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SB 6.1.3

Devanāgarī

अधर्मलक्षणा नाना नरकाश्चानुवर्णिता: । मन्वन्तरश्च व्याख्यात आद्य: स्वायम्भुवो यत: ॥ ३ ॥

Text

adharma-lakṣaṇā nānā narakāś cānuvarṇitāḥ manvantaraś ca vyākhyāta ādyaḥ svāyambhuvo yataḥ

Synonyms

adharma-lakṣaṇāḥ—symptomized by impious activities;nānā—various;narakāḥ—hells;ca—also;anuvarṇitāḥ—have been described;manu-antaraḥ—the change of Manus [in one day of Brahmā there are fourteen Manus];ca—also;vyākhyātaḥ—has been described;ādyaḥ—the original;svāyambhuvaḥ—directly the son of Lord Brahmā;yataḥ—wherein.

Translation

You have also described [at the end of the Fifth Canto] the varieties of hellish life that result from impious activities, and you have described [in the Fourth Canto] the first manvantara, which was presided over by Svāyambhuva Manu, the son of Lord Brahmā.

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