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# Arjuna and the Hunter 3.12

Kirātārjunīya 3.12

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [3.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.mahakavya.bharata.kiratarjuniya.3.12)

tathāpi nighnaṃ nṛpa tāvakīnaiḥ prahvīkṛtaṃ me hṛdayaṃ guṇaughaiḥ  
vītaspṛhāṇām api muktibhājāṃ bhavanti bhavyeṣu hi pakṣapātāḥ //

> Nevertheless, O king, my submissive heart has been humbled by the stream of your virtues; / for even those free of desire who possess liberation feel partiality toward the noble.  
> — 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.3.12) — English, machine translation

## Commentaries (1)

- [Traisargika](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.mahakavya.bharata.kiratarjuniya!citrabhanu.3.10.5) — Citrabhānu, Sanskrit

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