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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 3.12.54
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A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada
TEXT 54
- yas tu tatra pumān so 'bhūn
- manuḥ svāyambhuvaḥ svarāṭ
- strī yāsīc chatarūpākhyā
- mahiṣy asya mahātmanaḥ
yaḥone who — one who; tubut — but; tatrathere — there; pumānthe male — the male; saḥhe — he; abhūtbecame — became; manuḥthe father of mankind — the father of mankind; svāyambhuvaḥof the name Svāyambhuva — of the name Svāyambhuva; svafully independent-rāṭfully independent — fully independent; strīthe woman — the woman; yāone who — one who; āsītthere was — there was; śatarūpāof the name Śatarūpā — of the name Śatarūpā; ākhyāknown as — known as; mahiṣīthe queen — the queen; asyaof him — of him; mahātmanaḥthe great soul — the great soul.
Out of them, the one who had the male form became known as the Manu named Svāyambhuva, and the woman became known as Śatarūpā, the queen of the great soul Manu.