya.bharata.kiratarjuniya.2.37) balavān api kopajanmanas tamaso nābhibhavaṃ ruṇaddhi yaḥ kṣayapakṣa ivaindavīḥ kalāḥ sakalā hanti sa śaktisampadaḥ // > Though powerful, he who does not check the overpower of darkness born of anger / destroys all the riches of his power, like the waning fortnight destroying the digits of the moon. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 2.36](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.mahakavya.bharata.kiratarjuniya.2.36) - [Next: 2.38](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.mahakavya.bharata.kiratarjuniya.2.38) - [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.2.37) — English, machine translation ## Commentaries (1) - [Ghaṇṭāpatha](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.mahakavya.bharata.kiratarjuniya!mallinatha.2.37) — Mallinātha Sūri, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.mahakavya.bharata.kiratarjuniya.2.37](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.mahakavya.bharata.kiratarjuniya.2.37) · Pramāṇa