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# Harivamsha 4.3

Harivaṃśa 4.3

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [4.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.harivamsa.4.3)

apāṃ tu varuṇaṃ rājye rājñāṃ vaiśravaṇaṃ patim  
bṛhaspatiṃ tu viśveṣāṃ dadāv āṅgirasaṃ patim ||  
bhṛgūṇām adhipaṃ caiva kāvyaṃ rājye 'bhiṣecayat |  
ādityānāṃ tathā viṣṇuṃ vasūnām atha pāvakam //

> And \[he appointed\] Varuṇa to the sovereignty over waters, Vaiśravaṇa as lord of kings,  
> and he gave Āṅgirasa Bṛhaspati as lord of all;  
> and he consecrated Kāvya in sovereignty as lord of the Bhṛgus,  
> and likewise Viṣṇu over the Ādityas, and Pāvaka over the Vasus,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

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## Translations (1)

- [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.harivamsa~en-mt.4.3) — 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

## Linked texts (3)

- [Śivapurāṇa (complete text)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva*complete-2.5.33.21) — Sanskrit
- [Brahmapurāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.brahma.4.3) — Vyāsa, Sanskrit
- [Vāyupurāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.vayu.2.9.5) — Vyāsa, Sanskrit

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