Madhya-līlā

Chapter 20: Lord Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu Instructs Sanātana Gosvāmī in the Science of the Absolute Truth

Verse 328 of 399
Cc Madhya 20.328

ইন্দ্রসাবর্ণ্যে ঽবৃহদ্ভানুঽ অভিধান এই চৌদ্দ মন্বন্তরে চৌদ্দ ঽঅবতারঽ নাম

इन्द्रसावर्ण्ये ऽबृहद्भानुऽ अभिधान एइ चौद्द मन्वन्तरे चौद्द ऽअवतारऽ नाम

indra-sāvarṇye 'bṛhadbhānu' abhidhāna ei caudda manvantare caudda 'avatāra' nāma

Synonyms

indra-sāvarṇyein the Indra-sāvarṇya-manvantara; bṛhadbhānuthe avatāra named Bṛhadbhānu; abhidhānanamed; ei caudda manvantarein the fourteen manvantaras; cauddafourteen; avatāraof the incarnations; nāmadifferent names..

Translation

"In the Indra-sāvarṇya-manvantara, the avatāra was named Bṛhadbhānu. These are the names of the fourteen avatāras in the fourteen manvantaras.

Purport

Śrīla Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī Ṭhākura, in his Anubhāṣya, gives a list of Manus and their fathers' names: (1) Svāyambhuva Manu, the son of Lord Brahma; (2) Svārociṣa, the son of Svarociḥ, or Agni, the predominating deity of fire; (3) Uttama, the son of King Priyavrata; (4) Tāmasa, the brother of Uttama; (5) Raivata, the twin brother of Tāmasa; (6) Cākṣuṣa, the son of the demigod Cakṣu; (7) Vaivasvata, the son of Vivasvān, the sun-god (whose name is also mentioned in Bhagavad-gītā, (4.1); (8) Sāvarṇi, a son born to the sun-god and wife named Chāyā; (9) Dakṣa-sāvarṇi, the son of the demigod Varuṇa; (10) Brahma-sāvarṇi, the son of Upaśloka; (11-14) Rudra-sāvarṇi, Dharma-sāvarṇi, Deva-sāvarṇi and Indra-sāvarṇi, the sons of Rudra, Ruci, Satyasahā and Bhūti respectively.

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