CHAPTER ONE

Genealogical Table of the
Daughters Of Manu

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maitreya uvaca
manos tu satarupayam
tisrah kanyas ca jajnire
akutir devahutis ca
prasutir iti visrutah

maitreyah uvaca—the great sage Maitreya said; manoh tu—of
Svayambhuva Manu; satarupayam—in his wife Satarapa; tisrah—three;
kanyah ca—daughters also; jajiire—gave birth; akutih-named Akiuti;
devahutih—named [Devahuti; ca—also; prasutih—named Prasiti; iti—thus;
visrutah—well knewn.

TRANSLATION

Sri Maitreya said: Svayambhuva Manu begot three daughters in his wife
Satarupa, and their names were Akiti, Devahiti and Prasiti.

PURPORT

First of all let us offer our respectful obeisances unto our spiritual
master, Om Visnupada Sri Srimad Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati Gosvami
Prabhupada, by whose order I am engaged in this herculean task of writing
commentary on the Srimad-Bhaégavatam as the Bhaktivedanta purports.
By his grace we have finished three cantos already, and we are just trying

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