ity eṣa mānavo vaḿśo
yathā sańkhyāyate bhuvi
tathā viṭ-śūdra-viprāṇāḿ
tās tā jñeyā yuge yuge
iti -- thus (in the cantos of this Srimad-Bhagavatam); eshah -- this; manavah -- descending from Vaivasvata Manu; vamsah -- the dynasty; yatha -- as; sankhyayate -- it is enumerated; bhuvi -- upon the earth; tatha -- in the same way; vit -- of the vaisyas; sudra -- sudras; vipranam -- and brahmanas; tah tah -- the situations of each; jneyah -- are to be understood; yuge yuge -- in each age.
Thus I have described the royal dynasty of Manu, as it is known on this earth. One can similarly study the history of the vaisyas, sudras and brahmanas living in the various ages.
Just as the dynasty of kings includes exalted and insignificant, virtuous and wicked monarchs, varieties of human character are found in the intellectual, commercial and laboring orders of society.
