CHAPTER TWO

The Dynasties of the Sons of Manu

This Second Chapter describes the dynasties of the sons of Manu, headed
by Kariisa.

After Sudyumna accepted the order of vdnaprastha and departed for
the forest, Vaivasvata Manu, being desirous of sons, worshiped the
Supreme Personality of Godhead and consequently begot ten sons like
Maharaja Iksvaku, all of whom were like their father. One of these sons,
Prsadhra, was engaged in the duty of protecting cows at night with a
sword in his hand. Following the order of his spiritual master, he would
stand in this way for the entire night. Once, in the darkness of night, a
tiger seized a cow from the cowshed, and when Prsadhra came to know
this, he took a sword in his hand and followed the tiger. Unfortunately,
when he finally approached the tiger, he could not distinguish between
the cow and the tiger in the dark, and thus he killed the cow. Because of
this, his spiritual master cursed him to take birth in a Sidra family, but
Prsadhra practiced mystic yoga, and in bhakti-yoga he worshiped the
Supreme Personality of Godhead. Then he voluntarily entered a blazing
forest fire, thus relinquishing his material body and going back home,
back to Godhead.

Kavi, the youngest son of Manu, was a great devotee of the Supreme
Personality of Godhead from his very childhood. From Manu’s son
known as Karisa, a sect of ksatriyas known as Kariisas was generated.
Manu also had a son known as Dhrsta, from whom another sect of
ksatriyas was generated, but although they were born of one who had the
qualities of a ksatriya, they became brahmanas. From Nrga, another son
of Manu, came the sons and grandsons known as Sumati, Bhitajyoti and
Vasu. From Vasu, in succession, came Pratika, and from him came
Oghavan. Descending in order from the seminal dynasty of Narisyanta,
another son of Manu, were Citrasena, Rksa, Midhvan, Purna, Indrasena,
Vitihotra, Satyasrava, Urusrava, Devadatta and Agnivesya. From the
ksatriya known as AgniveSya came the celebrated brahmana dynasty
known as Agnivesyayana. From the seminal dynasty of Dista, another
son of Manu, came Nabhaga, and from him in succession came

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