Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 8 - Chapter 1 - Verse 2


Sanskrit:

श्रीऋषिरुवाचमनवो मनुपुत्राश्च मुनयश्च महीपते ।इन्द्रा: सुरगणाश्चैव सर्वे पुरुषशासना: ॥ २ ॥

ITRANS:

śrī-ṛṣir uvācamanavo manu-putrāś camunayaś ca mahī-pateindrāḥ sura-gaṇāś caivasarve puruṣa-śāsanāḥ

Translation:

Śukadeva Gosvāmī said: The Manus, the sons of Manu, the great sages, the Indras and all the demigods, O King, are appointed by the Supreme Personality of Godhead in His various incarnations such as Yajña.

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