Text 27] Narada Instructs the Pracetas 1591
TEXT 26
WIR TIT
TTY TMA ATATATAaflta: |
da: frracenft fara Trea R&I
Sri Suka uvaca
ya esa uttdnapado
manavasydanuvarnitah
vamsah priya-vratasyapi
nibodha nrpa-sattama
§rt sukah uvaca—Sri Sukadeva Gosvami; said; yah—which; esah—this
dynasty; uttdnapadah—of King Uttanapada; mdnavasya—the son of
Svayambhuva Manu; anuvarnitah—described following the footprints of
previous dcaryas; vamsah—dynasty; priya-vratasya—of King Priyavrata;
api—also; nibodha—try to understand; nrpa-sattama—O best of kings.
TRANSLATION
Sukadeva Gosvami continued: O best of kings [King Pariksit], I have
now finished telling about the descendants of the first son of Svayambhuva
Manu, Uttanapada. I shall now try to relate the activities of the descen-
dants of Priyavrata, the second son of Svayambhuva Manu. Please hear
them attentively.
PURPORT
Dhruva Maharaja was the son of King Uttanapada, and as far as the
descendants of Dhruva Maharaja or King Uttanapada are concerned, their
activities are described up to the point of the Pracetas. Now Sri Sukadeva
Gosvami desires to describe the descendants of Maharaja Priyavrata, the
second son of Svayambhuva Manu.
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T ARTIAAATAT TANENY |
BIA FAST A Aa TATRTT ANI
yo naradad adtma-vidyam
adhigamya punar mahim
