Text 3] The Dynasties of the Sons of Manu 33

sons, performed severe austerities on the bank of the Yamuna for
one hundred years.
TEXT 2

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tato *yajan manur devam
apatydrtham hari prabhum
iksvdku-ptirvajan putran
lebhe sva-sadrsan dasa

tatah—thereafter; ayajat—worshiped; manuh—Vaivasvata Manu;
devam—unto the Supreme Personality of Godhead; apatya-artham—
with a desire to get sons; harim—unto Hari, the Supreme Personality of
Godhead; prabhum—the Lord; iksvaku-piirva-jan—of whom the eldest
was named Iksvaku; putran—sons; lebhe—got; sva-sadrsan—exactly
like himself; dasa—ten.

TRANSLATION

_ Then, because of this desire for sons, the Manu known as
Sraddhadeva worshiped the Supreme Lord, the Personality of
Godhead, the Lord of the demigods. Thus he got ten sons exactly
like himself. Among them all, Iksvaku was the eldest.

TEXT 3

TPAC Hal: TAL MTS WM Ha |
TIA TM AA WA ATaAAAaT: Il 3 Ul

prsadhras tu manoh putro
go-palo gurund krtah

palayam asa ga yatto
ratryam virdsana-vratah

prsadhrah tu—among them, Prsadhra; manoh—of Manu; putrah—
the son; go-padlah—herding cows; gurund —by the order of his spiritual
