Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Srimad Bhagavatam 9.1.2-3

yo 'sau satyavrato nama

rajarshir dravidesvarah

jnanam yo 'tita-kalpante

lebhe purusha-sevaya

sa vai vivasvatah putro

manur asid iti srutam

tvattas tasya sutah prokta

ikshvaku-pramukha nripah

SYNONYMS

yah asau -- he who was known; satyavratah -- Satyavrata; nama -- by the name; raja-rishih -- the saintly king; dravida-isvarah -- the ruler of the Dravida countries; jnanam -- knowledge; yah -- one who; atita-kalpa-ante -- at the end of the period of the last Manu, or at the end of the last millennium; lebhe -- received; purusha-sevaya -- by rendering service to the Supreme Personality of Godhead; sah -- he; vai -- indeed; vivasvatah -- of Vivasvan; putrah -- son; manuh asit -- became the Vaivasvata Manu; iti -- thus; srutam -- I have already heard; tvattah -- from you; tasya -- his; sutah -- sons; proktah -- have been explained; ikshvaku-pramukhah -- headed by Ikshvaku; nripah -- many kings.

TRANSLATION

Satyavrata, the saintly king of Dravidadesa who received spiritual knowledge at the end of the last millennium by the grace of the Supreme, later became Vaivasvata Manu, the son of Vivasvan, in the next manvantara [period of Manu]. I have received this knowledge from you. I also understand that such kings as Ikshvaku were his sons, as you have already explained.

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