Text 2} The Manus, Administrators of the Universe 3

Harimedha begot a son named Hari in the womb of his wife Harini. This
Hari, an incarnation of God, saved the devotee Gajendra. This incident is
described as gajendra-moksana. At the end of this chapter, Pariksit
Maharaja particularly asks about this incident.

TEXT 1
ARTA
arareaee Te aaisd faeega: |
aa fagat att aaa a 8 UI
Sri-rajovdca
svdyambhuvasyeha guro
variso *yam vistardc chrutah

yatra visva-srjam sargo
manin anydn vadasva nah

Sri-raja. uvGca—the King (Maharaja _— Pariksit) _said;
svdyambhuvasya—of the great personality Svayambhuva Manu; iha—
in this connection; guro—O my spiritual master; varnsah—dynasty;
ayam—this; vistardt—extensively; srutah—I have heard (from you);
yatra—wherein; visva-srjam—of the great personalities known as the
praj@patis, such as Marici; sargah—creation, involving the birth of
many sons and grandsons from the daughters of Manu; maniin—Manus;
anyan—other; vadasva—kindly describe; nah—to us.

TRANSLATION
King Pariksit said: O my lord, my spiritual master, now I have
fully heard from Your Grace about the dynasty of Svayambhuva
Manu. But there are also other Manus, and I want to hear about
their dynasties. Kindly describe them to us.

TEXT 2

Waa KA BAT a Abra: |
aofra naa awe tag AAT Ul 2 UI
