[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) › 2.4 # Arjuna and the Hunter 2.4 Kirātārjunīya 2.4 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [2.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.mahakavya.bharata.kiratarjuniya.2.4) pariṇāmasukhe garīyasi vyathake 'smin vacasi kṣataujasām ativīryavatīva bheṣaje bahur alpīyasi dṛśyate guṇaḥ // > In this speech, painful to those whose energy is impaired, / yet weighty and happy in its outcome, / great virtue is seen, though it is brief, / like a very potent medicine. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 2.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.mahakavya.bharata.kiratarjuniya.2.3) - [Next: 2.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.mahakavya.bharata.kiratarjuniya.2.5) - [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.2.4) — English, machine translation ## Commentaries (2) - [Ghaṇṭāpatha](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.mahakavya.bharata.kiratarjuniya!mallinatha.2.4) — Mallinātha Sūri, Sanskrit - [Traisargika](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.mahakavya.bharata.kiratarjuniya!citrabhanu.2.3.3) — Citrabhānu, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.mahakavya.bharata.kiratarjuniya.2.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.mahakavya.bharata.kiratarjuniya.2.4) · Pramāṇa