Kardama Meets Svāyambhuva Manu
Chapter Twenty-one
Kardama Meets Svāyambhuva Manu
|| 3.21.1||
vidura uvāca
svāyambhuvasya ca manor
vaṁśaḥ parama-sammataḥ
kathyatāṁ bhagavan yatra
maithunenaidhire prajāḥ
O Maitreya! Please describe the lineage of the highly respected Svāyambhuva Manu, in which the population increased through procreation.
In the Twenty-first Chapter, the Lord, satisfied with Kardama’s austerity and prayers, describes his future marriage. Svāyambhuva Manu arrives. Edhire means “increased.”
|| 3.21.2||
priyavratottānapādau
sutau svāyambhuvasya vai
yathā-dharmaṁ jugupatuḥ
sapta-dvīpavatīṁ mahīm
You should describe how the two sons of Svāyambhuva Manu, Priyavrata and Uttānapāda, protected the earth with its seven continents.
Describe how they protected the earth without trespassing dharma. The verb is in verse 4.
|| 3.21.3||
tasya vai duhitā brahman
devahūtīti viśrutā
patnī prajāpater uktā
kardamasya tvayānagha
O brāhmaṇa! I have heard from you that Svāyambhuva Manu had one famous daughter named Devahūti, who was the wife of Kardama.
Devahūtī stands for devahūtiḥ.
|| 3.21.4||
tasyāṁ sa vai mahā-yogī
yuktāyāṁ yoga-lakṣaṇaiḥ
sasarja katidhā vīryaṁ
tan me śuśrūṣave vada
Since I desire to hear, please tell me how the great yogī Kardama produced some sons in Devahūti, who was disciplined in the stages of yoga.
Yoga-lakṣaṇaiḥ means “qualified with the stages of yoga such as yama.” Kardama produced some sons (vīryaṁ sasarja).
|| 3.21.5||
rucir yo bhagavān brahman
dakṣo vā brahmaṇaḥ sutaḥ
yathā sasarja bhūtāni
labdhvā bhāryāṁ ca mānavīm
Please describe how the sons of Brahmā, Ruci and Dakṣa, obtained Ākuti and Prasūti, the daughters of Manu as their wives and how they produced offspring.
Mānavīm means the daughter of Manu—Ākuti or Prasūti.
|| 3.21.6||
maitreya uvāca
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