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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam
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यः पृष्टो मुनिभिः प्राह धर्मान्नानाविधान्छुभान् नृणां वर्णाश्रमाणां च सर्वभूतहितः सदा
yaḥ pṛṣṭo munibhiḥ prāha dharmān nānā-vidhāñ chubhān nṛṇāṁ varṇāśramāṇāṁ ca sarva-bhūta-hitaḥ sadā
WORD BY WORD
yaḥ who; pṛṣṭaḥ being questioned; munibhiḥ by the sages; prāha spoke; dharmān the duties; nānā-vidhān many varieties; śubhān auspicious; nṛṇām of human society; varṇa-āśramāṇām of the varṇas and āśramas; ca and; sarva-bhūta for all living beings; hitaḥ who does welfare; sadā always;
TRANSLATION
| In reply to questions asked by certain sages, he [Svāyambhuva Manu], out of compassion for all living entities, taught the diverse sacred duties of men in general and the different varṇas and āśramas.
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PURPORT
| This verse has not purport by His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Svāmi Prabhupāda.
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