All beings emanate from Krishna as hierarchical expansions; accept Vedic truth without speculative commentary.Listen — Srila Prabhupada Uvaca
Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 1.3.27 — October 2, 1972, Los Angeles 721002SB-LOS ANGELES [39:58 Minutes] SB-01.03.27_721002SB-LOS ANGELES Prabhupāda: [Govindam prayers playing; sings along] [leads singing of Jaya Rādhā-Mādhava] [prema-dhvani] Thank you very much.
Devotees: All glories to Śrīla Prabhupāda. [devotees offer obeisances] Pradyumna: Oṁ namo bhagavate vāsudevāya. Oṁ namo bhagavate vāsudevāya. Oṁ namo bhagavate vāsudevāya. Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam, Canto One, Chapter 3, text 27.
[leads chanting of verse] [Prabhupāda and devotees repeat] ṛṣayo manavo devā manu-putrā mahaujasaḥ kalāḥ sarve harer eva saprajāpatayaḥ smṛtāḥ [SB 1.3.27] [Prabhupāda corrects pronunciation]
Prabhupāda: Ladies. [ladies chant] That's all right. Word meaning? Pradyumna: [leads chanting of synonyms] ṛṣayaḥ—all the sages; manavaḥ—all the Manus; devāḥ—all the demigods; manu-putrāḥ—all the descendants of Manu; mahā-ojasaḥ—very powerful; kalāḥ—portion of the plenary portion; sarve—all collectively; hareḥ—of the Lord; eva—certainly; sa-prajāpatayaḥ—along with the Prajāpatis; smṛtāḥ—are known.
[11:51] Translation: "All the ṛṣis, Manus, demigods and descendants of Manu, who are especially powerful, are plenary portions or portions of the plenary portions of the Lord. This also includes the Prajāpatis." Prabhupāda: So prajāpati, the beginning there was only Lord Brahmā. The whole planetary system was to be populated. Therefore first of all Brahmā, and then the seven ṛṣis, then the Kumāras, then Rudras.
In this way... Manus. Then Manu's son, his son, his son. In this way the... [aside:] What is that sound? The whole universe is populated.
It is not the rascal Darwin's theory, that "There was no human being. It came out of a stone, the life." The first is the most intelligent person, Lord Brahmā. So they are called prajāpati. Prajā means generation; pati means master, husband. So all these prajāpatis, as we learn from Bhagavad-gītā...