A. Royden D'souza

In the line of the first Manu, Svāyambhuva, there was a son named Priyavrata. Priyavrata had a brother—Uttānapāda, father of the famous king Dhruva. From this same lineage emerged a child destined to become the next Manu. Uttama Manu.

In the cosmology of the Purāṇas, Kapila (Sanskrit: कपिल, “the Tawny One”) is no ordinary sage — he is often considered the fifth incarnation of Lord Viṣṇu, born to restore tattva-jñāna, or the true knowledge of reality.