मन्वन्तरे हरेर्जन्म कर्माणि च महीयस: । गृणन्ति कवयो ब्रह्मंस्तानि नो वद शृण्वताम् ॥ २ ॥
manvantare harer janma karmani ca mahiyasah grnanti kavayo brahmams tani no vada srnvatam
- manvantare
- during the change of manvantaras (one Manu following another)
- hareh
- of the Supreme Personality of Godhead
- janma
- appearance
- karmani
- and activities
- ca
- also
- mahiyasah
- of the supremely glorified
- grnanti
- describe
- kavayah
- the great learned persons who have perfect intelligence
- brahman
- O learned brahmana (Sukadeva Gosvami)
- tani
- all of them
- nah
- to us
- vada
- please describe
- srnvatam
- who are very eager to hear
O learned brahmana, Sukadeva Gosvami, the great learned persons who are completely intelligent describe the activities and appearance of the Supreme Personality of Godhead during the various manvantaras. We are very eager to hear about these narrations. Kindly describe them.