Srimad Bhagavatam 9.2.1-2

[makarand]

TEXT 1

śrī-śuka uvāca

evaṁ gate ’tha sudyumne

manur vaivasvataḥ sute

putra-kāmas tapas tepe

yamunāyāṁ śataṁ samāḥ

SYNONYMS

śrī-śukaḥ uvāca—Śrī Śukadeva Gosvāmī said; evam—thus; gate—had accepted the order of vānaprastha; atha—thereafter; sudyumne—when Sudyumna; manuḥ vaivasvataḥ—Vaivasvata Manu, known as Śrāddhadeva; sute—his son; putra-kāmaḥ—desiring to get sons; tapaḥ tepe—executed severe austerities; yamunāyām—on the bank of the Yamunā; śatam samāḥ—for one hundred years.

TRANSLATION

Śukadeva Gosvāmī said: Thereafter, when his son Sudyumna had thus gone to the forest to accept the order of vānaprastha, Vaivasvata Manu [Śrāddhadeva], being desirous of getting more sons, performed severe austerities on the bank of the Yamunā for one hundred years.

TEXT 2

tato ’yajan manur devam

apatyārthaṁ hariṁ prabhum

ikṣvāku-pūrvajān putrān

lebhe sva-sadṛśān daśa

SYNONYMS

tataḥ—thereafter; ayajat—worshiped; manuḥ—Vaivasvata Manu; devam—unto the Supreme Personality of Godhead; apatya-artham—with a desire to get sons; harim—unto Hari, the Supreme Personality of Godhead; prabhum—the Lord; ikṣvāku-pūrva-jān—of whom the eldest was named Ikṣvāku; putrān—sons; lebhe—got; sva-sadṛśān—exactly like himself; daśa—ten.

TRANSLATION

Then, because of this desire for sons, the Manu known as Śrāddhadeva worshiped the Supreme Lord, the Personality of Godhead, the Lord of the demigods. Thus he got ten sons exactly like himself. Among them all, Ikṣvāku was the eldest.