Canto 11: General HistoryChapter 2: Mahārāja Nimi Meets the Nine Yogendras

Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Śrīmad Bhāgavatam 11.2.15

priyavrato nāma suto

manoh svāyambhuvasya yah

tasyāgnīdhras tato nābhir

rishabhas tat-sutah smritah

SYNONYMS

priyavratahMahārāja Priyavrata; nāma — by name; sutah — the son; manoh svāyambhuvasya — of Svāyambhuva Manu; yah — who; tasya — his; āgnīdhrah — (son was) Āgnīdhra; tatah — from him (Āgnīdhra); nābhih — King Nābhi; rishabhah — Lord Rishabhadeva; tat-sutah — his son; smritah — is so remembered.

TRANSLATION

Svāyambhuva Manu had a son named Mahārāja Priyavrata, and among Priyavrata's sons was Āgnīdhra. From Āgnīdhra was born Nābhi, whose son was known as Rishabhadeva.

PURPORT

The genealogical background of the sons of Rishabhadeva is given in this verse.

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