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# Harivamsha 2.1

Harivaṃśa 2.1

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [2.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.harivamsa.2.1)

vaiśaṃpāyana uvāca  
sa sṛṣṭāsu prajāsv evam āpavo vai prajāpatiḥ  
lebhe vai puruṣaḥ patnīṃ śatarūpām ayonijām //

> Vaiśaṃpāyana said:  
> When creatures were thus created, that Prajāpati Āpava,  
> the Puruṣa, took Śatarūpā, not born of a womb, as his wife.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

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## Translations (1)

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