284 Srimad-Bhagavatam [Canto 4, Ch. 8

atha—now; atah—hereafter; kirtaye—I shall describe; vaméam—
dynasty; punya-kirteh—celebrated for virtuous activities; kuru-udvaha—O
best of the Kurus; suvéyambhuvasya—of Svayambhuva; api—even; manoh—
of the Manu; hareh—of the Personality of Godhead; amsa—plenary ex-
pansion; arnsa—part of; janmanah—born of.

TRANSLATION

Maitreya continued: O best of the Kuru dynasty, | shall now describe
before you the descendants of Svayambhuva Manu, who was born of the
part of the plenary expansion of the Supreme Personality of Godhead.

PURPORT

Lord Brahma is a powerful expansion of the Supreme Personality of
Godhead. Although Brahma is jiva-tattva, he is empowered by the Lord,
and therefore He is considered a plenary expansion of the Supreme God-
head. Sometimes it happens that when there is no suitable living being to
be empowered to act as Brahma, the Supreme Lord Himself appears as
Brahma. Brahma is the plenary expansion of the Supreme Personality of
Godhead, and Svayambhuva Manu was the direct son of Brahma. The great
sage Maitreya was now going to explain about the descendants of this
Manu, all of whom are widely celebrated for their pious activities. Before
speaking of these pious descendants, Maitreya had already described the
descendants of impious activities, representing anger, envy, unpalatable
speech, quarrel, fearfulness and death. Purposely, therefore, he is next
relating the history of the life of Dhruva Maharaja, the most pious king
within this universe.

TEXT 7

fraadtaranat ated: ~= at |
TATA BHT waa aa: feat i 9 1

priyavratottdnapadau
Satariipa-pateh sutau

vasudevasya kalaya
raksayam jagatah sthitau

priyavrata—Priyavrata; uttanapddau—Uttanapada; satariipd-pateh—of
Queen Satarapa and her husband Manu; sutau—the two sons; vasudevasya
