[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) › 2.56 # Harivamsha 2.56 Harivaṃśa 2.56 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [2.56](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.harivamsa.2.56) imāṃ hi sṛṣṭiṃ dakṣasya yo vidyāt sacarācaram prajāvān āyur uttīrṇaḥ svargaloke mahīyate // > He who knows this creation of Dakṣa with the mobile and immobile beings > becomes endowed with offspring, completes his lifespan, and is honoured in the world of heaven. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 2.55](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.harivamsa.2.55) - [Next: 2.56x47](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.harivamsa.2.56x47) - [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.2.56) — English, machine translation ## Commentaries (2) - [Bhāratabhāvadīpa (on the Harivaṃśa)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.harivamsa!nilakantha) — Nīlakaṇṭha Caturdhara, Sanskrit - [Harivaṃśaṭīkā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.harivamsa!nilakantha-suri) — Nīlakaṇṭha Dīkṣita, Sanskrit ## Other recensions (1) - [Vulgate](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.harivamsa*vulgate.2.56) — Sanskrit ## Linked texts (2) - [Śivapurāṇa (complete text)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva*complete-2.5.30.54) — Sanskrit - [Brahmapurāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.brahma.2.57) — Vyāsa, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.harivamsa.2.56](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.harivamsa.2.56) · Pramāṇa