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Further Inquiries by Vidura
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heads of the ages. Please describe the Manus also, and please describe the descendants of those Manus.
PURPORT
The human race, or  manuṣya-sare , descends from the Manus, sons and grandsons of the Prajāpati, Brahmā. The descendants of Manu reside in all the different planets and rule all the universe.
TEXT 26
उपर्यधश्च ये लोका भूमेर्मित्रात्मजासते । तेषां संस्थां प्रमाणं च भूलोकस्य च वर्णय ॥२६॥
upary adhaś ca ye lokā bhūmer mitrātmajāsate teṣām saṁsthām pramāṇam ca bhūr-lokasya ca varṇaya
upari —on the head;  adhaḥ —underneath;  ye ca —also;  lokāḥ —planets;  bhūmeḥ —of the earth;  mitra-ātmaja —O son of Mitrā (Maitreya Muni);  āsate —do exist;  teṣām —their;  saṁsthām —situation;  pramāṇam ca —also their measurement;  bhūḥ-lokasya —of the earth planets;  ca —also;  varṇaya —please describe.
TRANSLATION
O son of Mitrā, kindly describe how the planets are situated above the earth as well as underneath it, and also please mention their measurement as well as that of the earthly planets.
PURPORT
Yasmin vijñāte sarvam eva vijñātaḥ bhavanti.  This Vedic hymn declares emphatically that the devotee of the Lord knows everything material and spiritual in relationship with the Lord. Devotees are not simply emotional, as is ill-conceived by certain less intelligent men. Their direction is practical. They know everything that is and all the details of the Lord's domination over the different creations.
TEXT 27
तिर्यङ्मानुषदेवानां सरीसृपपतत्त्रिणाम् । वद नः सर्गसंव्यूहं गार्भस्वेदद्विजोद्भिराम् ॥२७॥