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# Harivamsha 22.2

Harivaṃśa 22.2

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [22.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.harivamsa.22.2)

kakutsthakanyāṃ gāṃ nāma na lebhe sa yatis tadā  
rājyaṃ naicchad yatiḥ pitrā dattaṃ tatpariṇāmavit |  
yatra praviṣṭaḥ puruṣa ātmānaṃ nāvabudhyate |  
tenāsau mokṣam āsthāya brahmabhūto 'bhavan muniḥ //

> At that time, Yati did not win the daughter of Kakutstha named Gā; / knowing the consequence of it, Yati did not desire the kingship given by his father, / entering which a man loses awareness of his self. / Resorting to liberation on that account, the silent sage became one with brahman.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

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## Translations (1)

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## Linked texts (1)

- [Bhāgavatapurāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.bhagavata.9.18.2) — Vyāsa, Sanskrit

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