SB 3.7.25

TEXT 25

TEXT

प्रजापतीनां स पतिश् चकॢपे कान्प्रजापतीन् ।
सर्गांश्चैवानुसर्गांश्च मनून्मन्वन्तराधिपान् ॥ २५ ॥

praja-patinam sa patis

cakḷpe kan prajapatin

sargams caivanusargams ca

manūn manvantaradhipan

praja-patinam-of the demigods like Brahma and others; saḥ-he; patiḥ-leader; cakḷpe-decided; kan-whomsoever; prajapatin-father of the living entities; sargan-generations; ca-also; eva-certainly; anusargan-later generations; ca-and; manūn-the Manus; manvantara-adhipan-and the changes of such.

TRANSLATION

O learned brahmana, please describe how the leader of all the demigods, namely Prajapati, Brahma, decided to establish the various Manus, the heads of the ages. Please describe the Manus also, and please describe the descendants of those Manus.

PURPORT

The human race, or manusya-sare, descends from the Manus, sons and grandsons of the Prajapati, Brahma. The descendants of Manu reside in all the different planets and rule all the universe.

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