Text 4] King Sudyumna Becomes a Woman 3
yo ’sau satyavrato nama
rdjarsir dravidesvarah
Jfianam yo ‘tita-kalpdante
lebhe purusa-sevaya
sa vai vivasvatah putro
manur Gsid iti Srutam
tvattas tasya sutah prokta
iksvdku-pramukha nrpah
yah asau—he who was known; satyavratah—Satyavrata; ndma—by
the name; rdja-rsih—the saintly king; dravida-i§varah—the ruler of the
Dravida countries; jidnam—knowledge; yah—one who; atita-kalpa-
ante —at the end of the period of the last Manu, or at the end of the last
millennium; lebhe—received; purusa-sevayd—by rendering service to
the Supreme Personality of Godhead; sah—he; vai—indeed;
vivasvatah—of Vivasvan; putrah—son; manuh asit—became the
Vaivasvata Manu; iti—thus; srutam—I have already heard; tvattah—
from you; tasya—his; sutah—sons; proktah—have been explained;
iksvdku-pramukhah—headed by Iksvaku; nrpah—many kings.
TRANSLATION
Satyavrata, the saintly king of Dravidadesa who received spiri-
tual knowledge at the end of the last millennium by the grace of
the Supreme, later became Vaivasvata Manu, the son of Vivasvan,
in the next manvantara [period of Manu]. I have received this
knowledge from you. I also understand that such kings as Iksvaku
were his sons, as you have already explained.
TEXT 4
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area wernt Pret Dasa FE Ar Ne I
tesam vamsam prthag brahman
vamsdnucaritani ca
