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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam
[Canto 3, Ch. 7]
life vigor. Now, if you will, kindly explain to me the different powers of the specific divisions.
TEXT 24
यत्र पुत्रैश्च पौत्रैश्च नप्तृभिः सह गोत्रजैः । प्रजा विचित्राहृतय आसन् याभिरिदं ततम् ॥२४॥
yatra putraiś ca pautraiś ca naptṛbhiḥ saha gotrajaiḥ prajā vicitrā-kṛtaya ā san yābhir idam tatam
yatra —wherein;  putraiḥ —along with sons;  ca —and;  pautraiḥ —along with grandsons;  ca —also;  naptṛbhiḥ —with grandsons from daughters;  saha —along with;  gotrajaiḥ —of the same family;  prajāḥ —generations;  vicitrā —of different kinds;  kṛtayaḥ —so done;  āsan —exist;  yābhiḥ —by whom;  idam —all these planets;  tatam —overcast.
TRANSLATION
O my lord, I think that the prowess manifest in the forms of sons, grandsons and family members has spread all over the universe in different varieties and species.
TEXT 25
प्रजापतीनां स पतिश्चक्लपे कान् प्रजापतीन् । सर्गाश्चैवानुसर्गाश्च मन्नम्मन्वन्तराधिपान् ॥२५॥
prajā-patīnām sa patiś caklpe kān prajāpatīn sargāmś caivānusargāmś ca manūn manvantarādhipān
prajā-patīnām —of the demigods like Brahmā and others;  saḥ —he;  patiḥ —leader;  caklpe —decided;  kān —whomsoever;  prajāpatīn —father of the living entities;  sargān —generations;  ca —also;  eva —certainly;  anusargān —later generations;  ca —and;  manūn —the Manus;  manvantara-adhipān —and the changes of such.
TRANSLATION
O learned brāhmaṇa, please describe how the leader of all the demigods, namely Prajāpati, Brahmā, decided to establish the various Manus, the