श्रीमनव ऊचु: मनवो वयं तव निदेशकारिणो दितिजेन देव परिभूतसेतव: । भवता खल: स उपसंहृत: प्रभो करवाम ते किमनुशाधि किङ्करान् ॥ ४८ ॥
sri-manava ucuh manavo vayam tava nidesa-karino ditijena deva paribhuta-setavah bhavata khalah sa upasamhrtah prabho karavama te kim anusadhi kinkaran
- sri-manavah ucuh
- all the Manus offered their respectful obeisances by saying
- manavah
- the leaders of the universal affairs (especially in connection with giving knowledge to humanity about how to live lawfully under the protection of the Supreme Personality of Godhead)
- vayam
- we
- tava
- of Your Lordship
- nidesa-karinah
- the carriers of the orders
- diti-jena
- by Hiranyakasipu, the son of Diti
- deva
- O Lord
- paribhuta
- disregarded
- setavah
- whose laws of morality concerning the varnasrama system in human society
- bhavata
- by Your Lordship
- khalah
- the most envious rascal
- sah
- he
- upasamhrtah
- killed
- prabho
- O Lord
- karavama
- shall we do
- te
- Your
- kim
- what
- anusadhi
- please direct
- kinkaran
- Your eternal servants
All the Manus offered their prayers as follows: As Your order carriers, O Lord, we, the Manus, are the law-givers for human society, but because of the temporary supremacy of this great demon, Hiranyakasipu, our laws for maintaining varnasrama-dharma were destroyed. O Lord, now that You have killed this great demon, we are in our normal condition. Kindly order us, Your eternal servants, what to do now.