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# Harivamsha 85.3

Harivaṃśa 85.3

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [85.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.harivamsa.85.3)

śṛṅgaṃ pṛthivyāḥ svālakṣyaṃ prabhūtadhanadhānyavat  
āryāḍhyajanabhūyiṣṭham adhiṣṭhānavarottamam  
ayuddhenaiva dāśārhas tyaktavān dvijasattama //

> the peak of the earth, well-marked, possessing abundant wealth and grain, / filled mostly with noble and wealthy people, the highest and best of settlements— / why did the Dāśārha abandon it without a fight, O best of twice-born?  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

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## Translations (1)

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