श्रीशुक उवाच मनुर्विवस्वत: पुत्र: श्राद्धदेव इति श्रुत: । सप्तमो वर्तमानो यस्तदपत्यानि मे शृणु ॥ १ ॥
sri-suka uvaca manur vivasvatah putrah sraddhadeva iti srutah saptamo vartamano yas tad-apatyani me srnu
- sri-sukah uvaca
- Sri Sukadeva Gosvami said
- manuh
- Manu
- vivasvatah
- of the sun-god
- putrah
- son
- sraddhadevah
- as Sraddhadeva
- iti
- thus
- srutah
- known, celebrated
- saptamah
- seventh
- vartamanah
- at the present moment
- yah
- he who
- tat
- his
- apatyani
- children
- me
- from me
- srnu
- just hear.
Sukadeva Gosvami said: The present Manu, who is named Sraddhadeva, is the son of Vivasvan, the predominating deity on the sun plane. Sraddhadeva is the seventh Manu. Now please hear from me as I describe his sons.