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# Harivamsha 3.78

Harivaṃśa 3.78

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [3.78](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.harivamsa.3.78)

ājjiko narakaś caiva kālanābhas tathaiva ca  
rāhur jyeṣṭhas tu teṣāṃ vai candrasūryapramardanaḥ |  
śaraḥ potaraṇaś caiva vajranābhaś ca vīryavān ||  
mūkaś caiva tuhuṇḍaś ca hradaputrau babhūvatuḥ |  
mārīcaḥ sundaputraś ca tāḍakāyāṃ vyajāyata |  
svarbhānuś ca mahāvīryo vaktrayodhī mahāsuraḥ |  
saramāṇas tathā caiva śarakalpaś ca vīryavān //

> Ājjika, Naraka, and Kālanābha; / the eldest of them was Rāhu, the crusher of the moon and sun; / and Śara, Potaraṇa, and the powerful Vajranābha; / Mūka and Tuhuṇḍa were the two sons of Hrada; / Mārīca, the son of Sunda, was born of Tāḍakā; / and Svarbhānu, a great asura of mighty valor who fought with his mouth; / and Saramāṇa, and the powerful Śarakalpa.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

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## Translations (1)

- [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.harivamsa~en-mt.3.78) — English, machine translation

## Other recensions (1)

- [Vulgate](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.harivamsa*vulgate.3.78) — Sanskrit

## Linked texts (1)

- [Viṣṇupurāṇa (critical edition)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.visnu*crit.1.21.12) — Sanskrit

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