Text 27] Further Inquiries by Vidura 287
heads of the ages. Please describe the Manus also, and please describe the
descendants of those Manus.
PURPORT
The human race, or manusya-sare, descends from the Manus, sons and
grandsons of the Prajapati, Brahma. The descendants of Manu reside in all
the different planets and rule all the universe.
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upary adhas ca ye loka
bhumer mitratmajasate
tesam samstham pramanam ca
bhur-lokasya ca varnaya
upari—on the head; adhah—underneath; ye ca—also; lokah—planets;
bhumeh—of the earth; mitra-atmaja—O son of Mitra (Maitreya Muni);
asate—do exist; tesam—their; samstham—situation; pramanam ca—also
their measurement;bhuh-lokasya—of the earth planets; ca—also; varnaya—
please describe.
TRANSLATION
O son of Mitra, 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 vijfiate sarvam eva vijnatah 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.
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