य एष उत्तानपदो मानवस्यानुवर्णितः ।
वंशः प्रियव्रतस्यापि निबोध नृपसत्तम ॥२६॥
Å›rÄ«-Å›uka uvÄca
ya eá¹£a uttÄnapado
mÄnavasyÄnuvarṇitaḥ
vamÅ›aḥ priyavratasyÄpi
nibodha ná¹›pa-sattama
Å›rÄ«-Å›ukaḥ uvÄca - ÅšrÄ« Åšukadeva GosvÄmÄ« said; yaḥ - which; eá¹£aḥ - this dynasty; uttÄnapadaḥ - of King UttÄnapÄda; mÄnavasya - the son of SvÄyambhuva Manu; anuvarṇitaḥ - described, following in the footprints of previous ÄcÄryas; vamÅ›aḥ - dynasty; priyavratasya - of King Priyavrata; api - also; nibodha - try to understand; ná¹›pa-sattama - O best of kings.
Åšukadeva GosvÄmÄ« continued: O best of kings [King ParÄ«ká¹£it], I have now finished telling about the descendants of the first son of SvÄyambhuva Manu, UttÄnapÄda. I shall now try to relate the activities of the descendants of Priyavrata, the second son of SvÄyambhuva Manu. Please hear them attentively.
Dhruva MahÄrÄja was the son of King UttÄnapÄda, and as far as the descendants of Dhruva MahÄrÄja or King UttÄnapÄda are concerned, their activities have been described up to the point of the PracetÄs. Now ÅšrÄ« Åšukadeva GosvÄmÄ« desires to describe the descendants of MahÄrÄja Priyavrata, the second son of SvÄyambhuva Manu.
