SB 3.20.10

Srimad-Bhagavatam - Third Canto - Chapter 20: Conversation Between Maitreya and Vidura

SB 3.20.9 - SB 3.20.11

His Divine Grace
A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada

TEXT 10

ye marīcy-ādayo viprā

yas tu svāyambhuvo manuḥ

te vai brahmaṇa ādeśāt

katham etad abhāvayan

SYNONYMS

ye — those; marīci-ādayaḥ — great sages headed by Marīci; viprāḥ — brāhmaṇas; yaḥ — who; tu — indeed; svāyambhuvaḥ manuḥ — and Svāyambhuva Manu; te — they; vai — indeed; brahmaṇaḥ — of Lord Brahmā; ādeśāt — by the order; katham — how; etat — this universe; abhāvayan — evolved.

TRANSLATION

Vidura inquired: How did the Prajāpatis [such progenitors of living entities as Marīci and Svāyambhuva Manu] create according to the instruction of Brahmā, and how did they evolve this manifested universe?

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