manur vivasvataḥ putraḥ

I offer respects to the Lord who fulfills the desires of the surrendered, who, taking the deceptive form of a young woman bewildered the demons and gave the nectar churned from the ocean to the best of the devatās who had surrendered to the feet of Lord, who is not understood by the materialists, and who is attained by devotion.

The Lord fed the nectar arising from the churning of the ocean to the best devatās who had surrendered to his feet.

 

Thus ends the commentary on the Twelfth Chapter of the Eighth Canto of the Bhāgavatam for the pleasure of the devotees, in accordance with the previous ācāryas.

 

 

Chapter Thirteen

|| 8.13.1 ||

śrī-śuka uvāca

manur vivasvataḥ putraḥ

śrāddhadeva iti śrutaḥ

saptamo vartamāno yas

tad-apatyāni me śṛṇu

Śukadeva Gosvāmī said: The present Manu, who is named Śrāddhadeva, is the son of Vivasvān, the predominating deity on the sun planet. Śrāddhadeva (Vaivasvata Manu) is the seventh Manu. Now please hear from me as I describe his sons.

The Thirteenth Chapter briefly describes in order more Manvantaras starting with the seventh one, with the six specific qualities.

|| 8.13.2-3||

ikṣvākur nabhagaś caiva

dhṛṣṭaḥ śaryātir eva ca

nariṣyanto 'tha nābhāgaḥ

saptamo diṣṭa ucyate

tarūṣaś ca pṛṣadhraś ca

daśamo vasumān smṛtaḥ

manor vaivasvatasyaite

daśa-putrāḥ parantapa

O King Parīkṣit! Among the ten sons of Vaivasvata Manu are Ikṣvāku, Nabhaga, Dhṛṣṭa, Śaryāti, Nariṣyanta and Nābhāga. The seventh son is known as Diṣṭa. Then come Tarūṣa and Pṛṣadhra, and the tenth son is known as Vasumān.

|| 8.13.4 ||

ādityā vasavo rudrā

viśvedevā marud-gaṇāḥ

aśvināv ṛbhavo rājann

indras teṣāṁ purandaraḥ

O King! In this Manvantara the Ādityas, the Vasus, the Rudras, the Viśvedevas, the Maruts, the two Aśvinī-kumāra brothers and the Ṛbhus are the devatās. The position of Indra is taken by Purandara.

The word devatās should be supplied.

|| 8.13.5 ||