Devanagari
अथात: कीर्तये वंशं पुण्यकीर्ते: कुरूद्वह ।
स्वायम्भुवस्यापि मनोर्हरेरंशांशजन्मन: ॥ ६ ॥
Verse text
athātaḥ kīrtaye vaṁśaṁ
puṇya-kīrteḥ kurūdvaha
svāyambhuvasyāpi manor
harer aṁśāṁśa-janmanaḥ
Synonyms
atha
—
now
;
ataḥ
—
hereafter
;
kīrtaye
—
I shall describe
;
vaṁśam
—
dynasty
;
puṇya
—
kīrteḥ — celebrated for virtuous activities
;
kuru
—
udvaha — O best of the Kurus
;
svāyambhuvasya
—
of Svāyambhuva
;
api
—
even
;
manoḥ
—
of the Manu
;
hareḥ
—
of the Personality of Godhead
;
aṁśa
—
plenary expansion
;
aṁśa
—
part of
;
janmanaḥ
—
born of .
Translation
Maitreya continued: O best of the Kuru dynasty, I shall now describe to you the descendants of Svāyambhuva Manu, who was born of a part of a plenary expansion of the Supreme Personality of Godhead.
Translation (Visvanatha Cakravarti Thakura)
O best of the Kurus! I shall now describe the descendants of famous Svāyambhuva Manu, who produced parts of parts of the Lord.
From Manu’s lineage came portions of portions of the Lord such as Kapila, Yajṣa, Pṛthu and Ṛṣabha.
Purport
Lord Brahmā is a powerful expansion of the Supreme Personality of Godhead. Although Brahmā is
jīva-tattva,
he is empowered by the Lord, and therefore he is considered a plenary expansion of the Supreme Godhead. Sometimes it happens that when there is no suitable living being to be empowered to act as Brahmā, the Supreme Lord Himself appears as Brahmā. Brahmā is the plenary expansion of the Supreme Personality of Godhead, and Svāyambhuva Manu was the direct son of Brahmā. The great sage Maitreya is now going to explain about the descendants of this Manu, all of whom are widely celebrated for their pious activities. Before speaking of these pious descendants, Maitreya has already described the descendants of impious activities, representing anger, envy, unpalatable speech, quarrel, fear and death. Purposely, therefore, he is next relating the history of the life of Dhruva Mahārāja, the most pious king within this universe.