Verse 24 of 42
SB 3.11.24
स्वं स्वं कालं मनुर्भुंक्ते साधिकां ह्येकसप्ततिम्
svaṁ svaṁ kālaṁ manur bhuṅkte sādhikāṁ hy eka-saptatim
Synonyms
svam—own; svam—accordingly; kālam—duration of life; manuḥ—Manu; bhuṅkte—enjoys; sādhikām—a little more than; hi—certainly; eka-saptatim—seventy-one..
Translation
Each and every Manu enjoys a life of a little more than seventy-one sets of four millenniums.
Purport
The duration of life of a Manu comprises seventy-one sets of four millenniums, as described in the Viṣṇu Purāṇa. The duration of life of one Manu is about 852,000 years in the calculation of the demigods, or, in the calculation of human beings, 306,720,000 years.
Verse 24 of 42