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SB 9.2.2

Devanāgarī

ततोऽयजन्मनुर्देवमपत्यार्थं हरिं प्रभुम् । इक्ष्वाकुपूर्वजान् पुत्रान्लेभे स्वसद‍ृशान् दश ॥ २ ॥

Text

tato ’yajan manur devam apatyārthaṁ hariṁ prabhum ikṣvāku-pūrvajān putrān lebhe sva-sadṛśān daśa

Synonyms

tataḥ—thereafter;ayajat—worshiped;manuḥ—Vaivasvata Manu;devam—unto the Supreme Personality of Godhead;apatya-artham—with a desire to get sons;harim—unto Hari, the Supreme Personality of Godhead;prabhum—the Lord;ikṣvāku-pūrva-jān—of whom the eldest was named Ikṣvāku;putrān—sons;lebhe—got;sva-sadṛśān—exactly like himself;daśa—ten.

Translation

Then, because of this desire for sons, the Manu known as Śrāddhadeva worshiped the Supreme Lord, the Personality of Godhead, the Lord of the demigods. Thus he got ten sons exactly like himself. Among them all, Ikṣvāku was the eldest.

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