[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) › 3.2 # Harivamsha 3.2 Harivaṃśa 3.2 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [3.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.harivamsa.3.2) vaiśaṃpāyana uvāca prajāḥ sṛjeti vyādiṣṭaḥ pūrvaṃ dakṣaḥ svayaṃbhuvā yathā sasarja bhūtāni tathā śṛṇu mahīpate // > Vaiśaṃpāyana said: > Having previously been commanded by the Self-born to create creatures, > hear, O lord of the earth, how Dakṣa created the beings. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 3.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.harivamsa.3.1) - [Next: 3.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.harivamsa.3.3) - [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.3.2) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (5) - [Brahmapurāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.brahma.3.2) — Vyāsa, Sanskrit - [Viṣṇupurāṇa (critical edition)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.visnu*crit.1.15.85) — Sanskrit - [Kūrmapurāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.kurma.1.15.1) — Vyāsa, Sanskrit - [Narasiṃhapurāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.upa.vaisnava.narasimha.5.36) — Sanskrit - [Ṭoḍarānanda](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.nibandha.mahanibandha.todarananda.2.122) — Ṭoḍaramalla 1564, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.harivamsa.3.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.harivamsa.3.2) · Pramāṇa