प्रजापतीनां स पतिश् चकॢपे कान्प्रजापतीन् ।
सर्गांश्चैवानुसर्गांश्च मनून्मन्वन्तराधिपान् ॥ २५ ॥
sargams caivanusargams ca
praja-patinam-of the demigods like Brahma and others; sah-he; patih-leader; caklpe-decided; kan-whomsoever; prajapatin-father of the living entities; sargan-generations; ca-also; eva-certainly; anusargan-later generations; ca-and; manun-the Manus; manvantara-adhipan-and the changes of such.
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.
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.