gṛṇanti kavayo brahmaṁs
karmāṇi ca mahīyasaḥ
gṛṇanti kavayo brahmaṁs
tāni no vada śṛṇvatām
O brāhmaṇa! The wise describe the activities and appearance of the great Lord during the various Manvantaras. We are very eager to hear about these activities. Kindly describe them.
Mahīyasaḥ (great) refers to the Lord.
|| 8.1.3 ||
yad yasminn antare brahman
bhagavān viśva-bhāvanaḥ
kṛtavān kurute kartā
hy atīte 'nāgate 'dya vā
O brāhmaṇa! Describe to us the activities that the Supreme Lord, creator of the universe, performed in the past Manvantaras, is performing at present, and will perform in the future Manvantaras.
The verb “describe” should be added. Antare means “during the Manvantara.” Adya means “at present.”
|| 8.1.4 ||
śrī-ṛṣir uvāca
manavo 'smin vyatītāḥ ṣaṭ
kalpe svāyambhuvādayaḥ
ādyas te kathito yatra
devādīnāṁ ca sambhavaḥ
Śukadeva Gosvāmī said: In the present day of Brahmā, there have already been six Manus starting with Svāyambhuva. I have described to you Svāyambhuva Manu, during whose period the devatās and other living entities appeared.
Among them the first (ādyaḥ), Svāyambhuva has been described to you.
|| 8.1.5 ||
ākūtyāṁ devahūtyāṁ ca
duhitros tasya vai manoḥ
dharma-jñānopadeśārthaṁ
bhagavān putratāṁ gataḥ
Svāyambhuva Manu had two daughters, named Ākūti and Devahūti. From their wombs, the Supreme Lord appeared as two sons named Yajña and Kapila respectively, for preaching about religion and knowledge.
The daughters were Ākūtī and Devahūtī.
|| 8.1.6 ||
kṛtaṁ purā bhagavataḥ
kapilasyānuvarṇitam
ākhyāsye bhagavān yajño
yac cakāra kurūdvaha
O best of the Kurus! I have already described [in the Third Canto] the activities of Kapila, the son of Devahūti. Now I shall describe the activities of Yajña, the son of Ākūti.
|| 8.1.7 ||
viraktaḥ kāma-bhogeṣu
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