Kiraataarjuniyam by Bharavi

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किरातार्जुनीयम्: Kiraataarjuniyam by Bharavi  

Bharavi's Kiratarjuniyam, along with Kalidasa's Kumarasambhavam and Raghuvamsam, Magha's Sishupalavadha, and Sri Harsha's Naisaditya Charitam constitute the five great epics ( Panchamahakavya ) in Sanskrit Literature. 

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सहसा विदधीत न क्रियामविवेकः परमापदां पदम् | 
वृणते हि विमृश्यकारिणं गुणलुब्धाः स्वयमेव संपदः ||  किरातार्जुनीयम् – २/३०

This is a famous often quoted couplet that comes in Kiratarjuniyam of Bharavi. This is what Dharmaraja says to an impatient Bhima wanting to take revenge on Kauravas. 

One should not do anything in a hurry, A person who does not deliberate ( avivekaha) faces great calamities . Fortunes which are always attached to merits, seek on their own one who acts with reflection .

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