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TEXT 36
manuh syandanam asthaya
satakaumbha-paricchadam
aropya svam duhitaram
sa-bharyah paryatan mahim
SYNONYMS
manuhSvayambhuva Manu; syandanamthe chariot; asthayahaving mounted; satakaumbhamade of gold; paricchadamthe outer cover; aropyaputting on; svamhis own; duhitaramdaughter; sa-bharyahalong with his wife; paryatantraveling all over; mahimthe globe.
TRANSLATION
Svayambhuva Manu, with his wife, mounted his chariot, which was decorated with golden ornaments. Placing his daughter on it with them, he began traveling all over the earth.
PURPORT
The Emperor Manu, as the great ruler of the world, could have engaged an agent to find a suitable husband for his daughter, but because he loved her just as a father should, he himself left his state on a golden chariot, with only his wife, to find her a suitable husband.
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