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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam
[Canto 5, Ch. 1]
millions and billions of years away, there is no lamentation, nor is there old age, death, anxiety or the influence of enemies.”
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मनुरपि परेणैवं प्रतिसन्धितमनोरथः सुरर्षिवरानुमतेनात्मजमखिलधरामण्डल- स्थितिगुप्तय आस्थाप्य स्वयमतिविषमविषयविषजलाशयाशाया उपरराम२२
manur api pareṇaivaṁ pratisandhita-manorathaḥ surarṣi- varānumatenātmajam akhila-dharā-maṇḍala-sthiti-guptaya āsthāpya svayam ati-viṣama-viṣaya-viṣa-jalāśayāśāyā upararāma.
manuḥ—Svāyambhuva Manu; api—also; pareṇa—by Lord Brahmā; evam—thus; pratisandhita—executed; manaḥ-rathaḥ—his mental aspiration; sura-rṣi-vara—of the great sage Nārada; anumatena—by the permission; ātma-jam—his son; akhila—of the entire universe; dharā- maṇḍala—of planets; sthiti—maintenance; guptaye—for the protec- tion; āsthāpya—establishing; svayam—personally; ati-viṣama—very dangerous; viṣaya—material affairs; viṣa—of poison; jala-āśaya— ocean; āśāyāḥ—from desires; upararāma—got relief.
TRANSLATION
Svāyambhuva Manu, with the assistance of Lord Brahmā, thus fulfilled his desires. With the permission of the great sage Nārada, he delivered to his son the governmental responsibility for main- taining and protecting all the planets of the universe. He thus achieved relief from the most dangerous, poisonous ocean of material desires.
PURPORT
Svāyambhuva Manu was practically hopeless because such a great per- sonality as Nārada was instructing his son Priyavrata not to accept house- hold life. Now he was very pleased that Lord Brahmā had interfered by inducing his son to accept the responsibility for ruling the government of the universe. From  Bhagavad-gītā  we get information that Vaivasvata Manu was the son of the sun-god and that his son, Mahārāja Ikṣvāku,