श्रीराजोवाच मन्वन्तरेषु भगवन्यथा मन्वादयस्त्विमे । यस्मिन्कर्मणि ये येन नियुक्तास्तद्वदस्व मे ॥ १ ॥
sri-rajovaca manvantaresu bhagavan yatha manv-adayas tv ime yasmin karmani ye yena niyuktas tad vadasva me
- sri-raja uvaca
- King Pariksit said
- manvantaresu
- in the reign of each Manu
- bhagavan
- O great sage
- yatha
- as
- manu-adayah
- the Manus and others
- tu
- but
- ime
- these
- yasmin
- in which
- karmani
- activities
- ye
- which persons
- yena
- by whom
- niyuktah
- appointed
- tat
- that
- vadasva
- kindly describe
- me
- to me.
Maharaja Pariksit inquired: O most opulent Sukadeva Gosvami, please explain to me how Manu and the others in each manvantara are engaged in their respective duties, and by whose order they are so engaged.