[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) › 3.23 # Harivamsha 3.23 Harivaṃśa 3.23 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [3.23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.harivamsa.3.23) tāṃś cāpi naṣṭān vijñāya putrān dakṣaḥ prajāpatiḥ tadbhītyā nāradaṃ śaptvā kanyā evāsṛjat prabhuḥ | ṣaṣṭiṃ dakṣo 'sṛjat kanyā vairaṇyām iti na śrutam // > Knowing those sons to be lost, the lord Prajāpati Dakṣa, > out of fear of that, cursed Nārada and created only daughters. > Dakṣa created sixty daughters upon Vīraṇa's daughter: so we have heard. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 3.22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.harivamsa.3.22) - [Next: 3.23x55-1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.harivamsa.3.23x55-1) - [Up: 3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.harivamsa.3) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.harivamsa~en-mt.3.23) — 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.3.23) — Sanskrit ## Linked texts (3) - [Śivapurāṇa (complete text)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva*complete-2.5.31.14) — Sanskrit - [Brahmapurāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.brahma.3.25) — Vyāsa, Sanskrit - [Viṣṇupurāṇa (critical edition)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.visnu*crit.1.15.101) — Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.harivamsa.3.23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.harivamsa.3.23) · Pramāṇa