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# Harivamsha 3.1

Harivaṃśa 3.1

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [3.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.harivamsa.3.1)

janamejaya uvāca  
devānāṃ dānavānāṃ ca gandharvoragarakṣasām  
utpattiṃ vistareṇaiva vaiśaṃpāyana kīrtaya //

> Janamejaya said:  
> Recount in full detail, O Vaiśaṃpāyana,  
> the origin of the gods, Dānavas, gandharvas, serpents, and rākṣasas.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

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## Translations (1)

- [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.harivamsa~en-mt.3.1) — 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.3.1) — Sanskrit

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