Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 5 - Chapter 1 - Verse 14


Sanskrit:

अहो नु वंशो यशसावदात:प्रैयव्रतो यत्र पुमान् पुराण: ।कृतावतार: पुरुष: स आद्य-श्चचार धर्मं यदकर्महेतुम् ॥ १४ ॥

ITRANS:

aho nu vaṁśo yaśasāvadātaḥpraiyavrato yatra pumān purāṇaḥkṛtāvatāraḥ puruṣaḥ sa ādyaścacāra dharmaṁ yad akarma-hetum

Translation:

“Oh, what shall I say of the dynasty of Priyavrata, which is pure and very much celebrated. In that dynasty, the Supreme Person, the original Personality of Godhead, descended as an incarnation and executed religious principles that could free one from the results of fruitive activity.

Purport:

There are many dynasties in human society wherein the Supreme Lord descends as an incarnation. Lord Kṛṣṇa appeared in the Yadu dynasty, and Lord Rāmacandra appeared in the Ikṣvāku, or Raghu, dynasty. Similarly, Lord Ṛṣabhadeva appeared in the dynasty of King Priyavrata. All these dynasties are very famous, and of them the dynasty of Priyavrata is most famous.