CHAPTER TWENTY-ONE
Conversation Between Manu and Kardama
TEXT 1
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HTT WAL AT AAAI wat UF UI
vidura uvaca
svayambhuvasya ca manor
vamsah parama-sammatah
kathyatam bhagavan yatra
maithunenaidhire prajah
vidurah uvdca—Vidura said; svéyambhuvasya—of Svayambhuva; ca—and;
manoh—of Manu; vamsah—the dynasty; parama—most; sammatah—es-
teemed; kathyatam—kindly describe; bhagavan—O worshipful sage; yatra—
in which; maithunena—through sexual intercourse; edhire—multiplied;
prajah—the progeny.
TRANSLATION
Vidura said: The line of Svayambhuva Manu was most esteemed. O wor-
shipful sage, I beg you—give me an account of this race, whose progeny
multiplied through sexual intercourse.
PURPORT
Regulated sex life to generate good population is worth accepting.
Actually, Vidura was not interested in hearing the history of persons who
merely engaged in sex life, but he was interested in the progeny of
Svayambhuva Manu because in that dynasty, good devotee-kings appeared
who protected their subjects very carefully with spiritual knowledge. By
hearing the history of their activities, therefore, one becomes more
enlightened. An important word used in this connection is parama-
sammatah, which indicates that the progeny created by Svayambhuva Manu
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