विदुर उवाच स्वायम्भुवस्य च मनोर्वंश: परमसम्मत: । कथ्यतां भगवन् यत्र मैथुनेनैधिरे प्रजा: ॥ १ ॥
vidura uvaca svayambhuvasya ca manor vamsah parama-sammatah kathyatam bhagavan yatra maithunenaidhire prajah
- vidurah uvaca
- Vidura said
- svayambhuvasya
- of Svayambhuva
- ca
- and
- manoh
- of Manu
- vamsah
- the dynasty
- parama
- most
- sammatah
- esteemed
- kathyatam
- kindly describe
- bhagavan
- O worshipful sage
- yatra
- in which
- maithunena
- through sexual intercourse
- edhire
- multiplied
- prajah
- the progeny.
Vidura said: The line of Svayambhuva Manu was most esteemed. O worshipful sage, I beg you—give me an account of this race, whose progeny multiplied through sexual intercourse.