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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam
[Canto 8, Ch. 14]
yasmin karmaṇi ye yena niyuktās tad vadasva me
śrī-rājā uvāca—King Parikṣit said; manvantareṣu—in the reign of each Manu; bhagavan—O great sage; yathā—as; manu-ādayaḥ—the Manus and others; tu—but; ime—these; yasmin—in which; karmaṇi—activities; ye—which persons; yena—by whom; niyuktāḥ—appointed; tat—that; vadasva—kindly describe; me—to me.
TRANSLATION
Mahārāja Parikṣit inquired: O most opulent Śukadeva Gosvāmī, please explain to me how Manu and the others in each manvantara are engaged in their respective duties, and by whose order they are so engaged.
TEXT 2
श्रीऋषिरुवाच
मनवो मनुपुत्राश्च मुनयश्च महीपते ।
इन्द्राः सुरगणाश्चैव सर्वे पुरुषशासनाः ॥ २ ॥
śrī-ṛṣir uvāca
manavo manu-putrāś ca
munayaś ca mahī-pate
indrāḥ sura-gaṇāś caiva
sarve puruṣa-śāsanāḥ
śrī-ṛṣiḥ uvāca—Śrī Śukadeva Gosvāmī said; manavaḥ—all the Manus; manu-putrāḥ—all the sons of Manu; ca—and; munayaḥ—all the great sages; ca—and; mahī-pate—O King; indrāḥ—all the Indras; sura-gaṇāḥ—the demigods; ca—and; eva—certainly; sarve—all of them; puruṣa-śāsanāḥ—under the rule of the Supreme Person.
TRANSLATION
Śukadeva Gosvāmī said: The Manus, the sons of Manu, the great sages, the Indras and all the demigods, O King, are appointed by