Srimad Bhagavatam. Canto 8: Withdrawal of the Cosmic Creations

Chapter 13: Description of Future Manus. Text 1

श्रीशुक उवाच
मनुर्विवस्वतः पुत्रः श्राद्धदेव इति श्रुतः ।
सप्तमो वर्तमानो यस्तदपत्यानि मे शृणु ॥१॥

Å›rÄ«-Å›uka uvÄca
manur vivasvataḥ putraḥ
Å›rÄddhadeva iti Å›rutaḥ
saptamo vartamÄno yas
tad-apatyÄni me śṛṇu

 Å›rÄ«-Å›ukaḥ uvÄca - ÅšrÄ« Åšukadeva GosvÄmÄ« said; manuḥ - Manu; vivasvataḥ - of the sun-god; putraḥ - son; Å›rÄddhadevaḥ - as ÅšrÄddhadeva; iti - thus; Å›rutaḥ - known, celebrated; saptamaḥ - seventh; vartamÄnaḥ - at the present moment; yaḥ - he who; tat - his; apatyÄni - children; me - from me; Å›á¹›á¹‡u - just hear.


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Åšukadeva GosvÄmÄ« said: The present Manu, who is named ÅšrÄddhadeva, is the son of VivasvÄn, the predominating deity on the sun planet. ÅšrÄddhadeva is the seventh Manu. Now please hear from me as I describe his sons.

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