प्रजापतीनां स पतिश्चकॢपे कान्प्रजापतीन् सर्गांश्चैवानुसर्गांश्च मनून्मन्वन्तराधिपान्
prajā-patīnāṁ sa patiś cakḷpe kān prajāpatīn sargāṁś caivānusargāṁś ca manūn manvantarādhipān
Synonyms
prajā-patīnām—of the demigods like Brahmā and others; saḥ—he; patiḥ—leader; cakḷpe—decided; kān—whomsoever; prajāpatīn—father of the living entities; sargān—generations; ca—also; eva—certainly; anusargān—later generations; ca—and; manūn—the Manus; manvantara-adhipān—and the changes of such..
Translation
O learned brāhmaṇa, please describe how the leader of all the demigods, namely Prajāpati, Brahmā, decided to establish the various Manus, the heads of the ages. Please describe the Manus also, and please describe the descendants of those Manus.
Purport
The human race, or manuṣya-sare, descends from the Manus, sons and grandsons of the Prajāpati, Brahmā. The descendants of Manu reside in all the different planets and rule all the universe.