Srimad Bhagavatam 9.1.1-3

[makarand]

TEXT 1

śrī-rājovāca

manvantarāṇi sarvāṇi

tvayoktāni śrutāni me

vīryāṇy ananta-vīryasya

hares tatra kṛtāni ca

SYNONYMS

śrī-rājā uvāca—King Parīkṣit said; manvantarāṇi—all about the periods of the various Manus; sarvāṇi—all of them; tvayā—by you; uktāni—have been described; śrutāni—have been listened to; me—by me; vīryāṇi—wonderful activities; ananta-vīryasya—of the Supreme Personality of Godhead, who has unlimited potency; hareḥ—of the Supreme Lord, Hari; tatra—in those manvantara periods; kṛtāni—which have been performed; ca—also.

TRANSLATION

King Parīkṣit said: My lord, Śukadeva Gosvāmī, you have elaborately described all the periods of the various Manus and, within those periods, the wonderful activities of the Supreme Personality of Godhead, who has unlimited potency. I am fortunate to have heard all of this from you.

TEXTS 2–3

yo ’sau satyavrato nāma

rājarṣir draviḍeśvaraḥ

jñānaṁ yo ’tīta-kalpānte

lebhe puruṣa-sevayā

sa vai vivasvataḥ putro

manur āsīd iti śrutam

tvattas tasya sutāḥ proktā

ikṣvāku-pramukhā nṛpāḥ

SYNONYMS

yaḥ asau—he who was known; satyavrataḥ—Satyavrata; nāma—by the name; rāja-ṛṣiḥ—the saintly king; draviḍa-īśvaraḥ—the ruler of the Draviḍa countries; jñānam—knowledge; yaḥ—one who; atīta-kalpa-ante—at the end of the period of the last Manu, or at the end of the last millennium; lebhe—received; puruṣa-sevayā—by rendering service to the Supreme Personality of Godhead; saḥ—he; vai—indeed; vivasvataḥ—of Vivasvān; putraḥ—son; manuḥ āsīt—became the Vaivasvata Manu; iti—thus; śrutam—I have already heard; tvattaḥ—from you; tasya—his; sutāḥ—sons; proktāḥ—have been explained; ikṣvāku-pramukhāḥ—headed by Ikṣvāku; nṛpāḥ—many kings.

TRANSLATION

Satyavrata, the saintly king of Draviḍadeśa who received spiritual knowledge at the end of the last millennium by the grace of the Supreme, later became Vaivasvata Manu, the son of Vivasvān, in the next manvantara [period of Manu]. I have received this knowledge from you. I also understand that such kings as Ikṣvāku were his sons, as you have already explained.