[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) › 2.9 # Arjuna and the Hunter 2.9 Kirātārjunīya 2.9 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [2.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.mahakavya.bharata.kiratarjuniya.2.9) acireṇa parasya bhūyasīṃ viparītāṃ vigaṇayya cātmanaḥ kṣayayuktim upekṣate kṛtī kurute tatpratikāram anyathā // > Recognizing that the greater decline of the enemy will soon occur / and that his own is the opposite, / a resolute man overlooks his own state of loss; / otherwise, he applies a remedy. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 2.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.mahakavya.bharata.kiratarjuniya.2.8) - [Next: 2.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.mahakavya.bharata.kiratarjuniya.2.10) - [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.2.9) — English, machine translation ## Commentaries (1) - [Ghaṇṭāpatha](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.mahakavya.bharata.kiratarjuniya!mallinatha.2.9) — Mallinātha Sūri, Sanskrit ## Linked texts (1) - [Subhāṣitasudhānidhi](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.subhasita.subhasita.daksina.subhasitasudhanidhi.72.74) — Sāyaṇa, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.mahakavya.bharata.kiratarjuniya.2.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.mahakavya.bharata.kiratarjuniya.2.9) · Pramāṇa