Canto 8: Withdrawal of the Cosmic CreationsChapter 24: Matsya, the Lord's Fish Incarnation

Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Srimad Bhagavatam 8.24.11

yo 'sav asmin maha-kalpe

tanayah sa vivasvatah

sraddhadeva iti khyato

manutve harinarpitah

SYNONYMS

yah -- one who; asau -- He (the Supreme Person); asmin -- in this; maha-kalpe -- great millennium; tanayah -- son; sah -- he; vivasvatah -- of the sun-god; sraddhadevah -- by the name Sraddhadeva; iti -- thus; khyatah -- celebrated; manutve -- in the position of Manu; harina -- by the Supreme Personality of Godhead; arpitah -- was situated.

TRANSLATION

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

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