Srimad Bhagavatam 8.24.10-11

[makarand]

TEXT 10

tatra rāja-ṛṣiḥ kaścin

nāmnā satyavrato mahān

nārāyaṇa-paro ’tapat

tapaḥ sa salilāśanaḥ

SYNONYMS

tatra—in that connection; rāja-ṛṣiḥ—a king equally qualified as a great saintly person; kaścit—someone; nāmnā—by the name; satyavrataḥ—Satyavrata; mahān—a great personality; nārāyaṇa-paraḥ—a great devotee of Lord Nārāyaṇa, the Supreme Personality of Godhead; atapat—performed austerities; tapaḥ—penances; saḥ—he; salila-āśanaḥ—only drinking water.

TRANSLATION

During the Cākṣuṣa-manvantara there was a great king named Satyavrata who was a great devotee of the Supreme Personality of Godhead. Satyavrata performed austerities by subsisting only on water.

TEXT 11

yo ’sāv asmin mahā-kalpe

tanayaḥ sa vivasvataḥ

śrāddhadeva iti khyāto

manutve hariṇārpitaḥ

SYNONYMS

yaḥ—one who; asau—He (the Supreme Person); asmin—in this; mahā-kalpe—great millennium; tanayaḥ—son; saḥ—he; vivasvataḥ—of the sun-god; śrāddhadevaḥ—by the name Śrāddhadeva; iti—thus; khyātaḥ—celebrated; manutve—in the position of Manu; hariṇā—by the Supreme Personality of Godhead; arpitaḥ—was situated.

TRANSLATION

In this [the present] millennium King Satyavrata later became the son of Vivasvān, the king of the sun planet, and was known as Śrāddhadeva. By the mercy of the Supreme Personality of Godhead, he was given the post of Manu.