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Chapter 24: Matsya, the Lord's Fish Incarnation

Verse 11 of 59
SB 8.24.11

यो ऽसावस्मिन्महाकल्पे तनयः स विवस्वतः श्राद्धदेव इति ख्यातो मनुत्वे हरिणार्पितः

yo 'sāv asmin mahā-kalpe tanayaḥ sa vivasvataḥ śrāddhadeva iti khyāto manutve hariṇārpitaḥ

Synonyms

yaḥ—one who; asau—He (the Supreme Person); asmin—in this; mahā-kalpe—great millennium; tanayaḥ—son; saḥ—he; vivasvataḥ—of the sun-god; śrāddhadevaḥ—by the name Śrāddhadeva; iti—thus; khyātaḥ—celebrated; manutve—in the position of Manu; hariṇā—by the Supreme Personality of Godhead; arpitaḥ—was situated..

Translation

In this [the present] millennium King Satyavrata later became the son of Vivasvān, the king of the sun planet, and was known as Śrāddhadeva. By the mercy of the Supreme Personality of Godhead, he was given the post of Manu.

Verse 11 of 59