SB 6.1.3 · Srimad Bhagavatam

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.”