[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) › 23.76 # Harivamsha 23.76 Harivaṃśa 23.76 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [23.76](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.harivamsa.23.76) patilobhena yaṃ gaṅgā vitate 'bhisasāra ha necchataḥ plāvayām āsa tasya gaṅgā ca tat sadaḥ // > The Gaṅgā approached him out of longing for him as her husband when \[the sacrifice\] was underway, / and when he refused, the Gaṅgā flooded his sacrificial enclosure. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 23.75](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.harivamsa.23.75) - [Next: 23.77](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.harivamsa.23.77) - [Up: 23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.harivamsa.23) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.harivamsa~en-mt.23.76) — 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 --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.harivamsa.23.76](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.harivamsa.23.76) · Pramāṇa