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Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Srimad Bhagavatam 3.7.25
prajapatinam sa patis
sargams caivanusargams ca
manun manvantaradhipan
SYNONYMS
praja-patinam -- of the demigods like Brahma and others; sah -- he; patih -- leader; caklpe -- decided; kan -- whomsoever; prajapatin -- fathers 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.
TRANSLATION
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.
PURPORT
The human race, or manushya-sara, 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.
Copyright (c) The Bhaktivedanta Book Trust International, Inc.
His Divine Grace A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada, Founder Acarya of the International Society for Krishna Consciousness