योऽसौ सत्यव्रतो नाम राजर्षिर्द्रविडेश्वर: । ज्ञानं योऽतीतकल्पान्ते लेभे पुरुषसेवया ॥ २ ॥ स वै विवस्वत: पुत्रो मनुरासीदिति श्रुतम् । त्वत्तस्तस्य सुता:प्रोक्ता इक्ष्वाकुप्रमुखा नृपा: ॥ ३ ॥
yo ’sau satyavrato nama rajarsir dravidesvarah jnanam yo ’tita-kalpante lebhe purusa-sevaya sa vai vivasvatah putro manur asid iti srutam tvattas tasya sutah prokta iksvaku-pramukha nrpah
- yah asau
- he who was known
- satyavratah
- Satyavrata
- nama
- by the name
- raja-rsih
- the saintly king
- dravida-isvarah
- the ruler of the Dravida countries
- jnanam
- knowledge
- yah
- one who
- atita-kalpa-ante
- at the end of the period of the last Manu, or at the end of the last millennium
- lebhe
- received
- purusa-sevaya
- by rendering service to the Supreme Personality of Godhead
- sah
- he
- vai
- indeed
- vivasvatah
- of Vivasvan
- putrah
- son
- manuh asit
- became the Vaivasvata Manu
- iti
- thus
- srutam
- I have already heard
- tvattah
- from you
- tasya
- his
- sutah
- sons
- proktah
- have been explained
- iksvaku-pramukhah
- headed by Iksvaku
- nrpah
- many kings
Satyavrata, the saintly king of Dravidadesa who received spiritual knowledge at the end of the last millennium by the grace of the Supreme, later became Vaivasvata Manu, the son of Vivasvan, in the next manvantara [period of Manu]. I have received this knowledge from you. I also understand that such kings as Iksvaku were his sons, as you have already explained.