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| Canto 9: Liberation | Chapter 2: The Dynasties of the Sons of Manu |
Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Srimad Bhagavatam 9.2.1
manur vaivasvatah sute
SYNONYMS
sri-sukah uvaca -- Sri Sukadeva Gosvami said; evam -- thus; gate -- had accepted the order of vanaprastha; atha -- thereafter; sudyumne -- when Sudyumna; manuh vaivasvatah -- Vaivasvata Manu, known as Sraddhadeva; sute -- his son; putra-kamah -- desiring to get sons; tapah tepe -- executed severe austerities; yamunayam -- on the bank of the Yamuna; satam samah -- for one hundred years.
TRANSLATION
Sukadeva Gosvami said: Thereafter, when his son Sudyumna had thus gone to the forest to accept the order of vanaprastha, Vaivasvata Manu [Sraddhadeva], being desirous of getting more sons, performed severe austerities on the bank of the Yamuna for one hundred years.
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His Divine Grace A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada, Founder Acarya of the International Society for Krishna Consciousness