802 Stimad-Bhagavatam [Canto 3, Ch. 21

and his sons was approved of by great authorities. In other words, sex life
for creating exemplary population is acceptable to all sages and authorities
of Vedic scripture.

TEXT 2

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priyavratottdnapadau
sutau svayambhuvasya vai
yatha-dharmam jugupatuh
sapta-dvipavatim mahim

priyavrata—Maharaja Priyavrata;uttanapadau—and Maharaja Uttanapada;
sutau—the two sons; sv@yambhuvasya—of Svayambhuva Manu; vai—indeed;
yatha—according to; dharmam-—religious principles; jugupatuh—ruled;
sapta-dvipa-vatim—consisting of seven islands; mahim—the world.

TRANSLATION

The two great sons of Svayambhuva Manu—Priyavrata and Uttanapada—
ruled the world, consisting of seven islands, just according to religious
principles.

PURPORT

Srimad-Bhagavatam is also a history of the great rulers of different parts
of the universe. In this verse the names of Priyavrata and Uttanapada, sons
of Svayambhuva, are mentioned. They ruled this earth, which is divided
into seven islands. These seven islands are still current, as Asia, Europe,
Africa, America, Australia and the North and South Poles. There is no
chronological history of all the Indian kings in Srimad-Bhagavatam, but the
deeds of the most important kings, such as Priyavrata and Uttanapada, and
many others like Lord Ramacandra and Maharaja Yudhisthira, are recorded
because the activities of such pious kings are worth hearing; people may
benefit by studying their histories.

TEXT 3

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