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The Dynasties of the Sons of Manu
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sons, performed severe austerities on the bank of the Yamunā for one hundred years.
TEXT 2
ततोऽयजन्मनुर्देवमपत्यार्थं हरिं प्रभुम् । इत्याकुपूर्वजान् पुत्रान्लेभे स्वसदृशान् दश ॥ २ ॥
tato 'yajan manur devam apatyārthaṁ hariṁ prabhum ikṣvāku-pūrvajān putrān lebhe sva-sadṛśān daśa
tataḥ—thereafter; ayajat—worshiped; manuḥ—Vaivasvata 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.
TEXT 3
पृष्ठत्रस्तु मनोः पुत्रो गोपालो गुरुणा कृतः । पालयामास गा यत्तो रात्र्यां वीरासनत्रतः ॥ ३ ॥
pṛṣadhras tu manoḥ putro go-pālo guruṇā kṛtaḥ pālayām āsa gā yatto rātryāṁ vīrāsana-vrataḥ
pṛṣadhraḥ tu—among them, Pṛṣadhra; manoḥ—of Manu; putraḥ—the son; go-pālaḥ—herding cows; guruṇā—by the order of his spiritual