Canto 6: Prescribed Duties for MankindChapter 1: The History of the Life of Ajāmila

Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Śrīmad Bhāgavatam 6.1.3

adharma-lakshanā nānā

narakāś cānuvarnitāh

manvantaraś ca vyākhyāta

ādyah svāyambhuvo yatah

SYNONYMS

adharma-lakshanāh — symptomized by impious activities; nānā — various; narakāh — hells; ca — also; anuvarnitāh — have been described; manu-antarah — the change of Manus [in one day of Brahmā there are fourteen Manus]; ca — also; vyākhyātah — has been described; ādyah — the original; svāyambhuvah — directly the son of Lord Brahmā; yatah — wherein.

TRANSLATION

You have also described [at the end of the Fifth Canto] the varieties of hellish life that result from impious activities, and you have described [in the Fourth Canto] the first manvantara, which was presided over by Svāyambhuva Manu, the son of Lord Brahmā.

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