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Chapter 1: The History of the Life of Ajāmila

Verse 3 of 60
SB 6.1.3

अधर्मलक्षणा नाना नरकाश्चानुवर्णिताः मन्वन्तरश्च व्याख्यात आद्यः स्वायम्भुवो यतः

adharma-lakṣaṇā nānā narakāś cānuvarṇitāḥ manvantaraś ca vyākhyāta ādyaḥ svāyambhuvo yataḥ

Synonyms

adharma-lakṣaṇāḥsymptomized by impious activities; nānāvarious; narakāḥhells; caalso; anuvarṇitāḥhave been described; manu-antaraḥthe change of Manus [in one day of Brahmā there are fourteen Manus]; caalso; vyākhyātaḥhas been described; ādyaḥthe original; svāyambhuvaḥdirectly the son of Lord Brahmā; yataḥwherein..

Translation

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 Svāyambhuva Manu, the son of Lord Brahmā.

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