[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) › 20.1 # Harivamsha 20.1 Harivaṃśa 20.1 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [20.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.harivamsa.20.1) vaiśaṃpāyana uvāca pitā somasya vai rājañ jajñe 'trir bhagavān ṛṣiḥ athātaḥ śrūyatāṃ rājan vaṃśaḥ somasya pāvanaḥ | yasminn ailādayo bhūpāḥ kīrtyante puṇyakīrtayaḥ || yatra jāto hariḥ sākṣāt kṛṣṇas trailokyapāvanaḥ | sahasraśirasaḥ puṃso nābhihradasaroruhāt || jātasyāsīt suto dhātur atriḥ pitṛsamo guṇaiḥ | brahmaṇo mānasāt pūrvaṃ prajāsargaṃ vidhitsataḥ | tatrātriḥ sarvalokānāṃ tasthau svavinayair vṛtaḥ karmaṇā manasā vācā śubhāny eva cacāra ha // > Vaiśaṃpāyana said: / The father of Soma, O king, was the blessed seer Atri. / Now then, O king, listen to the purifying lineage of Soma, / in which the kings headed by Aila, whose fame is sacred, are celebrated; / where Hari himself was born as Kṛṣṇa, the purifier of the three worlds. / The creator, who was born from the navel-lake lotus / of the thousand-headed Puruṣa, had a son, Atri, equal to his father in qualities. / Born from the mind of Brahmā earlier, when he wished to create creatures, / there Atri stood amidst all the worlds, endowed with his own discipline; / by deed, thought, and speech he practiced only auspicious things. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 19.35](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.harivamsa.19.35) - [Next: 20.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.harivamsa.20.2) - [Up: 20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.harivamsa.20) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.harivamsa~en-mt.20.1) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (1) - [Brahmapurāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.brahma.9.1) — Vyāsa, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.harivamsa.20.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.harivamsa.20.1) · Pramāṇa