mankind descends from Manu
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Imported quote 13079 In this verse the word manava is very significant. Generally this word is used to mean "human being." Dhruva Maharaja is also described here as manava. Not only is Dhruva Maharaja a descendant of Manu, but all human society descends from Manu. According to Vedic civilization, Manu is the lawgiver. Even today Hindus in India follow the laws given by Manu. Everyone, therefore, in human society is a manava, or descendant from Manu, but Dhruva Maharaja is a distinguished manava because he is a great devotee.
(More...) Imported quote 15398 Bhaktivinoda Thakura gives a summary of the Twelfth Chapter of Adi-lila in his Amrta-pravaha-bhasya. This Twelfth Chapter describes the followers of Advaita Prabhu, among whom the followers of Acyutananda, the son of Advaita Acarya, are understood to be the pure followers who received the cream of the philosophy Sri Advaita Acarya enunciated. Other so-called descendants and followers of Advaita Acarya are not to be recognized.This chapter also includes narrations concerning the son of Advaita Acarya named Gopala Misra and Advaita Acarya's servant named Kamalakanta Visvasa. In his early life Gopala fainted during the cleansing of the Gunḍica mandira at Jagannatha Puri and thus became a recipient of the mercy of Lord Caitanya Mahaprabhu. The story of Kamalakanta Visvasa concerns his borrowing three hundred rupees from Prataparudra Maharaja to clear the debts of Advaita Acarya, for which Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu chastised him when He came to know of it. Kamalakanta Visvasa was then purified by the request of Sri Advaita Acarya. After describing the descendants of Advaita Acarya, the chapter concludes by describing the followers of Gadadhara Panḍita Gosvami.
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