Baal Kaanda
32 - The austerities of Manu and Satarupa and their receiving a boon from the Lord
Chaupais
Description
Swayambhuva* Manu had Satarupa as wife; of them was born this human race, peerless in God's creation. The piety and conduct of the pair were excellent; the standard of morality set up by them is sung by the Vedas even to this day. Their son was king Uttanapada, who begot the celebrated devotee of Sri Hari, Dhruva. Manu's younger son was known as Priyavrata, who is mentioned with praise by the Vedas and the Puranas. They had a daughter too, Devahuti by name, who was the favourite consort of the sage Kardama, and who bore in her womb the all-powerful and benevolent Lord Kapila the primal divinity, who is compassionate to the humble and who openly expounded the philosophy of Sankhya, an adept as He was in the enquiry after the ultimate principles. The said Manu ruled for a long period and followed the Lord's commandments (in the form of the scriptural ordinance) in everyway.