Canto 9: LiberationChapter 2: The Dynasties of the Sons of Manu

Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Śrīmad Bhāgavatam 9.2.2

tato 'yajan manur devam

apatyārthaḿ hariḿ prabhum

ikṣvāku-pūrvajān putrān

lebhe sva-sadṛśān daśa

SYNONYMS

tataḥ — thereafter; ayajat — worshiped; manuḥVaivasvata Manu; devam — unto the Supreme Personality of Godhead; apatya-artham — with a desire to get sons; harim — unto Hari, the Supreme Personality of Godhead; prabhum — the Lord; ikṣvāku-pūrva-jān — of whom the eldest was named Ikṣvāku; putrān — sons; lebhe — got; sva-sadṛśān — exactly like himself; daśa — ten.

TRANSLATION

Then, because of this desire for sons, the Manu known as Śrāddhadeva worshiped the Supreme Lord, the Personality of Godhead, the Lord of the demigods. Thus he got ten sons exactly like himself. Among them all, Ikṣvāku was the eldest.

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