अधर्मलक्षणा नाना नरकाश्चानुवर्णिताः ।
मन्वन्तरश्च व्याख्यात आद्यः स्वायम्भुवो यतः ॥३॥

adharma-laká¹£aá¹‡Ä nÄnÄ
narakÄÅ› cÄnuvarṇitÄḥ
manvantaraÅ› ca vyÄkhyÄta
Ädyaḥ svÄyambhuvo yataḥ

1 times this text was mentioned in purports to other texts: LSB(1)

 adharma-laká¹£aṇÄḥ - symptomized by impious activities; nÄnÄ - various; narakÄḥ - hells; ca - also; anuvarṇitÄḥ - have been described; manu-antaraḥ - the change of Manus [in one day of BrahmÄ there are fourteen Manus]; ca - also; vyÄkhyÄtaḥ - has been described; Ädyaḥ - the original; svÄyambhuvaḥ - directly the son of Lord BrahmÄ; yataḥ - wherein.


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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 SvÄyambhuva Manu, the son of Lord BrahmÄ.

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