42 Srimad-Bhagavatam [Canto 5, Ch. 1
millions and billions of years away, there is no lamentation, nor is there
old age, death, anxiety or the influence of enemies.”
TEXT 22
Ae SS

wale Tes aidateaaates: atfiangadaranaaaima-
~~ HR a ~ An
fataaga nae aqalalaTa aT SITAR

manur api parenaivam pratisandhita-manorathah surarsi-
vardnumatenatmajam akhila-dhara-mandala-sthiti-guptaya asthapya
svayam ati-visama-visaya-visa-jaldsayasaya uparardma.

manuh—Svayambhuva Manu; api—also; parena—by Lord Brahma;
evam—thus; pratisandhita—executed; manah-rathah—his mental
aspiration; sura-rsi-vara—of the great sage Narada; anumatena—by the
permission; dtma-jam—his son; akhila—of the entire universe; dhara-
mandala—of planets; sthiti—maintenance; guptaye—for the protec-
tion; dsthapya—establishing; svayam—personally; ati-visama—very
dangerous; visaya—material affairs; visa—of poison; jala-dsaya—
ocean; asadyah—from desires; uparardma—got relief.

TRANSLATION

Svayambhuva Manu, with the assistance of Lord Brahma, thus
fulfilled his desires. With the permission of the great sage Narada,
he delivered to his son the governmental responsibility for main-
taining and protecting all the planets of the universe. He thus
achieved relief from the most dangerous, poisonous ocean of
material desires.

PURPORT

Svayambhuva Manu was practically hopeless because such a great per-
sonality as Narada was instructing his son Priyavrata not to accept house-
hold life. Now he was very pleased that Lord Brahma had interfered by
inducing his son to accept the responsibility for ruling the government of
the universe. From Bhagavad-gita we get information that Vaivasvata
Manu was the son of the sun-god and that his son, Maharaja Iksvaku,
