[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) › 2.5 # Arjuna and the Hunter 2.5 Kirātārjunīya 2.5 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [2.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.mahakavya.bharata.kiratarjuniya.2.5) iyam iṣṭaguṇāya rocatāṃ rucirārthā bhavate 'pi bhāratī nanu vaktṛviśeṣaniḥspṛhā guṇagṛhyā vacane vipaścitaḥ // > May this speech of radiant meaning / be pleasing to you for the sake of the desired good; / surely the wise are indifferent to the person of the speaker / and appreciate only the merit in the words. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 2.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.mahakavya.bharata.kiratarjuniya.2.4) - [Next: 2.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.mahakavya.bharata.kiratarjuniya.2.6) - [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.2.5) — English, machine translation ## Commentaries (1) - [Ghaṇṭāpatha](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.mahakavya.bharata.kiratarjuniya!mallinatha.2.5) — Mallinātha Sūri, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.mahakavya.bharata.kiratarjuniya.2.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.mahakavya.bharata.kiratarjuniya.2.5) · Pramāṇa