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# Harivamsha 8.3

Harivaṃśa 8.3

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [8.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.harivamsa.8.3)

ādityasya hi tadrūpaṃ mārtaṇḍasya svatejasā  
gātreṣu paridagdhaṃ vai nātikāntam ivābhavat //

> For that form of the Āditya Mārtaṇḍa, burned all around on his limbs / by his own brilliance, was not very pleasing.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

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## Translations (1)

- [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.harivamsa~en-mt.8.3) — 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 (1)

- [Brahmapurāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.brahma.6.4) — Vyāsa, Sanskrit

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