Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Srimad Bhagavatam 12.2.35

ity esha manavo vamso

yatha sankhyayate bhuvi

tatha vit-sudra-vipranam

tas ta jneya yuge yuge

SYNONYMS

iti -- thus (in the cantos of this Srimad-Bhagavatam); eshah -- this; manavah -- descending from Vaivasvata Manu; vamsah -- the dynasty; yatha -- as; sankhyayate -- it is enumerated; bhuvi -- upon the earth; tatha -- in the same way; vit -- of the vaisyas; sudra -- sudras; vipranam -- and brahmanas; tah tah -- the situations of each; jneyah -- are to be understood; yuge yuge -- in each age.

TRANSLATION

Thus I have described the royal dynasty of Manu, as it is known on this earth. One can similarly study the history of the vaisyas, sudras and brahmanas living in the various ages.

PURPORT

Just as the dynasty of kings includes exalted and insignificant, virtuous and wicked monarchs, varieties of human character are found in the intellectual, commercial and laboring orders of society.

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