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# Arjuna and the Hunter 2.3

Kirātārjunīya 2.3

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [2.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.mahakavya.bharata.kiratarjuniya.2.3)

viṣamo 'pi vigāhyate nayaḥ kṛtatīrthaḥ payasām ivāśayaḥ  
sa tu tatra viśeṣadurlabhaḥ sad upanyasyati kṛtyavartma yaḥ //

> Even difficult statecraft is entered / when a ford is made, like a body of water; / but rare indeed in this world is someone / who points out the true course of action.  
> — 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.2.3) — English, machine translation

## Commentaries (2)

- [Ghaṇṭāpatha](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.mahakavya.bharata.kiratarjuniya!mallinatha.2.3) — Mallinātha Sūri, Sanskrit
- [Traisargika](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.mahakavya.bharata.kiratarjuniya!citrabhanu.2.3.1) — Citrabhānu, Sanskrit

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