यस्तु तत्र पुमान् सोऽभून्मनु: स्वायम्भुव: स्वराट् । स्त्री याऽसीच्छतरूपाख्या महिष्यस्य महात्मन: ॥ ५४ ॥
yas tu tatra puman so ’bhun manuh svayambhuvah svarat stri yasic chatarupakhya mahisy asya mahatmanah
- yah
- one who
- tu
- but
- tatra
- there
- puman
- the male
- sah
- he
- abhut
- became
- manuh
- the father of mankind
- svayambhuvah
- of the name Svayambhuva
- sva-rat
- fully independent
- stri
- the woman
- ya
- one who
- asit
- there was
- satarupa
- of the name Satarupa
- akhya
- known as
- mahisi
- the queen
- asya
- of him
- mahatmanah
- the great soul.
Out of them, the one who had the male form became known as the Manu named Svayambhuva, and the woman became known as Satarupa, the queen of the great soul Manu.