स्वायंभू-मनु अरु सतरूपा । जिन्ह तेँ मइ नर सृष्टि अनूपा ॥
दम्पति धरम-आचरन नीका । अजहुँ गाव श्रुति जिन्ह कै लीका ॥
svāyaṃbhū-manu aru satarūpā | jinha tem̐ mai nara sṛṣṭi anūpā ||
dampati dharama-ācarana nīkā | ajahum̐ gāva śruti jinha kai līkā ||
Bala Kanda
Chapter 142: Svayambhuva Manu and his line
5 verses · 142 of 361
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Svayambhuva Manu and his line
Svayambhuva Manu and Shatarupa, from whom the matchless human creation came, were a couple of fine dharmic conduct; the Vedas still sing their path. Their son was King Uttanapada, whose son Dhruva became a devotee of Hari. Their younger son was Priyavrata, praised by Vedas and Puranas. Their daughter Devahuti was the beloved wife of the sage Kardama; in her womb the merciful first Lord, Kapila, was born, who revealed the Sankhya shastra and was skilled in the inquiry into tattvas. Manu ruled a long time, keeping the Lord's command in every way. Yet even as he reached the fourth stage of life living at home, detachment from the senses did not come, and his heart ached that his life had passed without devotion to Hari.
नृप उत्तानपाद सुत तासू । ध्रुव हरि-भगत भयउ सुत जासू ॥
लघु सुत नाम प्रिय्रब्रत ताही । बेद पुरान प्रसंसहिँ जाही ॥
nṛpa uttānapāda suta tāsū | dhruva hari-bhagata bhayau suta jāsū ||
laghu suta nāma priyrabrata tāhī | beda purāna prasaṃsahim̐ jāhī ||
देवहूति पुनि तासु कुमारी । जो मुनि-कर्दम के प्रिय नारी ॥
आदिदेव प्रभु दीनदयाला । जठर धरेउ जेहिं कपिल कृपाला ॥
devahūti puni tāsu kumārī | jo muni-kardama ke priya nārī ||
ādideva prabhu dīnadayālā | jaṭhara dhareu jehiṃ kapila kṛpālā ||
सांख्य सास्त्र जिन्ह प्रगट बखाना । तत्व बिचार निपुन भगवाना ॥
तेहिं मनु राज कीन्ह बहु काला । प्रभु आयसु सब बिधि प्रतिपाला ॥
sāṃkhya sāstra jinha pragaṭa bakhānā | tatva bicāra nipuna bhagavānā ||
tehiṃ manu rāja kīnha bahu kālā | prabhu āyasu saba bidhi pratipālā ||
होइ न बिषय बिराग, भवन बसत भा चौथ पन ।
हृदयँ बहुत दुख लाग, जनम गयउ हरिभगति बिनु ॥
hoi na biṣaya birāga, bhavana basata bhā cautha pana |
hṛdayam̐ bahuta dukha lāga, janama gayau haribhagati binu ||
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