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# Harivamsha 3.85

Harivaṃśa 3.85

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [3.85](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.harivamsa.3.85)

surasāyāḥ sahasraṃ tu sarpāṇām amitaujasām  
anekaśirasāṃ tāta khecarāṇāṃ mahātmanām //

> From Surasā came a thousand serpents of immeasurable power, / having many heads, dear friend, moving in the sky, great-spirited.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

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## Translations (1)

- [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.harivamsa~en-mt.3.85) — English, machine translation

## Other recensions (1)

- [Vulgate](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.harivamsa*vulgate.3.85) — Sanskrit

## Linked texts (5)

- [Śivapurāṇa (complete text)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva*complete-2.5.32.44) — Sanskrit
- [Brahmapurāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.brahma.3.96) — Vyāsa, Sanskrit
- [Garuḍapurāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.6.59) — Vyāsa, Sanskrit
- [Viṣṇupurāṇa (critical edition)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.visnu*crit.1.21.19) — Sanskrit
- [Ṭoḍarānanda](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.nibandha.mahanibandha.todarananda.2.166) — Ṭoḍaramalla 1564, Sanskrit

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