Devanagari
अधर्मलक्षणा नाना नरकाश्चानुवर्णिता: ।
मन्वन्तरश्च व्याख्यात आद्य: स्वायम्भुवो यत: ॥ ३ ॥
Verse text
adharma-lakṣaṇā nānā
narakāś cānuvarṇitāḥ
manvantaraś ca vyākhyāta
ādyaḥ svāyambhuvo yataḥ
Synonyms
adharma
—
lakṣaṇāḥ — symptomized by impious activities
;
nānā
—
various
;
narakāḥ
—
hells
;
ca
—
also
;
anuvarṇitāḥ
—
have been described
;
manu
—
antaraḥ — the change of Manus [in one day of Brahmā there are fourteen Manus]
;
ca
—
also
;
vyākhyātaḥ
—
has been described
;
ādyaḥ
—
the original
;
svāyambhuvaḥ
—
directly the son of Lord Brahmā
;
yataḥ
—
wherein .
Translation
You have also described [at the end of the Fifth Canto] the varieties of hellish life that result from impious activities, and you have described [in the Fourth Canto] the first manvantara, which was presided over by Svāyambhuva Manu, the son of Lord Brahmā.
Translation (Visvanatha Cakravarti Thakura)
You have also described the varieties of hellish life that result from impious activities, and you have described [in the Fourth Canto the first Manvantara, which was supervised by Svāyambhuva Manu.
Yataḥ means “in which.”