Chapter 31
श्रीशुक उवाच य एष उत्तानपदो मानवस्यानुवर्णित: । वंश: प्रियव्रतस्यापि निबोध नृपसत्तम ॥ २६ ॥
Transliteration
śrī-śuka uvāca ya eṣa uttānapado mānavasyānuvarṇitaḥ vaṁśaḥ priyavratasyāpi nibodha nṛpa-sattama
Synonyms (Word-for-Word)
śrī-śukaḥ uvāca — Śrī Śukadeva Gosvāmī said; yaḥ — which; eṣaḥ — this dynasty; uttānapadaḥ — of King Uttānapāda; mānavasya — the son of Svāyambhuva Manu; anuvarṇitaḥ — described, following in the footprints of previous ācāryas; vaṁśaḥ — dynasty; priyavratasya — of King Priyavrata; api — also; nibodha — try to understand; nṛpa-sattama — O best of kings.
Translation
“Śukadeva Gosvāmī continued: O best of kings [King Parīkṣit], I have now finished telling about the descendants of the first son of Svāyambhuva Manu, Uttānapāda. I shall now try to relate the activities of the descendants of Priyavrata, the second son of Svāyambhuva Manu. Please hear them attentively.”