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# Arjuna and the Hunter 6.7

Kirātārjunīya 6.7

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [6.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.mahakavya.bharata.kiratarjuniya.6.7)

dadhati kṣatīḥ pariṇatadvirade muditāliyoṣiti madasrutibhiḥ  
adhikāṃ sa rodhasi babandha dhṛtiṃ mahate rujann api guṇāya mahān //

> As the full-grown elephant suffered cuts \[from rocks\], / and female bees rejoiced in streams of rut, / he felt even greater constancy on the bank; / for the great, even when suffering, aim for great virtue.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

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## Translations (1)

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