अहो नु वंशो यशसावदातः
प्रैयव्रतो यत्र पुमान्पुराणः ।
कृतावतारः पुरुषः स आद्य
श्चचार धर्मं यदकर्महेतुम् ॥१४॥

aho nu vamÅ›o yaÅ›asÄvadÄtaḥ
praiyavrato yatra pumÄn purÄṇaḥ
ká¹›tÄvatÄraḥ puruá¹£aḥ sa ÄdyaÅ›
cacÄra dharmaá¹ yad akarma-hetum

 aho - oh; nu - indeed; vamÅ›aḥ - the dynasty; yaÅ›asÄ - with widespread fame; avadÄtaḥ - fully pure; praiyavrataḥ - related to King Priyavrata; yatra - wherein; pumÄn - the Supreme Person; purÄṇaḥ - the original; ká¹›ta-avatÄraḥ - descended as an incarnation; puruá¹£aḥ - the Supreme Personality of Godhead; saḥ - He; Ädyaḥ - the original person; cacÄra - executed; dharmam - religious principles; yat - from which; akarma-hetum - the cause of the end of fruitive activities.


Text

“Oh, what shall I say of the dynasty of Priyavrata, which is pure and very much celebrated. In that dynasty, the Supreme Person, the original Personality of Godhead, descended as an incarnation and executed religious principles that could free one from the results of fruitive activity.

Purport

There are many dynasties in human society wherein the Supreme Lord descends as an incarnation. Lord Kṛṣṇa appeared in the Yadu dynasty, and Lord RÄmacandra appeared in the Iká¹£vÄku, or Raghu, dynasty. Similarly, Lord Ṛṣabhadeva appeared in the dynasty of King Priyavrata. All these dynasties are very famous, and of them the dynasty of Priyavrata is most famous.