<!-- Pramāṇa, a library of Indian primary sources · https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.harivamsa.2.20 -->

[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Indian literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in) › [Epic, Poetry, Drama & Narrative](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit) › [The Mahābhārata and its versions](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata) › [Harivamsha](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.harivamsa) › 2.20

# Harivamsha 2.20

Harivaṃśa 2.20

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [2.20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.harivamsa.2.20)

prajārtham ṛṣayo 'thāsya mamanthur dakṣiṇaṃ karam  
venasya pāṇau mathite saṃbabhūva mahān ṛṣiḥ //

> Then, for the sake of offspring, the seers churned his right arm;  
> when the hand of Vena was churned, a great seer came into being.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

- [Previous: 2.19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.harivamsa.2.19)
- [Next: 2.21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.harivamsa.2.21)
- [Up: 2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.harivamsa.2)

## Translations (1)

- [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.harivamsa~en-mt.2.20) — English, machine translation

## Other recensions (1)

- [Vulgate](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.harivamsa*vulgate.2.20) — Sanskrit

## Linked texts (1)

- [Agnipurāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.agni.18.12) — Vyāsa, Sanskrit

---
Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.harivamsa.2.20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.harivamsa.2.20) · Pramāṇa
