[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) › 2.39 # Arjuna and the Hunter 2.39 Kirātārjunīya 2.39 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [2.39](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.mahakavya.bharata.kiratarjuniya.2.39) kva cirāya parigrahaḥ śriyāṃ kva ca duṣṭendriyavājivaśyatā śaradabhracalāś calendriyair asurakṣā hi bahucchalāḥ śriyaḥ // > Where is the lasting possession of royal fortunes, and where subjection to the rogue horses of the senses? / For royal fortunes, fleeting as autumn clouds and full of deception, are difficult to protect by those with fickle senses. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 2.38](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.mahakavya.bharata.kiratarjuniya.2.38) - [Next: 2.40](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.mahakavya.bharata.kiratarjuniya.2.40) - [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.2.39) — English, machine translation ## Commentaries (2) - [Ghaṇṭāpatha](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.mahakavya.bharata.kiratarjuniya!mallinatha.2.39) — Mallinātha Sūri, Sanskrit - [Traisargika](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.mahakavya.bharata.kiratarjuniya!citrabhanu.2.21) — Citrabhānu, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.mahakavya.bharata.kiratarjuniya.2.39](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.mahakavya.bharata.kiratarjuniya.2.39) · Pramāṇa