प्रजापतीनां स पतिश्चक्लृपे कान् प्रजापतीन् । सर्गांश्चैवानुसर्गांश्च मनून्मन्वन्तराधिपान् ॥ २५ ॥
prajapatinam sa patis caklpe kan prajapatin sargams caivanusargams ca manun manvantaradhipan
- praja-patinam
- of the demigods like Brahma and others
- sah
- he
- patih
- leader
- caklpe
- decided
- kan
- whomsoever
- prajapatin
- fathers of the living entities
- sargan
- generations
- ca
- also
- eva
- certainly
- anusargan
- later generations
- ca
- and
- manun
- the Manus
- manvantara-adhipan
- and the changes of such.
O learned brahmana, please describe how the leader of all the demigods, namely Prajapati, Brahma, decided to establish the various Manus, the heads of the ages. Please describe the Manus also, and please describe the descendants of those Manus.