Ādi-līlā

Chapter 3: The External Reasons for Lord Caitanya's Appearance

Verse 9 of 113
Cc Ādi 3.9

ঽবৈবস্বতঽনাম এই সপ্তম মন্বন্তর সাতাইশ চতুর্যুগ তাহার অন্তর

ऽवैवस्वतऽनाम एइ सप्तम मन्वन्तर साताइश चतुर्युग ताहार अन्तर

'vaivasvata'-nāma ei saptama manv-antara sātāiśa catur-yuga tāhāra antara

Synonyms

vaivasvata-nāmanamed Vaivasvata; eithis; saptamaseventh; manu-antaraperiod of Manu; sātāiśatwenty-seven; catuḥ-yugacycles of four ages; tāhāraof that; antaraperiod..

Translation

The present Manu, who is the seventh, is called Vaivasvata [the son of Vivasvān]. Twenty-seven divya-yugas [27 x 4,320,000 solar years] of his age have now passed.

Purport

The names of the fourteen Manus are as follows: (1) Svāyambhuva, (2) Svārociṣa, (3) Uttama, (4) Tāmasa, (5) Raivata, (6) Cākṣuṣa, (7) Vaivasvata, (8) Sāvarṇi, (9) Dakṣa-sāvarṇi, (10) Brahma-sāvarṇi, (11) Dharma-sāvarṇi, (12) Rudraputra (Rudra-sāvarṇi), (13) Raucya, or Deva-sāvarṇi, (14) and Bhautyaka, or Indra-sāvarṇi.

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