Shloka 22

प्रसाद-ज्ञान-योग-मोक्षक्रमः तथा व्यास-रुद्रावतार-मन्वन्तर-परम्परा

Devanagari script

ऋषय ऊचुः मन्वन्तराणि वाराहे वक्तुमर्हसि साम्प्रतम् तथैव चोर्ध्वकल्पेषु सिद्धान्वैवस्वतान्तरे

Transliteration

ṛṣaya ūcuḥ manvantarāṇi vārāhe vaktumarhasi sāmpratam tathaiva cordhvakalpeṣu siddhānvaivasvatāntare

Translation

Os sábios disseram: “Ó Varāha, deves agora descrever-nos os Manvantaras; e do mesmo modo as ordens de Siddhas realizados nos kalpas superiores, e aqueles que surgem dentro do Manvantara de Vaivasvata.”

Word by Word

• ऋषयः: the sages

• ऊचुः: said

• मन्वन्तराणि: the Manvantaras (epochs ruled by Manus)

• वाराहे: O Varāha (the Boar-incarnation, speaker addressed)

• वक्तुम् अर्हसि: you are fit/ought to speak (please explain)

• साम्प्रतम्: now, at present

• तथा एव: likewise, in the same way

• च: and

• ऊर्ध्व-कल्पेषु: in the higher/future kalpas

• सिद्धान्: the Siddhas (perfected beings)

• वैवस्वत-अन्तरे: within the Vaivasvata Manvantara (the present Manu’s period)

Speaker

Sages (Ṛṣis) at Naimiṣāraṇya (framed within Sūta’s narration)