<!-- Pramāṇa, a library of Indian primary sources · https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.harivamsa.86.4 -->

[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Indian literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in) › [Epic, Poetry, Drama & Narrative](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit) › [The Mahābhārata and its versions](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata) › [Harivamsha](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.harivamsa) › 86.4

# Harivamsha 86.4

Harivaṃśa 86.4

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [86.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.harivamsa.86.4)

tataḥ paṅkajapatrākṣo yādavān keśisūdanaḥ  
provāca vadatāṃ śreṣṭho devān vṛtraripur yathā //

> Then the lotus-petal-eyed slayer of Keśin, best among speakers, / spoke to the Yādavas, just as Vṛtra's foe \[Indra\] spoke to the gods:  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

- [Previous: 86.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.harivamsa.86.3)
- [Next: 86.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.harivamsa.86.5)
- [Up: 86](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.harivamsa.86)

## Translations (1)

- [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.harivamsa~en-mt.86.4) — 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

---
Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.harivamsa.86.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.harivamsa.86.4) · Pramāṇa
