6 Srimad-Bhagavatam [Canto 9, Ch. 1

sri-Sukah wvdca—Sri Sukadeva Gosvami said; sriiyatam—just hear
from me; mdnavah varhsah—the dynasty of Manu; prdcuryena—as ex-
pansive as possible; parantapa—O King, who can subdue your enemies;
na—not; Sakyate—one is able; vistaratah—very broadly; vaktum—to
speak; varsa-Sataih api—even if he does so for hundreds of years.

TRANSLATION

Sukadeva Gosvami continued: O King, subduer of your
enemies, now hear from me in great detail about the dynasty of
Manu. I shall explain as much as possible, although one could not
say everything about it, even in hundreds of years.

TEXT 8
GA AAATARAT Fs Fer: We |
a arated a ReTedseas fea UI < I
pardvaresam bhiitanam
atma yah purusah parah
sa evasid idam visvam
kalpadnte ’nyan na kificana

para-avaresém—of all living entities, in higher or lower statuses of
life; bhutanam—of those who have taken material bodies (the condi-
tioned souls); Gtmad—the Supersoul; yah—one who is; purusah—the
Supreme Person; parah—transcendental; sah—He; eva—indeed;
dsit—was existing; idam—this; visvam—universe; kalpa-ante—at the
end of the millennium; anyat—anything else; na—not; hificana—any-
thing whatsoever.

TRANSLATION

The transcendental Supreme Person, the Supersoul of all living
entities, who are in different statuses of life, high and low, existed
at the end of the millennium, when neither this manifested cosmos
nor anything else but Him existed.
