[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) › 2.53 # Arjuna and the Hunter 2.53 Kirātārjunīya 2.53 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [2.53](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.mahakavya.bharata.kiratarjuniya.2.53) laghuvṛttitayā bhidāṃ gataṃ bahir antaś ca nṛpasya maṇḍalam abhibhūya haraty anantaraḥ śithilaṃ kūlam ivāpagārayaḥ // > When the mandala of a king, through light conduct, has become divided within and without, / an adjacent neighbour, having overpowered it, sweeps it away like a river current a crumbling bank. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 2.52](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.mahakavya.bharata.kiratarjuniya.2.52) - [Next: 2.54](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.mahakavya.bharata.kiratarjuniya.2.54) - [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.2.53) — English, machine translation ## Commentaries (5) - [Commentary of Jonarāja](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.mahakavya.bharata.kiratarjuniya!jonaraja.1.p259) — Jonarāja, Sanskrit - [Ghaṇṭāpatha](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.mahakavya.bharata.kiratarjuniya!mallinatha.2.53) — Mallinātha Sūri, Sanskrit - [Kirātārjunīyaṭīkā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.mahakavya.bharata.kiratarjuniya!mallinatha-kiratarjuniyatika.2.53) — Mallinātha, Sanskrit - [Traisargika](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.mahakavya.bharata.kiratarjuniya!citrabhanu.2.35.1) — Citrabhānu, Sanskrit - [Śabdārthadīpikā Rasabodhinī](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.mahakavya.bharata.kiratarjuniya!sabdarthadipikarasabodhini.2.35.1) — Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.mahakavya.bharata.kiratarjuniya.2.53](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.mahakavya.bharata.kiratarjuniya.2.53) · Pramāṇa